7Oct/091
Links of the Day, October 7
Happy birthday, Barcode! Also, baseball playoffs start today--go Dodgers!
News
- One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been arrested.
- Obama's Afghanistan strategy will not involve withdrawing troops.
- He's also pursuing urban renewal.
- Pasadena Chief of Police Bernard Melekian steps down to take up a post in DC.
- Another ring is discovered around Saturn.
Health care
- Fox News' Shep Smith schools Rep. John Barrasso (WY) on the public option--I'm generally not a huge fan of Fox News, but Shep Smith is one redeeming feature.
- If you had five minutes to tell me why a public option is a good thing ...
Human trafficking
- The Metropolitan Police is considering disbanding its human trafficking team. What--is the problem solved already?!
Finance reform
- How private equity firms make billions by driving companies into bankruptcy.
Miscellaneous
- Charts to help you succeed in online dating.
- Check out the US electric grid.
- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan guests on the Colbert Report.
- The Minnesota Twins edge out the Detroit Tigers in an extra-innings one-game playoff to get to the postseason. (I wouldn't bet against the Yankees clobbering them, though ...)
- GOOD Magazine illustrates the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
29Sep/090
Links of the Day, September 29
News
- The death toll in the Philippines tops 240.
- In Guinea, government troops open fire on opposition protesters.
- Iran takes a less belligerent pose on the international stage.
Finance reform
Miscellaneous
- Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue," will be out on November 17. (Point 1: "Going Rogue"? Please. Point 2: That's going straight onto my Amazon wishlist.)