Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- The Miraculous Decline in Deaths by Fire – NYTimes.com – I wonder how long that will last as municipalities have to trim away fire services because nobody wants to pay taxes for them?
- Hunting Child Pornographers With a 1.8 Petaflop Supercomputer [Crime] – And then they could activate ED209 to go after them … I’d buy that for a dollar!
- How mavericky of him – To put it bluntly, “The conclusion is unavoidable — McCain is ‘throwing national security, civilian control of the military, and the hierarchical chain of command under the f***ing bus’ because he REALLY hates gay people.”
- Religious Right Attack-Dog Fans Fears That Government Will Prosecute SPLC-listed “Hate Groups” – Look! We’re being persecuted! Even if we’re not, really! But it could happen! Except, no, it can’t! But give us money anyway!
- Bush Officials Celebrate Tax Cut ‘Trap’ They Laid Nine Years Ago – Because, of course, it’s always about winning the political game, regardless of the outcome.
- Launch Companies Beg NASA: Save the Space Planes! | Danger Room | Wired.com
- American Family Association Goes After Chase Over Lack Of Christmas Trees – Now I’m waiting for Bryan Fischer to claim it’s because Chase is run by Muslim Gays.
- The 2010 Good Gift Games by Matthew Baldwin – The Morning News – Some intriguing prospects here for Game Days in 2011.
- Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers – One reason I moved away from AVG was they did everything in their power to move people away from their free AV software; Symantec is such a parasite on machines, their behavior here isn’t at all surprising.
- Braces maker Invisalign gets FDA warning on side effects
- Friday Fun: Bridalplasty: The New Reality Show That Proves We’re Doomed [Confessions of a Science Librarian] – I was mildly appalled when I first heard about this. The appallment keeps growing every time I hear more about it. That the bride-to-be would think it’s a cool thing is awful enough; that the groom-to-be would be similar enthused is grotesque.
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