Links of the Day, September 1

Four months of 2009 left!

News

• The CA wildfires continue to expand; also, they’re visible from space.
• Cash for Clunkers helps out a little.
• The US Open (tennis) kicked off in Flushing Meadow, NY.
• The Democratic Party of Japan sweeps aside the Liberal Democratic Party, who had been in power for 54 years.

Green

• Blood involved in manufacturing hybrid cars?

Human trafficking

• An arrest in Kansas.
• Sylvester Stallone is bringing Rambo back, this time to fight human trafficking. Here’s a take on all the recent movies about trafficking, and the way they can oversimplify the issue.

Health care

• Do seniors not want reform?
• The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) puts out their position.