Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Opit's LinkFest at My Opera 21-23 April 2007

Economy of the United StatesImage via Wikipedia

21 April News Picks

Brown acts to head off tax revolt
French Fries, Dixie Chicks and ABC : a frightening revelation
Rove watch clock : It's been 75 days since Fox failed to identify Rove as a McCain advisor
McCain gets facts wrong again - says Sadr - not Maliki - asked for 'ceasefire'
Iraqi travel to Iran to persuade Sadr to order ceasefire March 30
The $3 Trillion War
Dar Fur stars make music in Israel
Angry Kenyan : We are dying for nothing
McClatchey Cartoons
How scientific gains abroad may pay off in the U.S.
Booming birds face bust times
Coal stocks leap
Companies to Watch in Green Tech : Recycling
'Free' DTV converter boxes can't be returned ?
Workers' Edge
Remove unnecessary auto start apps that won't go away
Work with PDF files sans Adobe Acrobat
New Outlook Add-On cuts through the inbox clutter
Dig deeper into Windows to find the source of problems
Digital Axle
Where are all the lovely ladies?
Facebook on my phone and other Tomfollery
Business or Pleasure ? Online social networks and the choice ahead
Portals may suffer as Search on Social Networks becomes less lame
For political news, cable is now king
After six decades, Paraguay's ruling party loses presidency

21 April RSS Recap

Bank of America profits nosedive
Judges deny some crack convicts help on their sentencesypochris nails the injustice in comments
Think to bring all-electric cars to U.S. next year
Ethanol pumped in all states, but not everyone sold on it
( ? I'd say there was a perceptable increase in mileage when I went to mid-grade and high octane - improved performance in rice-grinders and less problem with moisture in winter. For me there was no signicant bottom-line cost difference with 5-10% ethanol after allowing a few pennies/liter higher price . )
The World's Most Innovative Companies
China's love for big cars leads to U.S. - type remedies
( Europeans have faced higher prices at the pump for a long time ; and get higher performance with lower displacement. However, China may have the longer travel distances of the U.S., where lower rpm/larger displacement usually equals less wear. Making cars uses energy too. )
Google takes Street View to Europ - in 3 D ?
Windows Vista just can't catch a break
Free download turns Smartphone into Wi-Fi hotspot
Top five reasons a content management company will go out of business
How I helped move a company to Mexico
TEN PERCENT
Ethiopia learning from its imperial master - invades Somalia with U.S. support
Pro-Israel group on Wiki fiddle
Nasser Zarafshan - the third side also exists
Bear, woods, etc. "the idea that a rich ex-military officer represents an unbiased source remains unchallenged"
Rapists destroy evidence
"Life is so pleasant in polite-euphamisms-obscuring-blood-spattered-sex-torture world"
Exit polls - left win in Paraguay
Lose Ben Stein money - how corporate censorship works
Paraguay rejecting 61 years of rightists
Mass graves in Canada
The Military-Industrial-Media Complex
Harry Potter case illustrates muddled Web copyright laws
NBC knows mixing ads into web shows is risky
Social networks prepare own music services
Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan
HD enthusiasts crying foul over cable TV's crunched signals
ECB's Trichet says "Market correction is not over"
Crude oil rises above $117 as attackers cut Nigerian supply
The Blue State
Michael Moore endorses Obama
PA polling data - the day before
It's all about the media's portrayal of Hillary's chances ( electioneering horserace )
The Existentialist Cowboy
BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE, PART VI : THE GOVERNMENT PLACES ITSELF ABOVE THE LAW
"A stolen election
A false-flag attack
A war begun upon a pack of lies
Rule by Decree
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
The Unitary Executive
Bush becomes 'The State' "
Trademark tactics of CIA destabilization
The US becomes the world's biggest terrorist nation
The government denies 'due process of law'
Ideas that have harmed mankind
Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution
WHY NEWT GINGRICH IS DEAD WRONG ABOUT OUR RIGHTS, BUSH, AND THE CONSTITUTION
"Of al Qaeda and Bush, Bush is the larger threat to the lives and rights of the people and the Constitution."
BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE; PART V : PUBLIC OPINION BECOMES IRRELEVANT
"Media fixation with every aspect of politics but issues is evidence of insidious media cynicism, an entrenched belief that Americans will not read or understand a story unless it has star quality and celebrity in it. Media fixation with every aspect of politics but issues is also evidence of media that is either out of touch or under the control of the corporate establishment. In the end, public opinion will have missed the point and will not matter."
What to do if you get negative online attacks
COMMENTS FROM LEFT FIELD
Homeland security : caring for the wealthy and connected since 2002
McCain subscibes to the Gibsonian School of Economics
Both Democrats face financial woes
Because "Bring It On !" was already taken
"With the people who run our country, I am really surprised we're not in more wars, and more people don't hate our guts."
When will the minutiae stop ?
McCain and self-control
The media uses Pentagon-prepped military 'analysts' to spread disinformation on war
Pravda, anyone ?
California schools asking parents for money to continue running
Welcome to the Circular Firing Squad
It's all in our heads - McCain on the economy
Fear Monger in Chief
Meta blogging : thanks to Bill Scher
On Jack Bauer and U.S. interrogation policy
( torture is not interrogation )
Gibsonian Democrats
( Forgetting the 'Benefits' part of Cost-Benefit Analysis. Like trying to run a General Ledger with only Liabilities, no Assets )
Elizabeth Edwards on health care : This is not a 'cheap shot'; it is potentially life and death ( Potentially ? )
Playing Defense
Maybe it is time to panic
Understanding media watchdogs
AllBookmarks sports new interface for Mac

