My Shared Items: Week of October 27th, 2009

These are links from my Google Reader Shared Items to interesting webpages I discovered during the week of October 27th, 2009:

• White House, senators agree on media shield law – washingtonpost.com – Yay for freedom of the press! Wish they'd go further.
• The $10,000 suit – interesting perspective on buying local.
• Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll – The Independent
• Marginal Revolution: Florida's Public Option – The story of public option home insurance in Fl.
• Friday Funnies – on the GOP
• State's high court dismisses juvenile convictions – HOLY CRAP!
• I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea – Ars Technica – That's better.
• A History of Family Hoaxes | Newsweek
• Flickr Photo Download: Swine Flu Mortality – Everybody just CALM DOWN.
• Web Boosts Grandpa's Brain : Scientific American Podcast – Justification.
• Pearl and the Beard – Will Smith Medley on Vimeo
• The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The Borg's freaky new ad for Bing – WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
• The Vitamin C Myth : NPR – I'm beginning to think everything I know about my health is wrong.
• Grammar Girl :: May Versus Might – I love style tips.
• Obama's Declaration Of Swine Flu Emergency Prompts Pro-Swine-Flu Republican Response | The Onion – Bwahahaha.
• BBC NEWS | Size zero girls 'less attractive'
• Goat rentals for clearing brush – Boing Boing – I love solutions that use animals doing what they do best.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger's coded F-bomb in veto – Boing Boing – This was no accident, and it's awesome.
• Official Google Blog: Making search more musical – Cooool
• Creepy Cap-and-Trade Claims are Illusions | FactCheck.org
• tumblr_kolo40SQZq1qzy3cwo1_r1_500.jpg – "Hey Jude" flowchart.
• 091102_warer18964.gif – This is what the subway looks like everyday.
• FORTUNE: Trapped in cubicles
• The White House’s war with Fox News : The New Yorker
• Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour – CNN.com
• Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own – Ars Technica – Now that's an econ story.
• Op-Ed Columnist – The Fatal Conceit – NYTimes.com – DAMN STRAIGHT. I like David Brooks more every day.
• Acoustic Kitty – Wikipedia – The CIA is insane. Don't tell them I said that.
• The Associated Press: New movie takes aim at celebrity journalism
• Cap-and-trade: “Green Jobs” or Job Killer? | FactCheck.org
• The Raw Feed: Microsoft pulls out of Family Guy special – Hahaha
• Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number | CNET News – This looks promising.
• CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks – NYTimes.com – Ugh, not looking good for news.
• Scozzafava Is G.O.P. Candidate, but the Right Likes Hoffman – NYTimes.com – Grrrrrr
• YouTube – Year one Leeroy jenkins skit
• Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla | The Onion

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