Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Cantor Claims ‘No One’ Is Holding Disaster Relief Hostage On Same Day Senate GOP Blocks Disaster Relief | ThinkProgress – If the GOP is willing to concede that natural weather disasters are increasing due to climate change, then I’ll concede that we need to actually budget a substantial amount of money beforehand for disaster relief.
- Lethal drones strike at our very heart – The Globe and Mail – “The result has been the displacement of clear legal standards with a vaguely defined licence to kill, and the creation of a major accountability vacuum.”
- Graduated licensing cuts fatalities in youngest drivers as they rise among 18-year-olds – The Denver Post
- The NCAA And The So-Called ‘Student-Athlete’ : NPR – “At the end of the day, the whole point of the NCAA –– despite its sanctimonious educational claptrap –– is to protect the unjust concept of amateurism, so that its client athletic departments get free labor.”
- Google brings flight search into the Jet Age – Very cool. Look forward to trying it at some point.
- No Beatles for you! EU adds 20 years to music copyrights – As long as there’s money to be made, Big Media will insist on copyright protection extensions.
- More AGs drawing lines in the sand on bank settlement talks – “There’s clear momentum in the direction of holding banks accountable.” I sure hope so.
- Shift dropped on author after typo in her romantic novel | Books | guardian.co.uk – Heh.
- Agatha Christie’s surfing secret revealed | Books | The Guardian
- How Daniel Radcliffe deals with paparazzi – Heh.
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