-Slate has a great article on customers' willing to spend more to purchase socially responsible products. Products like the red iPods (which donate a portion of revenues to AIDS) as well as environmentally sound ones are not only intriguing to consumers, they're good business. Fair trade labels are worth their weight in gold.
-A dirty, nasty play from Tim Morris of Washington straight up heaving the ball right into Alfred Aboya's face as a result of his defense on the inbound play. You're going to tell me that's not intentional/dirty/should be reprimanded? Look at the windup!
-Marginal Revolution has a great post about the economic tradeoffs of a long distance relationship.
-What a gem! This Shaq card from 1995 makes him look like some kind of... well... I'm not sure what. Just take a look. 360 pounds of tie-dyed glory.
-The White House seems to be in denial about the prospects of a recession in 2008, which at least is in lock-step with its recently appointed Fed chair Mr. Bernanke. This White House, disconnected from reality? Really? In the face of subprime fallout and the credit crunch, projecting 2.7% GDP growth seems a little too rosy...
-The Lakers (5-2 on their big road trip and looking really good with the new addition of Pau Gasol) are also keeping DJ Mbenga for the season. Mbenga has been surprisingly effective in short minutes as a sub this season and is a great fit with the Staples Center crowd screaming for tacos every time they can keep opponents under 100.
-I haven't weighed in on the Shaq trade, but I'm beginning to get more and more scared as a Laker fan. Honestly, he won't have to carry that team as he might have if Miami ever wanted to be good, he just needs to defend, throw outlet passes, and rebound. The only real concerns are: his health (apparently not anymore) and foul trouble. Remember folks, Kareem was the slow big man on a very effective Show Time Laker team in the '80s that might have won a few titles...
-A great post from the Schneier on Security blog (one of my faves) about how fear of terrorism is more unhealthy than terrorism itself. We should strive to be a nation of fear no more.
-Speaking of terror, The Onion is absolutely brilliant in its commentary about our culture of fear.
-Another Schneier post about the necessity (in this case lackthereof) of increased airport security. I think we have enough of our time wasted with all of these delays, personally...
-Continued pressure on the Rocket's statistical claims that his late-30's resurgence is nothing abnormal. Love the Freakanomics blog.
-I can't believe anyone can write about the Zimbabwe elections as anything less than a complete joke/Zanu PF powerplay.
-I loathe Daniel Hackett as a basketball player. I think he's a jerk and I've mocked him at UCLA games to the point where he's stared me down repeatedly. That said, I don't wish this kind of injury on anyone.
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