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Wednesday's Link Salad
Apr. 14th, 2010 10:57 amVarious links, cluttering up my desktop, presented with commentary:
1) The Tale of Two Failed Plots: So, we've all heard of the Underpants Bomber, who failed to blow up a plane. Not nearly as many have heard of Najibullah Zazi who failed to blow up three NYC subway trains. Zazi was arrested by the Plain Old Police (POP), given his Miranda rights, and coughed up his co-conspirators. Why don't we hear more about Zazi? His case makes the Obama administration look good, and we obviously can't have that.
2) Confederate History Month: From Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen's most famous speech, African slavery as it exists amongst us -- the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution... [Our new government's] ... foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition.
3) Air Marshals: The security expert Bruce Schneier notes that we are spending $200 million per arrest in the Federal Air Marshal system.
4) Building a Green Economy: Paul Krugman writes an interesting if long article on how building a green economy would be beneficial both economically and for our climate. Get a cup of your beverage of choice and read it.
1) The Tale of Two Failed Plots: So, we've all heard of the Underpants Bomber, who failed to blow up a plane. Not nearly as many have heard of Najibullah Zazi who failed to blow up three NYC subway trains. Zazi was arrested by the Plain Old Police (POP), given his Miranda rights, and coughed up his co-conspirators. Why don't we hear more about Zazi? His case makes the Obama administration look good, and we obviously can't have that.
2) Confederate History Month: From Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen's most famous speech, African slavery as it exists amongst us -- the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution... [Our new government's] ... foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition.
3) Air Marshals: The security expert Bruce Schneier notes that we are spending $200 million per arrest in the Federal Air Marshal system.
4) Building a Green Economy: Paul Krugman writes an interesting if long article on how building a green economy would be beneficial both economically and for our climate. Get a cup of your beverage of choice and read it.
