{"id":1194,"date":"2009-03-25T00:36:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T06:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2009-03-25T00:36:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T06:36:17","slug":"wednesday-linkorama-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<li>I don&#8217;t follow any twitter feeds.  But <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cwalken\">Christopher Walken&#8217;s<\/a> is almost interesting.<\/li>\n<li>Stories like <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincinnati.com\/article\/20090322\/NEWS01\/903220312\/-1\/TODAY\">this<\/a> are heart-breaking.  What kind of jerks harass a girl to commit suicide because she sent her boyfriend a nude video?<\/li>\n<li>I got some flack on the other blog for suggesting that cosmetology should not be regulated beyond OSHA.  Well, I still think licensing cosmetologists is <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123776729360609465.html\">dumb<\/a>.  If people want their feet chewed on, that&#8217;s no concern of mine.<\/li>\n<li>Cato has some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato-at-liberty.org\/2009\/03\/23\/this-is-system-failure\/\">hopeful news<\/a> on the school voucher front.  As with the pot question, I feel a tide beginning to turn.  The reason unions fought the pilot voucher programs so much was because they knew what would happen if competition got its foot in the door.<\/li>\n<li>Hope and change, <a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=N2EwMGFjNjU4ZDYwMzE4MmU5YzgyYjA5ZDkxNDQxOWU=\">my butt<\/a>.  Stripping out the contents of one bill to put in the content of another is almost Cheneyian.<\/li>\n<li>Why is Haley Barbour going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonfreepress.com\/index.php\/site\/comments\/barbour_will_veto_eminent_domain_bill_032309\/\">veto<\/a> an imminent domain protection act?  Is there any Republican out there who&#8217;s not a dimwit?<\/li>\n<li>Shouldn&#8217;t laws concerning DNA evidence <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,614245,00.html\">account<\/a> for twins?<\/li>\n<li>George Will has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/23\/AR2009032302140_pf.html\">fit<\/a> over how we&#8217;re shredding the Constitution to deal with the financial crisis.  Remember when shredding the Constitution to deal with terrorism was a bad thing?  Sigh.<\/li>\n<li>More stuff to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20127001.300-space-storm-alert-90-seconds-from-catastrophe.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&#038;nsref=online-news\">scared of<\/a>: coronal mass ejections that could destroy our electrical grid.  I think the article is overly pessimistic &#8212; humans are far more adaptable than social scientists like to think.  But the danger is real.  And if your government weren&#8217;t trillions of dollars into wars, bailouts and taking over banks, it would be the sort of thing they could and should make provision for.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t follow any twitter feeds. But Christopher Walken&#8217;s is almost interesting. Stories like this are heart-breaking. What kind of jerks harass a girl to commit suicide because she sent her boyfriend a nude video? I got some flack on the other blog for suggesting that cosmetology should not be regulated beyond OSHA. 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