Happy Monday.....Happy Monday, indeed.

From mdk e-mail:

I've had something picked out for today for a while. The material demonstrates how kevin bacon, modest mouse, and batman are all connected, a truly academic achievement that PNAS should be discussing.

Post script for the devoted radiohead fans:

The radiohead does have a new song out in the ether. this link will take you to a bloody good article that favours and colours them in the centre.

Also new at pitchfork: Thom Yorke is contributing to age for the stupid.

Harper's on CIA Report

Harper's magazine hits on 7 key points about CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s 2004 report on torture (full redacted text here). It was recently released due to an ACLU lawsuit.

Bill Moyers Talks With Bill Maher

The Bills talk about healthcare, Obama, and what it means to be a modern, compassionate society. Moyers has an interesting perspective on the White House having served in the Kennedy and, after JFK's assassination, the Johnson administration. If you haven't seen his show on PBS (Bill Moyers Journal), make sure to catch it--very good long-format interview show.

RIP Teddy Kennedy

Kennedy On Healthcare:

"Finally, we cannot have a fair prosperity in isolation from a fair society. So I will continue to stand for a national health insurance. We must -- We must not surrender -- We must not surrender to the relentless medical inflation that can bankrupt almost anyone and that may soon break the budgets of government at every level. Let us insist on real controls over what doctors and hospitals can charge, and let us resolve that the state of a family's health shall never depend on the size of a family's wealth."
- 1980 Democratic National Convention

The Lion of the Senate writes about The Cause of My Life in Newsweek just this past July.

More later...

Happy Monday

From mdk e-mail:

Flaming Lips: Psychic Wall of Energy

This year, the Tour de France served a new role. Since Lance Armstrong couldn't win The Tour he elected to use it as a training ride for the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, which was on Saturday (8/15). He destroyed the field in less than 6.5 hours. So now we must all believe that Lance Armstrong is a robot from the future to destroy John Connor. Teaming up with RadioShack and his Cancer initiative are just his way of finding John Connor....what a prick.

American Time Use Survey

And the Times does another killer graphic: American Time Use Survey

One of their prior works about Hurricane Katrina was also especially good.

I'm going to tag this with dataviz and nyt to keep track of these examples. Please add any others in the comments.

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

This is one of my favorite sites to get ideas for how to visualize data or ideas. It has great groupings and a really good dynamic layer pop-up navigation.

BarackWOW!

The Democrats just don't sell healthcare reform hard enough.

h/t BiPM

Interlocking Whu?

This is a great article by FAIR on the media bias/blackout of single payer healthcare. It's main observation is about the interlocking directorates of media and healthcare/insurance companies. I think it also applies to the public option.

With a CEO like this, who needs enemies?

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey sticks his foot in his brand's mouth. I haven't been there, so I guess I'll just continue my boycott or whatever. Prefer Trader Joe's, but haven't been there in a while, either. It's summertime, so the farmer's markets get more visits.

Zombie Math

A new study out of U of Ottoway says the key to surviving a zombie outbreak is to "hit hard and hit often."

I wonder if Woody knows this.

h/t bae

First Post

OK, let's get this out of the way. This is the first post, so if you made it this far, you've reached the end, friend. And this here is all there is here.