FriendFeed: Facebook to launch privacy overhaul, addressing criticism of its last privacy overhaul
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — An Air India plane crash killed more than 160 people in western India, an Indian official told CNN-IBN.
I got my wisdom teeth out this morning. All four of ’em. The white thing on my face is an ice pack. And I’m loopy from being put under. I blame Obama. UPDATE, 7:38 PM: [Bumped. -ed.] So, I’m doing well. Lots of apple sauce and yogurt, and Becky’s yummy homemade carrot soup. I’m taking Percocet (or rather, a generic… Read more »
Twitter: RT @ast101: Fr, 5/21: The Waxing Gibbous Moon passes between Mars and Saturn in the southern heavens, near Leo, tonight. EarthSky: http://ht.ly/1Onq9
Twitter: Real or fake? We retweet, you decide. RT @DarrenKramer8: Nothing but net. From a plane. http://bit.ly/a3ri5I
Twitter: David Brooks is on to something here: http://nyti.ms/aTtqp8. (Hat tip: Becky.)
In honor of the recent political chaos in Connecticut — land of Richard “Misplaced Words” Blumenthal and Susan “Active Practice (NOT!)” Bysiewicz — I have, as you can see, put up a new blog masthead, above, showing the beautiful view of the State Capitol from the ninth-floor room at the Holiday Inn Express where Becky, the girls and I stayed… Read more »
Ross Douthat has solved America’s deficit problem: Good news, America: Using the online budget simulator created by the good people at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, I’ve successfully reduced our deficit to a relatively stable 60 percent of G.D.P. by the year 2018. All it took was means-testing Social Security and raising the retirement age to 68, keeping… Read more »
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Twitter: CNN Breaking News — U.S. Senate passes a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, which now must be reconciled with House version.