Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Link Roundup

Bikes
Velo Couture? Cycle Chic? Bikeyface Wears What She Wants
Boehner’s last stand: House leader wants to kill transit funding

Running
If You Went 26.2 in 2011 (And Went Fast), See How You Rank 

Women
Komen Backs Down, Apologizes, Pledges to Fund Planned Parenthood
Find Out How Contraception Guidelines Under the Affordable Care Act Affect Women's Health and Religious Organizations
Damage Control: Why the Backlash Against the Komen Foundation Succeeded
If It Looks Like a Compliment and Sounds Like a Compliment ... Is It?
Komen Halted Funding for $12 Million in Stem Cell Research Like We Wouldn't Notice
Look, Kitten, I Am Too A Feminist! Fauxminism and Men
An Accounting of Komen's Impressive Financial Hypocrisy

Politics
Bloomberg: 'You'd Think That If A Congresswoman Got Shot In The Head,' That Would Change Congress' Views On Guns
Arizona GOP Lawmaker Wants A State Holiday To Celebrate White People
By Better Than 2 to 1, Americans Say the More They Learn About Romney, the Less They Like Him
Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional | Civil Rights Are NOT Up For A Vote
Majority of Catholics Think Employers Should Be Required to Provide Health Care Plans that Cover Birth Control
The Birthers Are Back | YouGov US Opinion Center
When (Right Wing) Bullies Can't Take a Punch

Science and the Environment
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot
Big Oil’s banner year: Higher prices, record profits, less oil


Architecture and Design
The Economics of Traffic
Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House

Movies
Top 50 Modern-Day Low Budget Movies
20 Facts You Might Not Know About 'Drive'
What Charlize Theron Doesn’t Get About Black Hollywood

YES
Obama to Increase Alzheimer's Research Funding

1 comment:

  1. It's not my fault, I'm just an innocent victim!

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/10/komen-exec-karen-handel-calls-planned-parenthood-a-gigantic-bully.html

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