FriendFeed: “From Yeovil to Cornwall, from northern Bristol to certain areas of Surrey, there is a frisson, a whisper of possibility: Yes, we can. Well, maybe. And probably not, actually, because of the first-past-the-post voting system. And yet you can feel it in the air: the fierce urgency of Nick; the audacity of Clegg.”
Twitter: RT @ProPublica: Goldman Sachs Points to Magnetar Trades in Its Defense http://bit.ly/aYOI8k
Twitter: WANT. RT @Gizmodo: This Is Apple’s Next iPhone http://gizmodo.com/5520164/
Twitter: Nine flights out of Newfoundland canceled, first domestic North American flights grounded by volcano ash: http://bit.ly/bxTgi8. #PANIC
Twitter: Fluke own-goal in OT by #1-seeded Sharks gives #8 Colorado a 2-1 series lead: http://bit.ly/bPT8RC. Goat devastated: http://bit.ly/cHggqz.
Twitter: RT @BobGlauber: Thoughts, prayers and remembrance on this, the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Twitter: Making the Electoral College look democratic: Lib Dems could win U.K. popular vote, but trail far behind in Parliament http://bit.ly/aCySMu
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — U.S. official: Toyota has indicated it will pay a $16.4 million fine for failing to promptly give notice of a defect.
FriendFeed: A good post about Goldman Sachs and why Magnetar-type trades are “unethical” and “inexcusable” — regardless of whether technical “fraud” occurred
Twitter: RT @ezraklein: Reality: If you don’t tax the banks for a short-term resolution fund, that crisis money will come from taxpayers. We *just* saw this.