Links 7 JAN 09

http://www.wbbm780.com/Penny-Theft-Doesn-t-Make-Much-Sense/3615864

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1107297/Cold-war-EU-gives-Russia-24-hours-switch-pipeline-12-countries-left-power.html

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178367

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/08/gaza/

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/08/damage/

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/01/0082337

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/?last_story=/tech/htww/2009/01/07/1491_and_global_cooling/

Hi, Linus:

http://www.slate.com/id/2208113/

http://www.slate.com/id/2208111/

Apple's GenCon loses it's Gygax:

http://www.slate.com/id/2208025/

http://www.slate.com/id/2208020/

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/08/0017258

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2130209

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1958202

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1554253

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/2213256

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/2056249

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/1647259

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/03/2327255&tid=155

http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/fed_minutes/index.htm

http://seekingalpha.com/article/113378-canadian-retailers-in-the-u-s-a-recipe-for-disaster

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/books/05publ.html?_r=3

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123120525879656021.html

Well, I got sicker, too:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/05/ap5879253.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7814441.stm

http://www.newwest.net/city/article/kempthorne_spent_235k_on_remodeling_bathroom/C108/L108/

For James (not Bond):

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aRMS_q0t3_5U&refer=home

See how well privatizing Social Security worked out?

http://www.freep.com/article/20090104/NEWS07/901040400

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20090101faessay88103/robert-m-gates/a-balanced-strategy.html

Ooops:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/developmenteconomy/story/419D5D753643D5C5862575360005B4B7?OpenDocument

The Brewery Dumps Bevo Mill:

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/01/07/south/news/doc4964f5a67300b983043598.txt

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-01-07-black-holes_N.htm

Wait until the Federal Job Report:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-01-07-unemployment-job-losses_N.htm

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17190.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17073.html