Assorted Links 5/1/09
New Homes Demolished in Victorville, CA
- Media Relations for Public Affairs Professionals, May 5, 2009
- Advanced Media Relations, May 6, 2009
- Crisis Communications Training, May 7, 2009
- Our Nightly Bread – “Might it be better if more restaurants charged for bread and butter?” Yes.
- TrueCar is a Truth Serum for Car Dealers
- Specter proposed ban on switching parties in 2001
- Specter’s party switch is all about winning
- Today’s Vaccines Won’t Stop Swine Flu > Six Steps to Protect Your Family from Avian Flu – also good advice for swine flu
- Preparation for Swine or Avian Flu: A Natural Therapy for self-protection and treating influenza
- Senior Chrysler Creditors Revolt – “The fact is, in this process and in its earnest effort to ensure the survival of Chrysler and the well being of the company’s employees, the government has risked overturning the rule of law and practices that have governed our world-leading bankruptcy code for decades.”
- Does the U.S. need an auto industry? – “Our automobile industry could be much more “American” if we really cared to make it so. But we don’t. Our behavior as investors and consumers is usually more rational than the claims we offer up in politics and in public discourse.”
- Ratings Agencies Abject Failure
- Who Will Replace Justice Souter?
- Go Easy on the Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. – “Another study has added to the evidence we already have that suggests that nonsteroidal antinflamatories, the “non-aspirin pain killers” you buy over the counter at the pharmacy are bad for you.”
- Amazon starts charging by the megabyte for delivering personal documents to your Kindle – adds support for DOCX and RTF file formats
- ‘No-fail’ grading gets an ‘H’
- Pirate Bay Verdict May Actually Lead To Pirate Party Official Joining European Parliament
- Broadband without Internet ain’t worth squat
- White tea — the solution to the obesity epidemic?