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RANDOM LINKS FOR 3/8/12

March 7th, 2012 by Clark Humphrey

inventorspot.com

Whatever happened toÂ GAK and Floam?
Here’s a potential first: a headline starting with the word “Shit,” on a KOMO-owned website! (The article in question is by a woman, questioning the marketing strategy of a vodka “for women.”)
The liquor privatization initiative’s supporters vowed that the cheesy storefront liquor stores seen in other states won’t come here. Actually they might, depending on who bids toÂ take over the current state Liquor Stores, which will each be auctioned off separately.
Sorry, local lefties: Dennis Kucinich isn’t moving here.
Before the Republicans hijacked the state Senate, they claimed to be in favor of fully funding K-12 education. Now, not so much.
A Ph.D tackles the issue of “Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill.”
An Internet meme has been going around this week, a video pleading for donations to a campaign against a notorious African warlord. Now it’s turning out the video’s makers aren’t all that morally pure themselves.
“Respectable” DC pundits (you know, the kind who promote “bipartisan cooperation,” defined as caving to every Republican ploy) try to defend Limbaugh, very awkwardly.
It isn’t just movie and music file sharing that’s caught the ire of the global copyright police. They’re also cracking down on folks sharing expensiveÂ textbooks and research journals.