Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- SyFy – DORK TOWER, Tuesday, August 9, 2011
- Want to Sue the FBI for Spying on Your Mosque? Sorry, That’s Secret. | Mother Jones – Because, of course, we know, historically, that you can always trust the FBI to surveil domestic individuals and organizations without ever having to worry about their behaving badly. So since we can trust them, let’s invoke “state secrets” crap if anyone tries to investigate them.
- 6 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Awesome | Cracked.com – I really want to have seen some of these. I need something like Lucien’s library, only in the video section …
- Prayer Rally Dwarfed By Texans Who Flock To Nearby Convention Center, Desperate For Free School Supplies | ThinkProgress – Ah, Texas.
- Barbara Ehrenreich on the Criminalization of Poverty [Casaubon’s Book] – As George puts it, the War on Poverty has slowly morphed in this country into the War on the Poor.
- GOP Rep: Impeach Obama To Tie Things Up – Stay classy, House GOP!
- London riots: before and after the destruction in Croydon, Hackney and Enfield – Telegraph – Crikey.
- 6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses | Cracked.com
- Restaurant websites: Why are they so awful? Which ones are the absolute worst? – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine – Yes, way too many hoity-toity restaurant sites are overdone, difficult to maneuver through, nigh-impossible to find the tasty bits, a melange of everything and the kitchen sink, way overdoing form over function — just like too many hoity-toity restaurant menus themselves.
- Mars rover Opportunity is about to embark on a new mission, looking for signs of life – Cool.
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