Sunday morning reading material (Second Sunday in August)
Hello world! This has been a busy week: a very conservative judge making a very conservative ruling that American-style democracy doesn’t allow We the People to take away fundamental rights on the basis of “ickiness” Also, the first lady is on vacation in Spain. Time to grab the Sunday Morning beverage of your choice and reminisce about when our cave dwelling ancestors would read news stories on dead trees:
Andrew Sullivan Shows us why people in Mexico are willing to risk death for slave wages in the US. Remember: in Guatemala they sneak into Mexico.
Gayle Force has looked a shark in the eye. That’s not a metaphor, that’s bad ass.
Rob Zacny screams hot rage at the National Security state, demonstrating how it makes Americans less secure.
Speaking of the national Security State. I’m not going to question the patriotism of anyone who doesn’t read this. (Seriously!) But I will say that it would be a much better nation if everyone did. And if anyone wants to take to the streets, FoIA papers in hand, raging against the dying of the light… I’ll be there.
Ayelet Waldman is (rightly, I think) upset that Target gave money to a politician who is an anti-gay bigot. I’m going to extend Target the benefit of the doubt and assume they were merely trying to bribe said politician into favoring Target’s business propositions. This begs the question: why is it legal to bribe politicians?
What the Fuck is my Social Media Strategy?
“What do the experts on your staff tell you that the top marginal tax rate should be in order to maximize tax revenues, leaving everything else about the tax code the same?” Every fucking politician who says “tax cuts pay for themselves” should be asked this question. A belief that moving from 34% top marginal tax rate to 32% top marginal tax rate means moving on the upward slope of the Laffer curve is– forgive me– laughable. It’s the economic equivalent to young Earth Creationism.
Good news! It’s Ok to jailbreak your iPhone.
Courtney and Adrienne bring the feminist nerd rage to a grammar debate.
Leigh Alexander stops apologizing and starts noticing the pattern. I’m glad to see her guns turned on the side of right. With luck, she can help the industry figure out how to make games that are sexy, but not sexist…
Bill Abner is upset with game reviewers who don’t do a very good job.
Kate Baker talks about how games can get into your skull.
I _may_ have watched some 1776 last weekend:
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Thank you for the link, sir! And, not only is that indeed the best headline of the week, the first sentence of the article made me laugh aloud.