Rich and Strange Aeons

* Hubble Deep Field animation
* 538 on term limits being a bad idea
* Putin's alleged bombings and GQ's self-censorship
* Outsourcing government
* Palin's "death panels" wins political lie of the year.
* Lesson from Chile's quake: Seattle's in trouble
* Rising food fraud
* Interesting analysis of Azula
* Brief Objectivism cartoon
* Angkor destroyed by decades-long drought. Terraform the Earth!
* Obama team divided on anti-terror tactics, and trials
* Obama's progress on labor issues
* Onion: nation to save billions by cutting Senate
* gay animals
* NPR on health care reform myths. And rising health care reform scams
* Giant woodlouse
* Cory Doctorow vs. the iPad. EFF reveals constricting iPhone developer agreement
* A friend has the neat Alias 2 cell phone, that can flip keyboards
* There's a company devoted to fighting unemployment claims, i.e. keeping laid off workers from getting their compensation.
* Why the Taliban can't shoot.
* On the invisibility of most states and provinces.
* Measles in Zimbabwe
* Tom Coburn defends Pelosi, takes swipe at Fox News. And then backpedals as predicted, even though he was right the first time.