Links and Minifeatures 10 19 Thursday

Carnival of the Capitalists



By the way, I've got RINO Sightings next Monday. Both sidebars have my email address, or you can submit via Blog Carnival.

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Clark Kent, call your office: Rare Meteorite Found in Kansas Field



Not just Clark Kent, but Sue Storm too: Scientists create cloak of invisibility



If a Russian offers you Vodka, be careful: Russia probes reports Spanish king shot drunk bear

A Russian region has ordered an inquiry into a report that hunt organizers, keen to make the King of Spain's chances of killing a bear easier, provided a tame one drunk on vodka, a regional spokesman said Thursday.

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How certain are taxes? Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention



While we're at it, Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life



Next thing you know, they'll have murders, rapes, muggings, etcetera. I thought the point of playing was to get away from reality?



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Iran warns against U.N. nuke sanctions

But he warned that "in the case that a new resolution is passed by the Security Council, we will not be in the current point to resume possible talks."



"Resorting to arm-twisting through the Security Council would be considered a security threat to Iran and will change (Iran's) behavior," he said in an interview with the semi-

In other words, once the Security Council has actually done something, they won't talk while they continue building the nukes they are not going to stop building anyway.



Of course, the odds of the Security Council approving more than mild slap on the wrist sanctions is small. Tiny. Microscopic.



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looks like the Democrats in Florida have turned 180 degrees since 2000. Either that or they're just actually and blatantly trying to do what they accuse Republicans of: Steal an election by keeping voters in the dark. Fla. official appeals Foley sign ruling



Foley resigned his seat and the race, but too late for the ballot to be changed. I would like to know exactly how it is a disservice to voters to inform them that a vote for Foley will be counted for his replacement?



The infamous "butterfly ballot", it is to be noted, was an inadvertent creation of a Democratic Registrar of Voters. This is intentionally depriving the voters of information at the polls as to who they are actually voting for.



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Ed Koch at Real Clear Politics: "It makes no sense to retreat"



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When they start to develop a tolerance of being made fun of, I think Kazakhstan is definitely on the road to a democratic society: Grumpy Kazakhs invite Borat to "his" land, at last



I haven't seen any of Borat's routines. But if Kazakhstan wasn't advancing rapidly, it probably wouldn't be funny.



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Where's the week go?



One anecdote from today's casting about: Two doors down from one property I looked at, a sign on the fence of another house for sale, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera! Property guarded by use of Armed Force!" Well, I believe in the second amendment also, but when you're trying to sell your house, this is hopelessly inappropriate. If I had been intending to look at it, I would have driven right past. In this market, there is no client other than institutional investors I that I might take to see that property - and these people are not the buyers you would prefer. I thought, "What kind of bozo agent would not have that sign down?" The Answer?