Linnwood’s Notes » 2007

Links for October 29th through October 30th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 30, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Voters’ views of Pelosi, Congress have dimmed - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has only a 35% approval ratting among Californians.
The Extortionist - Scott Boras, the Yankees? bête noire, has changed baseball forever.
Get a Life - The Hollow Promise of the Internet?s Next Big Thing
An environmental warning proposed for cars in Europe - Under the EU plan, 20 percent of the space or time of any auto ad would have to be set aside for information on a car’s fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
Record numbers of Britons are flying abroad for medical treatment to escape NHS waiting lists. - 70,000 Britons this year alone, that scales out to 350,000 Americans a year if the US had the NHS
Can Buffalo Ever Come Back? - Probably not?and government should stop bribing people to stay there.

Links for October 26th through October 28th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 28, 2007 at 5:36 pm

Iraq Hampers U.S. Bid to Widen Sunni Police Role - Efforts to recruit Sunni policemen have been met with halfhearted support and outright resistance from the Shiite-dominated national government.
Little Green Lies - The sweet notion that making a company environmentally friendly can be not just cost-effective but profitable is going up in smoke.
Eight Million Sots in the Naked City - How Prohibition was imposed on, and rejected by, New York
Take the Federal Out of Farming - The disgrace of agricultural subsidies
LOLCat Bible Translation Project - Wow, people have too much time on their hands.
Racial ?Cleansing? in L.A. - Federal prosecutors say a powerful Latino gang systematically targeted rival black gang members and innocent black civilians in a reign of terror.

Links for October 19th through October 24th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 24, 2007 at 5:31 pm

Media myths about the Jena 6 - A local journalist tells the story you haven’t heard.
All those T-shirts of losing teams? Off to Africa. - Major League Baseball is teaming up with World Vision, an international Christian humanitarian aid group, to save mislabeled clothing from the postseason for Ghanaians affected by recent flooding.
Death by Harry Potter - Ignoring a cultural phenomenon today may render you completely irrelevant in a few years. Just so you know.
Defending the term “Islamofascism” - It’s a valid term. Here’s why.
The myth of the Latino voting bloc - The GOP has less to fear from a backlash than many claim.
An unlikely treasure-trove of donors for Clinton - The candidate’s unparalleled fundraising success relies largely on the least-affluent residents of New York’s Chinatown — some of whom can’t be tracked down.

Links for October 18th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 18, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Sandy Berger and the Real Hillary Clinton - Picking Sandy Berger tells us something important about Hillary’s character. We should listen now - while it can do some good.
Most fake bombs missed by screeners - 75% not detected at LAX; 60% at O’Hare
The Day of the Flying Fish - Globalization and the making of modern sushi
How to debate health care policy - Nine points from Tyler Cowen
The Domestic Intelligence Imperative - Something is wrong when sharing requires breaking the law
Friedman on the Surplus - “For a long time now I have been in favor of any tax cut, under any circumstances, in any way, in any form whatsoever”
Cameras, Crooks, and Deterrence - Constant surveillance seems to have had little effect on Britain?s sky-high crime.
If Elected, I Will Have The Hottest First Lady In U.S. History - I say America deserves hotter.
?Monday Night? Is Not Amused by Kimmel - Being banned from MNF is punnishment?

Links for October 17th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 17, 2007 at 5:36 pm

Let SCHIPs Chart Their Own Course - Why is the federal government paying for children’s health insurance?
There is No Truth - The problem with Jon Stewart’s media criticism
An Act of Commissions - Congress declares half of America backward and poor.

Links for October 16th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 16, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Ending Employer-Based Health Insurance Is a Good Idea - But do we really need a new regressive health insurance tax?
Sabotage in Wartime - It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this resolution is just the latest in a series of Congressional efforts to sabotage the conduct of that war.
Poison or Cure? Religious Belief in the Modern World - Video of a debate, dialogue, and discussion with Christopher Hitchens and Alister McGrath
The Grief That Made ‘Peanuts’ Good - Bill Watterson, of Calvin and Hobbes, reviews David Michaelis’ biography of Charles Schulz
The New Girl Order - The Carrie Bradshaw lifestyle is showing up in unexpected places, with unintended consequences.
The Man Behind Blackwater - Dutiful and intense, son of a self-made billionaire, Erik Prince is an adventure seeker and conservative true believer.
Mad Maps - It’s time to draw the line on gerrymandering.
Burma after the crackdown. - Waiting for the military to turn on their generals.

