Interesting Links for 24-10-2012

[andrewducker]

• You can buy 1 million people's facebook URLs and associated email accounts - for $5
  (tags: facebook privacy )
• There are only two countries in the world where Obama isn't a shoe-in. Sadly he's running in one of them.
  (tags: global politics usa obama )
• This is how I feel about the various arguments over "What will happen to X if Scotland gains

Comments

[fanf]

That Facebook thing explains some spam that has been going around recently, which is forged along the lines of "From: Name Of Friend / Subject: for Your Name". I have a couple of colleagues with unusual names who were spammed in this way and the only plausibly public connection I could find was on Facebook... It's quite clever in an evil way.

[momentsmusicaux]

The kids thing is making me laugh.

C has always been fine about getting dressed.

And as for "1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains", there's a rule here: food stays in the kitchen. Want food? Go to the kitchen. Want to go play and take food with you? No, stay in the kitchen and finish it first.

My jaw drops ever so slightly when I hear about cups of milk lost under the sofa for a week, or sofas covered in mess. The fix is simple -- or at least it is from where I'm sitting.

[andrewducker]

You've seen the size of my kitchen, right?

I've only ever had one kitchen big enough to sit down and eat in, and none of the houses I grew up in had a table in them, because they didn't have space either.

[momentsmusicaux]

I guess it's a bit less clear if the dining table is in the living room, but it can work too. It was like that at my gran's house when I was a kid (both grans in fact). Food didn't get dragged into the rest of the room.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I can see that working - and it doesn't seem that complicated.

[philmophlegm]

"73% of cheese-eating surrender monkeys want Obama to win" would be a great Romney campaign slogan!

[bracknellexile]

Or, "Canada likes him! You don't want to end up like Canada, do you?"

[andrewducker]

"Vote Obama, get eaten by a bear!"

[philmophlegm]

It's odd that the article on American political humour only mentions stand-ups and satirical chat shows. What about sitcoms and cartoons? By far the most right-wing American television programme I've ever seen must be South Park.

[andrewducker]

Interesting. I'd like to hear more of your categorisation system!

[doubtingmichael]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20067565 might be of interest.

[apostle_of_eris]

Pakistan likes Romney, eh?
I'd really like to have seen the results for Israel . . .