Sunday, December 7, 2008

Sunday Night Link Orgy


*** The prank phone call that almost led to to war between India and Pakistan ... can somebody please get these guys a red phone/hotline?

*** The origins of piracy in Somalia ... and some tough, but reasonable, possible solutions that just so happen to include the best line I've read all day:
Water-skiing playboys in Lamu can stuff it.
*** Isn't an enemies list just a bit too Nixonian even for this administration?

*** Great article on college radio in the New York Times.

*** The financial crisis has pummeled Wall Street, is bearing down on Main Street and is now set to ravage ... horse country!

*** Any bets on what the books are behind the President-elect?
I'm going with either a three volume collection of Lincoln's speeches and letters or the Federalist Papers.

I kind of think it's pretty cool that he's doing these things from a high-rise. Apparently the transition offices are on the 38th floor of the federal building in the Loop. That's a pretty nice western-looking view of the city from that height.

1 comment:

3rd Way said...

I have been watching the weekly address podcasts through appletv.

On a big screen in HD you can read the spine on the books. They are a three volume set on President Kennedy.