Christmastime Links

Hope you all had a great Christmas and are recovering nicely from eating bountifully! News A bomb targeting Shia Muslims goes off in a Pakistani market. Ten civilians, including eight children, are killed in fighting in Afghanistan. More protests and more arrests in Iran. "Avatar," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" lead …

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 …

Links of the Day, October 13

News US and Russia will work together to ensure a peaceful Iranian nuclear program. Health care The Senate Finance Committee votes on its health care bill today. Miscellaneous A Facebook addict goes cold turkey. The ‘new’ Michael Jackson single, "This Is It," is actually not that new. Found on Digg: this is so wrong.

Links of the Day, October 1

Happy October! Only three months of 2009 left! As a fall treat, here’s a picture from the White House photostream of Barack playing with his Asian-American niece, Savita: Eugene Cho blogs about it. News In more sobering news, the death toll in Indonesia passes 700. Iran talks nuclear. Senators Boxer and Kerry introduce the Clean …

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 Bailed-out banks are still making risky bets. Miscellaneous Sarah Palin’s book, "Going Rogue," will be out on November 17. (Point 1: "Going Rogue"? Please. Point …