21 April - Evening Picks

Tories overspent on election by $1 million : raid on HQ Canada
Running out of planet to exploit
Why Bother ? Green Living
Dump the plastic, save the sea
12 important U.S. laws every blogger needs to know
Cool your house with chemical reactions
More convicts enlisting in Army, Marines
( What would it imply if they were being actively selected for their predispositions and attitudes ? )
BLUE GIRL RED STATE
( Both of these bloggers know how to go about cataloguing events and editorializing upon them : today's posts include stunners by a team not noted as being dull. )
Veteran's Administration HID Suicides - a follow up ( where things are many times worse than was admitted : a systematic VA cover-up )
The delusions of Alphonso Jackson ( get out of town before indictments hit )
I guess common sense means nothing... ( taking a box of ammo on an aircraft - going to Russia )
When the Generals lied - LTG Thomas McInerney - Fox 'News Analyst' - with Board of Directors appointments - one of which was for a company working almost exclusively for DoD
Notes on his abysmal performance at strategic assessment
Nightowl Newswrap Ethiopia shelling a residential area in Mogadishu
Q & A with David Barstow The 'military analysts' story and the fight to get the information
False Pretenses
Before Medicare, sticker shock and rejection
Teaching with Wikipedia
All the news that's fit to print outWikipedia
Ironic Sans
Photographer's blog with articles : Video Store Clerk

22 April - Late Links

Progress towards public access to science
The Toxic origins of disease
Microsoft's "Chain of Trust"
The toxic origins of disease
( 'Soft drinks' are acids contained in plastic. Do they leach anything from their container ? You do remember Coke has applications as a cleaning agent. )
Gene-Environment interaction in Yeast Gene Expression
( Aren't you glad not to be tied up with understanding ailments associated with the gut ? A diet high in sugar grows lots of yeast : an imbalance which can be hard to diagnose for an ordinary person caught up with bad dietary practice; i.e. almost everyone on a 'Western' diet. Plus - not all microbial stews which digest food are the same. It isn't just the human genome - or diet - which is variable.)
Host PRP glycosylation : a major factor determining the outcome of prion infection a.k.a. Jacobs-Cruzfeld in humans, 'Mad Cow' in bovines. As an aside, I'm recalling a British farmer's hypothesis that there was a relationship involving magnesium levels in soil [ from fertilizer ] and agricultural chemicals - as the condition isn't properly understood as an infection.
The Bush Administration Propaganda How-To
Five tips for better photo composition
Obsidian Wings
April 19 OK, Now I Care
"Audio of Hillary's comments at a small fundraiser" Oh. Now that's candor ( and understatement on my part )
Scary stuff McCain's economic platform - tax cuts
I Don't Care ( about the working class )
Spin the Globe
lifestreaming another view
crowdstatus.com

