Links of the Day, January 8

News We’re still losing jobs, but we’re no longer hemorrhaging. Let’s hope the trajectory holds firm. Portugal’s parliament backs same sex marriage. Some might blame the TSA officer for deserting his post at Newark airport. I blame the Asian guy who breached security. As Angry Asian Man puts it so succinctly, "you’re an idiot." Sports …

Tax Day

I love Jon Stewart. “Taxed Enough Already.” Protesting high taxes and government’s wasteful spending. Okay, part two first: as Jon Stewart notes, protesting wasteful spending by buying lots and lots and lots of tea bags—and I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt they’re going to use those afterwards—doesn’t spell anything …