Interesting Links, August 11, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on August 11, 2011:

FAA Clarifies Stand on iPads in the Cockpit – This has prompted me to get official FAA approval for my iPad with Foreflight as an EFB.

Interesting Links, August 8, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on August 8, 2011:

Police pontificate as Montrealer threatens to murder science journalists – "A Montreal man who uses the name David Mabus, and who has been identified as Dennis Markuze of Saint-Laurent, Qué., has been issuing death threats to American science journalists and bloggers over the course of the past three years, first by email and lately via twitter." I was one of the people contacted by this whack-job on Twitter.
Republicans on the Debt Ceiling: Screwing Over America – "Republicans say they want to save the country from Obama’s reckless spending. But as Paul Begala argues, it’s the GOP’s policies that have driven the nation into the ground." Read it (and weep).
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant – A must-have for Mac OS X Lion users. Download for free.
Radiation Overdose at the Airport – Yes, TSA? What was that you were saying about the safety of your full-body scanners? No thanks. I'd rather be groped.

Here are links I found interesting on August 3, 2011:

FAA dispute costing millions more than it would save – "Did Congress really pass up more than a billion dollars in tax revenue just to save $16 million in subsidies for 13 rural airports?" Apparently, they did. And then they went on vacation for a month. How freaking stupid are our congressmen and senators? VOTE THEM OUT. Time to clean house!
Airport Contractors Feel Sting Of FAA Shutdown – "The stalemate in Congress over funding for the Federal Aviation Administration means the suspension of more than 200 airport expansion and renovation projects around the country, which is putting tens of thousands of people out of work."
FAA Operations Up In The Air Amid Shutdown – $30 million/day in tax revenue lost because of Congress’s FAILURE to act.

Here are links I found interesting on July 28, 2011:

No Eulogies for Georgia State Rep. Bobby Franklin – Here's one we won't miss. Too bad the rest of these close-minded bigots don't die off, too.
What Would Joe Sixpack Do? – No, let's NOT run our country like Joe Sixpack runs his home.
Playing Chicken With Disaster – Some food for thought about the motivations of our elected senators and representatives. Just who — or what — are they really serving?

Here are links I found interesting on July 16, 2011:

America’s debt: Shame on them – "The Republicans are playing a cynical political game with hugely high economic stakes." Read more in The Economist.
UK govt defends Murdoch ties as scandal spirals – It should be interesting to see how this all plays out. There's nothing I'd like more than to see Fox News go down, too.