22 April Quick Picks

Little Vertical Axis Wind Turbine System
Wikileaks busts Gitmo propaganda team
Sad story of female Iraqi refugees
Hunger pains for Mubarak
Some scary water stats from an expert
Scandia's second crack at fuel-air stun grenade
Pine Belt Progressive
The Inevitable FLDS Post
Torture and Torturers
Food Crisis Explained ?
Blue Girl Red State
Who are these people ? ( the 28% )
Brilliant campaign strategy there, John !
Megan McArdle tries to get one right ( Pale Rider's tag : patronizing bullshit )
A bit of redemption for Richard Myers ?
The Green Light
The military 'leveraging' of cultural knowledge - lessons learned in Mosul
Crisis in Tibet
BlueBloggin
Not a recession, just a slowdown, oil still pricey...no connection, Mr. Bush ?
VA caught in Suicide coverup
Clinton New Ad...Be Afraid, be very afraid
( Sorta reminds one how to figure out who tells the truth...and who plies crap )
Bush #41 let Saddam invade Kuwait according to plan
( There are still some surprises around. Some fill-in-the-blanks from India. )
Ten Percent
Uribe family values - Colombia
RIP Rosario Sanchez
'Lucky' is an understatement
Manchester !
U.S. undercover psyops
( Tom outing that which has been denied - with enthusiasm )

23 April - Morning News +

Microsoft to close DRM licensed servers
Bronze statue of former President Ronald Reaga...Image via Wikipedia
Big losses at Delta and Northeast
Israel braces for fallout from U.S. spy case ( The story will be controlled )
Controversial Hitler ad ordered off TV A case where what's sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander ( that damned 'left-wing media' can't be allowed to present its case )
Feds scrap $20-million 'virtual fence'
Scalia : Who is more incorruptible than the millionaire ?
( There's a specious allegation if I ever heard one. )
Crytogon
Global food price increase forces World Vision to cut 1.5 million people from food aid program
Americans hoard food as industry seeks regulations
China down to 12 days worth of coal
Wall Street Journal : "Maybe it's time for Americans to start hoarding food"
Head of CDC admits on CNN that vaccines can trigger autism
California : Foreclosures up 327% from 2007 levels, 517 a day
Dollar over the cliff
Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations
Wal Mart's Sam's Club limits rice purchases
Rural struggle without mains gas
Measures to target fuel poverty
Kokoda Track to be protectedOz
The Clean Energy Scam
( Where did 'greens' push biofuels ? The first I recall was an announcement from Bu$hCo : Environmental destruction personified. )
Getting your teen a job - think Internet, not just pizza delivery
Privacy disaster at Twitter : Direct messages exposed
Next-generation CAPTCHA exploits the semantic gap
OnMyCity
Community Communications Platform
Over 100 staffers leave Newsweek
Ma.gnolia as a del.ico.us alternative
( Too much a work in progress for me )
Songza
A Feather Adrift
( Eclectic, personal,awake and totally relaxed blogging. )
Is it Microsoft or Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop ?
( Tech Republic solution series includes a Linux on the Desktop teaser PDF for members - free )
Dull tasks numb the brain - literally
Hearty-eating moms more likely to have boys
Weather modification comes of age
Ailing rivers need urgent care
Organized crime penetrates energy sector : U.S.
OCCRP reports on East European/Eurasian organized crime
Okinawa lobbies Tokyo, U.S. in fight against soldiers' crimes
Europification of the automobile
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