Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2 – For those who use (or are looking to use) ebooks …
- Republicans Annoyed They Can’t Obstruct Elizabeth Warren – If there were an actual “confirmation process” and not just a “confirmation black hole” in the Senate, their piteous cries might be slightly more worthwhile.
- Making Perfection the Enemy of the Good – “A dude tried to get on an airplane in the U.S. with a bomb in his pants, and this is causing confusion about whether to give a country on the other side of the planet ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS in helos, patrol boats, and small arms. Let’s just reflect for a second on the stupidity of this.”
- Limbaugh Taken In by Federal Judge Hoax – NYTimes.com – Um, Rush? I love Wikipedia, too — but before I broadcast some interesting facts from it, I’d probably do some fact-CHECKING, first. And then I wouldn’t let my researchers lie about it, either.
- Mike Huckabee’s callousness is a pre-existing condition – Hey, Mike — is that really what you think Jesus would do? Really?
- Showdown on DADT set for Tuesday afternoon – Gee, remember when blocking the defense bill by Democrats was considered a slap in the face to the troops, a threat to national security, and the next best thing to treason? That was then, this is now, and the GOP seems to be more than happy to hold up, in lockstep, funding for the military in order to get their way on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Because Keeping Troops Safe is less important than Keeping Gay Troops In The Closet. Disgusting.
- Hero soldier Kenneth Wootton’s amazing diary drawings of WWI horrors | Mail Online – Amazing, and haunting.
- The New and Improved Twitter – I don’t see myself making use of the Twitter home page any more than I currently, occasionally do (I use the Seesmic clients on the browser and Android). But it’s interesting to see the new features they are adding — and the push for the idea that you don’t have to actually tweet in order to get value from Twitter.
- Sea Notes: Attack of the Algae – Sad …
- Paul Krugman – The Tax-Cut Racket – NYTimes.com – “But what’s even more important is the principle of the thing. Threats to punish innocent bystanders unless your political rivals give you what you want have no legitimate place in democratic politics. Giving in to such threats would be an economic and political mistake, but more important, it would be morally wrong — and it would encourage more such threats in the future.” If the Dems can’t stand tall on this crap in this case — with the facts AND the electorate on their side — then they (and we) deserve whatever they get in November.
- Hilarious Ad Placement Fail – Ha!
- Passengers Tossed Like Ragdolls Inside Storm-Stricken Cruise Ship – The Consumerist – This is pretty remarkable — and all the more surreal because the camera’s perfectly level while it happens. It’s rare, though — cruise ships are designed with stabilizers to mitigate this sort of thing (apparently it was a fairly old cruise ship) and cruise lines do their darnedest not to sail into weather/waves that could mistreat the passengers this way. But …
- Wrong Number | Cracked.com – If someone says I have the wrong number, I do read back the number and ask if that’s correct — that tells me if I misdialed (and can dial again), or if I have the wrong number in the first place. It’s the little old lady who asks for the name, then the number, then the name again, and then again, that gets me …
- Pope’s astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him | Science | The Guardian – Cool. And it would be worth it, just to see some Christians’ heads explode.
- Two Chicks Talk About Comics And Stuff | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources – Fie on DC for excluding one of the “trinity” characters from their official 75-year logo — the female one, of course. Heck, even if you accept the claim that “only boys (cough) read comics,” why does that mean that only male characters are what they (we) want to read about?
- BSA’s Latest Piracy Claims ‘Shockingly Misleading,’ Says Geist – That’s like saying that if thieves weren’t stealing car stereos, they’d be buying car stereos instead. Um …
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