Here are links I found interesting on February 19, 2011:

• How to look like canyons by helicopter – What's that? you don't speak Russian? Here's the rough English translation of the blogger's page, courtesy of Google Translate.
• Страница Виртуальных Путешественников – Как выглядят каньоны с вертолета – Turns out that one of my aerial photography clients is actually a popular travel blogger in Russia. Here's the blog post he wrote about our flight. It's mostly pictures.
• This is what "pro-life" means? – House Republicans just cut off funds for abortions — and breast exams, cervical cancer screenings and STD testing. Read about it on Salon.com.
• The Right’s War on Women Continues…at the State Level – From a piece in Daily Kos: "Franklin wants to create a Uterus Police to investigate miscarriages, and requires that any time a miscarriage occurs, whether in a hospital or without medical assistance, it must be reported and a fetal death certificate issued. If the cause of death is unknown, it must be investigated. If the woman can’t tell how it happened, then those Uterus Police can ask family members and friends how it happened. Hospitals are required to keep records of anyone who has a spontaneous abortion and report it. Yup, we’ve been waiting for someone to suggest this — and Franklin has." Read more on JonathanTurley.org. My question: what gives this jackass the right to think he can investigate the tragedy of a pregnancy gone wrong?
• Sec. Hillary Clinton Defends Reproductive Rights and Family Planning – Hillary tells it like it is. I sure hope SOMEONE is listening.
• Phoenix diocese strips St. Joseph’s Hospital of Catholic status – What's more important? The outdated and unpopular policies of a religion managed by child molesters or a woman's life?
• PBS Statement on Elimination of Funding for Public Broadcasting – Planned Parenthood and now PBS. The Republicans are taking away funding for the things that Americans NEED and WANT. How about cutting tax breaks for their rich corporate friends instead?