Links for October 14th through October 15th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 15, 2007 at 5:46 pm

Prizing Doris Lessing - The Nobel committee finally gets it right.
Obama Links Faith to Environmentalism - Michael Crichton called it years ago: Gaia worship is the new religion.
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers - A growing constellation of apparently independent operators is broadcasting the message of Al Qaeda and other groups, translated into English and aimed for a Western audience online.
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled - Many Officials, However, Warn Of Its Resilience
Stealing Life - The crusader behind ?The Wire.?
Heir Time for Yankees - The George Steinbrenner era is over.
The Ideologues Have It - We?re trying to beat back ideology with complacent Western assumptions. Not a good bet.
Better Numbers - The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute.

Links for October 13th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 13, 2007 at 5:56 pm

Shrunken Majority Now Favors Stricter Gun Laws - Percentage favoring stricter gun laws has declined in recent years, while most still oppose handgun ban
How does it feel to die? - New Scientist on Drowning, Heart attack, Bleeding to death, Fire, Decapitation, Electrocution, Fall from a height, Hanging, Lethal injection, and Explosive decompression.
How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize - Al Gore did it–you can too!
Gipper?s Glass Slipper - The Reagan moment is over.
24% Consider Al Gore Global Warming Expert - Just 36% of Americans say that Gore knows what he is talking about when it comes to the environment and Global Warming.
3:10 to Yuma in Cuba - How a Western changed the way Cubans speak.
A Tale of Two Town Houses - Real estate may be as important as religion in explaining the infamous gap between red and blue states.
For the GOP, a Daring Tax Choice - This week, reform-minded conservatives intend to introduce the most far-reaching tax plan since Jack Kemp’s three decades ago.
The Republican Collapse - American conservatism is only successful when it?s in tension ? when the ambition of its creeds is restrained by the caution of its Burkean roots.
Use Of ‘N-Word’ May End Porn Star’s Career - ‘Cum Inside’ star Jennica St. Foxx is receiving heavy criticism for using a racial slur in her latest film.
The Culture War on Facts - Are you entitled to your own truth?
Miller, Coors to combine U.S. operations - Brewers aim to compete with industry leader Anheuser-Busch
An Error-Plagued Game, but From the Broadcast Booth - On TBS, Chip Caray?s play-by-play of the Yankees? 8-4 win in Game 3 on Sunday night was packed with errors and silly strategy, enough to give me agita.
BBC set to shed 12% of workforce - The final tally of job losses, which will have to be approved by the BBC Trust, could approach 2,800, according to one person familiar with the situation.
Afghans Pressed by U.S. on Plan to Spray Poppies - The War on Drugs or the War on Islamic extremism? Pick one.
Chill out. - Stop fighting over global warming — here’s the smart way to attack it.
Talk Is Cheap - Couldn’t the U.S. Do More to Pressure Burma’s Junta?

Links for October 7th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 7, 2007 at 5:32 pm

Another Winner from Winn Parish - Bobby Jindal’s race for governor of Louisiana.
In Praise of the Housing Bust - Isn’t it time for the market to cool?
For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises - Most of the money raised by lotteries is used simply to sustain the games.

Links for October 6th

Daily Links — del.icio.us on October 6, 2007 at 5:43 pm

The Stripper’s Secret - Flaunting your fertility makes for big tips. The showgirl’s guide to maximizing income.
An Immoderate Moderator - Republicans should allow Chris Matthews to moderate their debate no more than Democrats would allow Sean Hannity theirs.
Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year - “This is a proud day for quarters-owners everywhere.”
The War Over the Wonks - A list of the national security and foreign policy advisers to the leading presidential candidates from both parties.
Does SCHIP insure kids or subsidize savvy HMOs? - the chief beneficiaries of the bill ? and the most prolific lobbyists for it ? are private health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry and other big businesses that would stand on the receiving end of the broadened pipeline of subsidies i
A Death in the Family - Having volunteered for Iraq, Mark Daily was killed in January by an I.E.D. Dismayed to learn that his pro-war articles helped persuade Daily to enlist, the author measures his words against a family’s grief and a young man’s sacrifice.
The Life Fascistic - Fascist Aesthetics in the Films of Wes Anderson
Quirked Around - The unbearable lightness of Ira Glass, Wes Anderson, and other paragons of indie sensibility
The ‘racism’ rap against Wes Anderson. - A reply to Jonah Weiner in Slate
Unbearable Whiteness - That queasy feeling you get when watching a Wes Anderson movie.

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