Morning links 4/20/09
-Some people who can just go fuck themselves want to outlaw donkey basketball! (New York Times)
-A couple in Detroit who tried to cremate their toddler on a BBQ grill are going to prison. (MSNBC)
-The wingnuts are up in arms over Obama shaking hands and smiling at Hugo Chavez. (LA Times)
-Criticism is growing over Obama's decision not to prosecute the authors of the Bush torture memos. (HuffPo)
-An interesting look at advertising during tough economic times. (The New Yorker)
-An ice bridge which held together a large part of Antarctica collapsed over the weekend. (Reuters)
-Antarctica is actually increasing in size, not melting away. (The Australian)
-What's up with all these lazy ass bloggers getting book deals using other people's content? (New York Times)
-Some people think that Susan Boyle is a Simon Cowell-created hoax. (New York Post)
-Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz has a new show on the air. (New York Times)
-An inside look at how cable news shows stage phony issues and debates. (Gawker)
-Pythons are taking over the state of Florida! (New Yorker)
-You can now buy funeral caskets at Costco. (New York Times)
-Shockingly, Glenn Beck is in favor of legalizing drugs. (New York Times)
1 comments:
After umpteen years of political hysteria on both sides of the aisle I'm afraid politics is about to get boring. To wit:
"Its defense budget is probably 1/600th of the U.S.," he said. "They own [the oil company] Citgo. It's unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States."
Barack Obama.
Whatever will the cable networks do?
RJ
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