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RANDOM LINKS FOR 1/31/12

January 30th, 2012 by Clark Humphrey

Forget the old standards of celebrity. What really matters is how often somebody’s name appears inÂ crossword puzzles!
Update: Americans for Prosperity Washington didn’t even get a wrist-slap from the state Public Disclosure Commission. As we mentioned previously, the Koch brothers-affiliated outfit spent a bunch of money running attack ads against Dem legislators. They then tried to skirt PDC rules about identifying its funding and sources, by claiming it was just doing a “grassroots” “voter education” drive.
Will the last prof to leave the UW please turn out the lights?
Those lovely small private planes that brighten our skies also help to pollute ’em. They’re the last vehicles still fueled byÂ leaded gas.
The formerÂ BMW Seattle dealership complex, aÂ huge swath of prime Pike/Pine real estate, is at risk for foreclosure.
Intiman Theater: Is it a goner for good, or will itÂ rise from the dead (like approximatelyÂ 90 Shakespeare characters)?
The newest indie music label business model, via Vancouver: no CDs. JustÂ downloads and vinyl.
Weird-research-study story of the day: If you believe a report from an obscure Canadian university’s psych department, “low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies.”
First lesson in “unleashing the power of introverts“: Don’t make ’em press the flesh to promote their own books.
Political figures in India would really like all the Internet companies in the world to pre-censor everything on the web.
For a guy who wants to deny horrible things put in print under his name, Ron Paul sure has a lot of close mega-racist pals.
A Spanish judge wants to prosecute some of the worst surviving criminals-against-humanity from the Franco dictatorship days. So far, the only person being prosecuted is him.
The founder of Foxconn, that group of Chinese factories where a helluva lot of the world’s consumer electronic goods are made, spoke at a fundraiser for the Taipei Zoo. He reportedly “joked” about his company’s workforce as “one million animals.”