links for 2009-02-22

"Hillary Clinton has called for a deeper US-China partnership, on her first overseas tour as US secretary of state." Who could have guessed.

"An airstrike by the United States-led military coalition killed 13 civilians and 3 militants last Tuesday in western Afghanistan, not “up to 15 militants” as was initially claimed by American forces, military officials here said Saturday" Our bad?

Friedman argues for rather than bailing out the Big Three, giving $20 billion to VC firms.

Giving equal opinion to insane ideas isn't teaching the controversy, it's giving in to insane ideas.

This is such an awesome trial.

Silicon Valley is not getting the same amount of VC funding that it was in the past especially compared to 9/11.

What happens when a scientist is asked to debate a creationist?

Wil Wheaton calls "Watchmen fucking awesome."