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:
4Nov/090
Links of the Day, November 4
News
- Five British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan.
- Election results: Republicans Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell win the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia respectively, but Democrat Bill Owens pulls off an upset in NY-23.
- A slim majority in Maine rejects gay marriage.
Green
- Some new photos illustrate the impact our dependency on plastic (and our inability to dispose of it properly) has on marine wildlife.
Miscellaneous
3Nov/092
Links of the Day, November 3
News
- It's Election Day 2009, with a number of races of note going on, including in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.
- James Dobson steps down from Focus on the Family.
Politics
- While Republicans are focused on stopping the Democrats' larger legislative plans--health-care reform, finance reform, climate change--the latter are pushing through a lot of smaller changes largely unopposed.
Human trafficking
- Governor Carcieri of Rhode Island signs a major anti-trafficking bill into law.
Green
- NPR looks at climate change--how it's affected us so far, and how it will continue to affect us.
Miscellaneous
- From the geniuses at xkcd.com, movie narrative charts.
- Joss Whedon bids on the Terminator franchise.
29Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 29
Turns out, I just needed a couple days to get back in the driver's seat.
News
- The U.S. economy grew! Which apparently means the recession is officially over.
- The President signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law.
- Andre Agassi admits taking crystal meth back in 1997 and covering it up. I'm disappointed, but I still love the man, and not just for his honesty.
- Google unveils its free sat-nav for mobiles.
Politics
- The new defense bill reveals an unexpected victory over the military lobby.
- Governor Schwarzenegger vetoes a bill in a most creative fashion. His press secretary said it was a "weird coincidence." Really, what're the odds?
Green
Miscellaneous
- USA Today looks at the burden of being a pastor.
- Check out Eugene Cho's U2 concert coverage, including a little clip of Bono singing "Amazing Grace." It was amazing.
- From one of my favorite new sites, DISGRASIAN: "The Chinese are coming!"
- Get your kid a Star Trek onesie. It's freaking cute.
- And welcome to DC at Halloween--candy corn traffic cones put up by street artist diabetik:
- Han Solo and Chewie in the good ol' days.
- And finally, some helpful tips for protecting your Gmail account.
21Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 21
Go buy this t-shirt:
Or just follow the advice found thereupon.
News
- A nuclear fuel agreement is reached in Iran.
- Human Rights Watch says dozens of ethnic Uighurs have disappeared since being detained after riots in China.
- The really, really smart people at Apple release a brand new iMac, complete with the really, really pretty Magic Mouse (below). They really know how to make attractive products over there.
Health care
- According to CBO estimates, the House's desired bill--which includes a public option, hurray!--will cost $871 billion, and will cut the deficit.
Green
Miscellaneous
- Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt get climate change wrong.
- Marginal Revolution points out some successful government bureacracies.
- Illustrator Marc Johns' "If Paper Towels Could Talk." Hilarious.
- If you don't like reading about giant spiders, don't click on this link.