Facebook links dump

I've mainly been doing most of my daily postings over at Facebook. The format of short entries there I find much easier to do than the longer entries which are the norm here at LJ. However, collecting some of the individual "hey, this is interesting!" links I put up at FB may make for a decent LJ post from time to time, so I thought I'd try one now.

I finished moving all of my web pages over to either Verizon or Tripod last night, as the Comcast account is scheduled to expire at the end of the week. I set up forwards on the Comcast pages and pointed Google to the new homespace URL, hopefully that'll take care of getting folks directed properly. Tom Gryn's Homespace

A good read, provides some useful context. Despite everything we're actually winning, hard as that may be to believe: The Jihadist Strategic Dilemma | STRATFOR

I was co-author on this report, released yesterday.
U.S. Census Finds Increase in Foreign-Born Workers - NYTimes.com

Conan O'Brien: "In the year 3000" skits

Balanced view of the whole CRU/climate change data controversy...
Climategate III: The Mystery of the Missing Data - Megan McArdle

Where Should I Eat? Chain Restaurant Edition (Flowchart) « Eating The Road

"What to be thankful for in 2009" from a political/foreign policy perspective: drezner.foreignpolicy.com

Wow, talk about an anchor's ego: "...watch from around 6:00 to 10:30 just for the sheer spectacle of this guy refusing to let his guest get a word in edgewise. Even as a veteran cable-news viewer, I’ve never seen anything like it." Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Chris Matthews talks over Catholic bishop for four and a half minute

New Trunk Monkey commercial!

Police say Kentucky census worker's bizarre death was a suicide

Even the Maya are getting sick of 2012 hype

By the dean of the Harvard Medical School: Health 'Reform' Gets a Failing Grade