{"id":3576,"date":"2010-10-18T08:41:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2010-10-18T08:44:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T14:44:07","slug":"monday-linkorama-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=3576","title":{"rendered":"Monday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Political Links:<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/13.7\/2010\/10\/14\/130566383\/why-are-3-d-movies-so-bad\">This<\/a> is how I feel about 3-D movies.  They don&#8217;t add much to experience other than price.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1320423\/Facebook-saves-girls-life-family-friend-spots-eye-cancer-mothers-photo.html\">win<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An alternative therapy <a href=\"http:\/\/crispian-jago.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/handy-alternative-therapy-flowchart.html\">flow chart<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p>Political Links:<\/p>\n<li>More <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/13\/reasontv-boondoggle-in-the-mot\">light rail follies<\/a>, this time from Detroit and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/stories\/2010\/10\/11\/daily50.html\">Atlanta<\/a>. I can tell you from having lived in Atlanta, the are flushing $100 million down the toiler.<\/li>\n<li>Yet more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/kalw\/detail?entry_id=73812#ixzz12QUgJjpk\">evidence<\/a> that if Ronald Reagan were around today, the GOP would denounce him as a dangerous RINO.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re full of it watch: Retroactive Edition.  I was reading <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/crimelaw\/68715\/\">this amazing story<\/a> about false confessions. I then googled the Central Park Jogger case and came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishworldreview.com\/cols\/coulter120502.asp\">this<\/a> repulsive sneering article by Ann Coulter saying the accused were definitely guilty.  I wonder if she ever admitted to be wrong about that?<\/li>\n<li>An interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/10\/an-education-system-from-years-gone-by.html\">critique<\/a> of modern education. I somewhat agree, but I really think the solution is to allow more private and local control to spur innovation.  Some kids do well in the assembly line; some don&#8217;t. Let the parents choose rather than force a one-size-fits-all solution on the entire nation.   Needless to say, this is the opposite of what our leaders are doing.<\/li>\n<li>No, Virginia, the clusterfuck at the banks is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/39686897\">not<\/a> going to let you welch on your mortgage. This is one of those times when practical considerations may have to trump free market ideology.<\/li>\n<li>You know, Gawker has a <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5662272\/in-defense-of-teasing-the-politician-who-sucked-a-dildo-on-camera\">point<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An amazing and repulsive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato-at-liberty.org\/if-only-hawaiis-government-were-as-beautiful-as-its-beaches\">land grab<\/a> in Hawaii.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Political Links: This is how I feel about 3-D movies. They don&#8217;t add much to experience other than price. Facebook win. An alternative therapy flow chart. Political Links: More light rail follies, this time from Detroit and Atlanta. 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