{"id":4057,"date":"2011-03-01T11:12:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2011-03-01T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:12:53","slug":"tuesday-linkorama-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Linkorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Political Links<\/p>\n<li>Jesus, what the hell is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/education\/educationnews\/8347956\/Goggles-banned-at-school-swimming-lessons.html\">wrong<\/a> with people?<\/li>\n<li>For once, I agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2011\/02\/22\/discretion-please-no.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29\">Richard Dawkins<\/a>. Our society&#8217;s bizarre obsession with rules and the mindless enforcement therefore is bizarre and damaging.<\/li>\n<li>A stunning <a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0vZbD.jpg\">picture<\/a> of Christchurch after the earthquake hit.  Christchurch is a lovely town and I had the best lamb vindaloo ever there.  Hopefully, they&#8217;ll be back on their eet soon.<\/li>\n<li>I have no idea if <a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/7gplU.jpg\">this<\/a> is a reasonable response to Wired&#8217;s latest hysteria.  But it&#8217;s something that should be looked at, right?<\/li>\n<p>Political Links:<\/p>\n<li>Rick Santorum: please just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/2011\/02\/23\/rick-the-lionheart-santorum-forgets-you-don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t-have-to-hate-christendom-to-hate-the-crusades\/\">go away<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Remember: according to trial lawyers and their dog-washers, there is no such thing as <a href=\"http:\/\/overlawyered.com\/2011\/02\/new-study-defensive-medicine-rife\/\">defensive medicine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m really starting to like Maggie McNeill&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/maggiemcneill.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/27\/see-how-well-it-works\/\">blog<\/a> on prostitution.  Last week, she had a harrowing interview of a woman who endured horrific abuse. Today, she debunks the Dallas&#8217; authorities self-congratulation on having stopped the non-existent wave of prostitution that didn&#8217;t hit the Super Bowl.  Honestly, I think the biggest reason government exists is so that people can pat themselves on the back.<\/li>\n<li>Things I like about Barack Obama: he waited until <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/26\/world\/middleeast\/26diplomacy.html?_r=1&#038;hp\">after<\/a> the Americans had fled Libya to denounce the regime.<\/li>\n<li>I always knew I hated corn ethanol, I just didn&#8217;t know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2007\/05\/29\/idUSN2924142520070530\">how much<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The amazing Radley Balko has <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2011\/02\/28\/you-can-have-sex-with-them-jus\">another dispatch<\/a> on why mandatory minimum sentences are a bad idea.<\/li>\n<li>An Op-ed from one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704288304576170974226083178.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop\">Koch brothers<\/a>. My god, what extremists!<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Political Links Jesus, what the hell is wrong with people? For once, I agree with Richard Dawkins. Our society&#8217;s bizarre obsession with rules and the mindless enforcement therefore is bizarre and damaging. A stunning picture of Christchurch after the earthquake hit. 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