An Eclectic Mind

Here are links I found interesting on August 19, 2010:

• Don’t Be a Dick, Part 1: the video – Phil Plait’s presentation at TAM 8. Well done; can’t wait to get a faster Internet connection so I can see it uninterrupted.
• TSA Screeners Check Luggage, Investigate Your Marriage & Personal Finances – Planning a trip out of Philadelphia? Allow lots of extra time for TSA abuse. On The Consumerist. Thank to @gglockner on Twitter for sharing the link.
• http://newsfeed.time.com/new-words-in-the-ode/ – A list of new words in the Oxford Dictionary of English. I’m sure you’ll know plenty of these gems.
• Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text – The Onion always manages to come up with on-target topics and write about them in a way that makes me laugh. Thanks to @Jen4Web for sharing the link.

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Here are links I found interesting on August 18, 2010:

• Keith Olbermann – Special Comment, Muslim Community Center – Say what you will about Olbermann, but he knows how to get to the root of the matter. If you love America, watch this through to the end and then try to deny the reason in it. Me? I cried.
• How the "ground zero mosque" fear mongering began – "A viciously anti-Muslim blogger, the New York Post and the right-wing media machine: How it all went down." Read more in Salon. Thanks to @derekcbart for sharing the link. This made up controversy really bugs me. All it does is demonstrate the growing close-mindedness, fear, and hate among Americans today.

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Here are links I found interesting on August 14, 2010:

• Bradley Manning’s guilt — and ours – From this piece, some food for thought: "If putting people in harm's way is a damning criticism of Manning, then what are we to make of those who have cheered on, voted for, and managed America's wars?" On The Week. Thanks to @donperreault for sharing this thought-provoking link.
• Questions Grow About Ansel Adams Discovery – Those negatives supposedly worth $200 million? Well, it looks like they may have been snapped by Uncle Earl. Read more on the New York Times. Thanks to @TedLandau for sharing this link.
• Ground Zero Mosque – What Sam Harris thinks about the proposed mosque two blocks away from NYC's Ground Zero. On the Daily Beast.
• Robinson Helicopter founder retires – "Frank Robinson, who founded Robinson Helicopter Co. in Torrance nearly four decades ago, has retired as the private firm's chairman and president." Read more on The Daily Breeze.

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Here are links I found interesting on August 13, 2010:

• Palinisms: Did she really say that? – By Jacob Weisberg – Slate Magazine – Jacob Weisberg continues his popular "Bushisms" column in Slate Magazine with idiotic comments made by Sarah Palin. "Gotta celebrate it!"
• Conservapedia: E=mc2 Is A Liberal Conspiracy – "To many conservatives, almost everything is a secret liberal plot: from fluoride in the water to medicare reimbursements for end-of-life planning with your doctor to efforts to teach evolution in schools. But Conservapedia founder and Eagle Forum University instructor Andy Schlafly — Phyllis Schlafly's son — has found one more liberal plot: the theory of relativity." Read more on TPMMuckraker. If these people put as much effort into learning science as they do in shooting it down, they might actually get a grip on reality.
• Sarah Palin’s Homer Moment-D’Oh! -Yes, Sarah Palin did violate the First, Second, and Fourth Amendment Rights of the citizens of Homer, Alaska while filming her poorly-conceived TLC series.

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Here are links I found interesting on August 12, 2010:

• Medical Journal Retracts Report About Jesus Curing Fever – A case of the dumbs is followed up with a case of the smarts. What were these people thinking? On NPR.org.
• Free of oppression – Amen!

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