Non-political links:

My God. This sounds like the most boring video game ever.

Stories like this make me so sad. Whether you believe that government can help these people or not — you can probably guess my opinion — to see people fallen so low is heart-breaking. The photo of the child (and the story behind it) is really hard to see.

Google almost starts a war.

Political Links:

Who killed the electric car? Science did.

Jesus tapdancing Christ, what next from the Nanny State?

Radley Balko tries to find some consistency from Juan Cole. Good luck.

This nostalgia for President Bush is badly misplaced. All the policies people hate about Obama started under Bush. Never underestimate the power of self-delusion.