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Link dump, August 10

In no particular order, things I've found interesting on my cruise through the interwebs today:

-This is just too funny to be true. I really don't think I could have come up with something like it in my wildest dreams. Kenneth Gladney, a conservative activist and a hardcore member of the teabag movement, was injured in a ruckus at a health care town hall in Missouri. [Gee, I wonder why there are ruckuses at health care town halls? Could it be the direct instructions for teabaggers that say things like 'don't try for intelligent debate, try to shout them down,' and 'shout early and often'?]

Gladney has become somewhat of a cause celebre on the right, a victim of the Evil Left-Wing Thugs who are out to get the good, honest, god-fearing conservatives. The problem? Gladney was recently laid off and, because we have a lovely employer-based health insurance system, he has no health insurance. He is soliciting donations to pay for the health care required to treat his "knee, back, head, shoulder and face" injuries.

Conservatives around this great land are sending him money to pay his hospital bill, while simultaneously not realizing the irony. God bless America.

-Paul Krugman's new column has gotten a lot of play on the 'net today, so I don't need to comment on it extensively; this is also true because anyone who's taken a basic high-school level economics class understands that cutting government spending during a recession would be even dumber than raising taxes (also dumb).

-Bruins first round draft pick Jordan Caron has fractured his collarbone in training for Team Canada. Does this really surprise anyone? The Bruins have been made of glass the last few years, between Bergeron's devastating injury in '07-'08, to guys falling by the wayside late in 2008, to the walking wounded that somehow managed to go to seven games against Carolina in May. It looks like the Bruins have Newcastle United disease.

-As UniversalHub blogged about earlier, the new Maverick Station opened today- which was long overdue. That's always the most crowded and dilapidated station on the perpetually crowded and dilapidated blue line. I'm going to Eastie for a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so I will comment on what I see.

-If you wanna blow your mind a little bit, go read the wikipedia article entitled "reality." Just do it.

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