Links of the Day, December 18

News Barack arrives in Copenhagen and calls for an agreement to be reached. Miscellaneous (Perennial) U.S. Senate candidate Andy Martin "outs" Wikipedia as pro-Obama, protosocialist and a tax-exempt scam. Stranger than fiction. Photo enhancement: mundane in TV shows and movies but sort of impossible in real life: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

Links of the Day, December 17

News Expectations in Copenhagen are muted. The labor market is slow to heal. The House passes a jobs bill. Just. Miscellaneous Jon Stewart blasts a tea party rally … incidentally, I walked past this rally.

Links of the Day, December 15

Apologies for skipping yesterday–we’re heading into the holiday season and things are getting BUSY at work! News Some Guantanamo inmates will be moved to a near-empty prison in Illinois, marking a significant step toward shutting down the camp at Guantanamo Bay. Televangelist Oral Roberts, loved by some, scorned by others, passed away, aged 91. Mike …

Links of the Day, December 8

For those of you who missed the last couple Links, apologies–I was in New York City for the weekend. Pics to come soon. News More bombings in Iraq. Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal endorse the President’s approach to Afghanistan. Google launches real-time search data. Green The UN declares the last decade the warmest on record. …

Links of the Day, December 2

For those who love This is Spinal Tap: News The President orders 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. More thoughts to come. Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo is the new President of Honduras. Green Boing Boing helps with energy literacy: climate change.