Lots and lots of Links

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C and I were talking politics last night, and I mentioned several things that she suggested I put here in my journal. So that is exactly what I am going to do. Please excuse the length!

• Linguistics
• U.S. forces to test translation device
  “Le singe est sur la branche.”
• Politics
• Gay Marriage Issue Looms over Colorado Race
  I found this very interesting, as the Democratic candidate is pointing out the position that C has always felt was prevalent in Texas until the Republicans starting their shift to the fundamentalist right: namely, "live and let live".
  
• Supreme Court rejects boy scout's appeal
  Berkley fights the BSA's discriminatory policies the only way it can, and wins.
• WA-08: Burner vs. Reichert
  More and more races are opening up as the Democratic candidates for the House pull closer to their incumbent Republican opponents. I have seen many analysts with Top 30 Most Endangered lists going to Top 40 and Top 50. Of course, this is increasingly becoming a problem for both parties: where do you spend the money? Still, it is very exciting as very few of the endangered races are incumbent Democrat. This is a link to one of my hopefuls who I would definitely like to see win on Nov. 7th, Darcy Burner.
• Science
• Unusual meteorite found in Kansas
  Props to HMNS!
• Technology
• A Brief History of Computers
  Very awesome article that uses computer ads now out on YouTube, starting in 1980 with the Atari 400.
• News agencies dip toes into Second Life
  More and more companies are opening up places in this virtual world.
• Reuters opens virutal news bureau in Second Life
  More about the article above. And check out the pictures!
• Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention
  I have wondered about this issue before. It will be interesting to see what is decided and how it is enforced.