{"id":3426,"date":"2010-08-27T17:04:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T23:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2010-08-27T17:08:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T23:08:43","slug":"friday-linkorama-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=3426","title":{"rendered":"Friday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Non-political links:<\/p>\n<li>Dry water? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/science-news\/7964109\/Scientists-create-dry-water.html\">Dry water<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/working_home\">This<\/a> is, more or less, accurate.<\/li>\n<li>CNN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/africa\/08\/25\/nigeria.child.witches\/?hpt=C2\">catches on<\/a> to the horrific child witch nonsense.  Good job, CNN.  It only took you a year.<\/li>\n<li>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/08\/its-just-a-cat-ctd.html#more\">perspective<\/a> on the British cat lady.<\/li>\n<p>Political Links:<\/p>\n<li>I wonder if Philadelphia&#8217;s idea about <a href=\"http:\/\/citypaper.net\/articles\/2010\/08\/19\/blogging-business-privilege-tax-philadelphia\">licensing bloggers<\/a> is a money grab or an attempt to silence the new media.  Either way, it&#8217;s wrong.  Freelance writers don&#8217;t have to pa a business license, do they?<\/li>\n<li>The latest on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato-at-liberty.org\/the-kirchners-go-after-the-newspapers-in-argentina\/\">repulsive Peronistas<\/a> currently ruining Argentina.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/08\/dropout-factories-contd-again.html#more\">astonishing and depressing<\/a> letter at Sully&#8217;s blog.<\/li>\n<li>A bookmark for the future:  the coming &#8220;savage cuts&#8221; in Social Security are <a href=\"http:\/\/taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org\/blog\/_archives\/2010\/8\/24\/4612720.html\">not cuts at all<\/a>. Always remember the way Washington uses words &#8211; reductions in explosive growth are &#8220;cuts&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>I am shocked, shocked that the federal food insurance keeps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/2010-08-25-flood-insurance_N.htm\">rebuilding<\/a> the same homes over and over.  It&#8217;s almost like it has created a perverse incentive.<\/li>\n<li>I am shocked, shocked to find out that Obamcare will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2010\/08\/23\/99550\/colleges-say-new-health-law-may.html\">outlaw<\/a> cheap insurance for students.  It&#8217;s almost like we warned you.<\/li>\n<li>Turns out, that whole ebonics translator thing isn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popehat.com\/2010\/08\/24\/oh-stewardess-i-speak-cop\/\">so funny<\/a>.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-political links: Dry water? Dry water. This is, more or less, accurate. CNN catches on to the horrific child witch nonsense. Good job, CNN. It only took you a year. Some perspective on the British cat lady. 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