Link. It’s a crummy service – as expected. Apple really sucks at this stuff.

Link. Amazing OECD graph on violence in America vs. other nations.

Link. Who can stand against VerizATT?

Link. Claim buried in article. Scary. Very.

Link. Common Spec Fic question.

Link. Remember: Batman is crazy too.

Link. The House we need most.

Link. “… calls for a mature, thoughtful debate about the role of guns in American society started right on time, and should persist throughout the next week or so. However, the populace noted, the debate will soon spiral out of control and ultimately lead to nothing of any substance…

Link. “Free conference call services had located their dial-in centers in rural areas to scoop up FCC tariffs”. Ending now.

Link. Massive savings glut builds in China. When the dam bursts…

Link. Fidelity and a single old man bilked of millions. Regulators don’t care. A short seller who lives by betting against fraud …

Link. Schizophrenic.

Link. Peregrine, HSBC, Barclays, Capitol One. He missed UBS. Clearly it’s all the fault of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The GOP will take care of it.

Link. Buy Tor as if your future depends on them.

Link. Easy to improve. We’ll get gun control around the time climate change ends modern civilization.

Link. “The Minnesota Congressperson’s shocking accusations drew widespread calls for her to back down, from such disparate quarters as Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) and the National Institute of Mental Health.

“Congresswoman Bachmann’s comments are baseless, irresponsible, and beneath contempt,” said Senator McCain. “Having said that, I think I would have chosen her as my running mate over Mitt Romney.”

Speaker of the House John Boehner said that he now regretted making Representative Bachmann a member of the Intelligence Committee, calling that decision “an example of a good-natured prank that went too far.”

Despite the controversy swirling around her, however, Representative Bachmann refused to cave: “I don’t know the meaning of the word surrender. Also, science, math, apple, and cat.”

More seriously, I wonder if she’s in manic phase of manic-depression.

Link. Even smart voters can be fooled.

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Link. Another week, another massacre.

Link. Health care edition.

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Link. Ending choices.

Link. OS X serial killer.

Link. How much is that data?!

Link. Fines a pathetic joke.

Link. Diehl appears to have been caught red handed using his truck to assault a bicyclist.

“In the video, the driver of the truck curses as he warns the bicyclist to keep to the right.

The cyclist answers, “What’s that?”

The truck driver replies, “You heard me,” and appears to veer to the right. The bicycle crashes.”

Link. John W. Diehl caught executing hit and run.

Link. Insights into the nature of life.

Link. How to make bullies respectful.

Link. Sigh.

Link. Fascinating comparison. Doesn’t fit Obama of course, but it’s point-on for Romney.

Link. Deeply embedded for now, but these things can change quickly.

Link. “The man is a scoundrel, but a charming and very clever one, and that is something that Italians cannot help admiring. You can’t fool all the Italians all the time, but you can clearly fool a third of them forever.”

Link. “many restaurants deliberately cultivate high decibels as a way to attract younger patrons and get them to drink more”. Clever. Cheap old folk don’t like noise, esp. if there’s any hearing loss. And their always is.

Link. Americans ripped off by carriers, iPhone less of a rip off.

Link. That would be disruptive.

Link. The West is Italian now.

Link. They believe their sycophants.

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Link. Been using it for years. I pay. Works. Love it.

Link. One reason human-ape hybrids are unlikely.

Link. They risk the emnity of the winners.

Link. Dangerous beauties.

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Link. Famous deaths to anticipate.