12Jan/100
Links of the Day, January 12
News
- The Federal Reserve reports a record profit, which means more money going into the US Treasury!
- A map of the world with China at the center, drawn by Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in 1602, goes on display at the Library of Congress.
Politics
- President Obama had the highest Congressional support in the first year of a presidency on record.
Miscellaneous
- The story of an extraordinary Facebook-facilitated Guantanamo reunion.
17Dec/090
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.
1Dec/090
Links of the Day, December 1
It's World AIDS Day. Watch this vid:
Iron Man 2:
News
- Barack will make an address tonight on Afghanistan, with preliminary reports suggesting a rapid deployment of an additional 30-35,000 troops.
- The proposed Comcast-NBC merger would be the largest media merger in recent history.
- South Africa vows to treat all HIV-positive babies (which is a big change of direction post-Mbeki).
Health care
- Latino voters see health care as the overwhelming priority.
Green
- The folks over at Treehugger debunk the global-warming-conspiracy conspiracy and critique the whole Climategate fallacy.
Finance reform
- The House is moving forward on financial regulation reform; the Senate is sluggish ... very sluggish.
Miscellaneous
- My good friend Ziya looks at the different perceptions of beauty.
- Is Lasik worth thousands of dollars?
9Nov/090
Links of the Day, November 9
News
- The House health care bill passes over the weekend, 220-215!!
- Meet Anh "Joseph" Cao, the lone Republican Congressperson to vote for the bill. Here's a statement from his official website. As reasons go, standing up for the poor and uninsured in your district is a pretty good reason for it. And the fact that he didn't back down in the face of GOP threats is pretty admirable too. I think I like Rep. Cao.
- Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Floods hit El Salvador, killing at least 124 people.
Politics
- Only 1% of Americans are millionaires, but 44% of Congress fall into that category. Foolocracy lists the richest 25 Members of Congress.
Green
Miscellaneous
- Thanks to Liz for this:
- London in 1927:
