links for 2009-03-11

"Iran has no weapons-grade uranium, US military officials have said in an attempt to clarify recent statements from Washington and Israel." So what do they have?

Actually this makes a lot of sense from this point of view. We give the banks money, if they actually need it they will accept it no matter what the costs. If they do accept it they have a high incentive to repay the money as quickly as possible. Interesting theory.

US will work for and sign a new treaty, that will fix Kyoto, most especially the problem with not addressing developing nations.

"Which is why I wake up every morning hoping to read this story: “President Obama announced today that he had invited the country’s 20 leading bankers, 20 leading industrialists, 20 top market economists and the Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate to join him and his team at Camp David. ‘We will not come down from the mountain until we have forged a common, transparent strategy for getting us out of this banking crisis,’ the president said, as he boarded his helicopter.”" I'm sure Friedman would be one of those.

Not very ful featured but could easily be built upon.

Once again Justin wants a Kindle.

Want to blow your mind and have people actually want to pay taxes, take a look.

"The vast majority of the uninsured are citizens from working families. The "47 million uninsured" figure is from the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau report. In 2007, the Census Bureau reported that the number actually declined somewhat, to 45.7 million people under 65 (the age of Medicare eligibility)."

Oh pretty please Microsoft.

"Liskov, the first US woman to earn a PhD in computer science, was recognized for helping make software more reliable, consistent and resistant to errors and hacking." Very cool.

"The proposal, which could establish an accounting basis for federal regulation of heat-trapping gases, would require about 13,000 factories, power plants and other facilities to report their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other gases that climate scientists link to global warming." It does make sense that if we are going to do something about greenhouse gases we have to start tracking the sources of them including factories and power plants. I'm sure someone will claim it's an unfair burden though.

Good move, doesn't cost the government anything but makes birth control more affordable.

Another free theme.

Does Google need to buy some more servers or something?

Crazy cool video.

Really??

Need a quick outline for that new database server?

Just in case you thought Darfur had disappeared or been solved.

Proposed 28th Amendment, that would require special elections for all vacated Senate seats, the same as the House of Representatives.

Lol.

Wow, this is crazy.

"The US Congress has voted to lift restrictions on relations with Cuba imposed by the Bush administration."

What's your answer?

This is pretty freaking cool.