Interesting Links for 11-10-2011

• The Giant, Prehistoric Squid That Ate Common Sense | Wired Science | Wired.com
  'We have a serious problem with science journalism. A big one, in fact, and today that problem takes the form of a giant, prehistoric squid with tentacles so formidable that it has sucked the brains right out of staff writers’ heads.'
  (tags: amusing interesting journalism science)
• Back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs | Space.com
  'Before the ticker tape parades and the inevitable world tour, the triumphant Apollo 11 astronauts were greeted with a more mundane aspect of life on Earth when they splashed down 40 years ago today - going through customs.'
  (tags: amusing awesome space SCIENCE!!! law)
• The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram | Magazine
  'The official US kilogram — the physical prototype against which all weights in the United States are calibrated — cannot be touched by human hands except in rare circumstances…'
  (tags: science interesting technology)
• Calamities of Nature - Giving Versus Taking
  A comparison of the amount paid and received per capita in the US states.
  (tags: interesting statistics graph America)
• Calamities of Nature - Ten Years Later
  Cancer versus terrorism, number of deaths and spending (in the US)
  (tags: interesting statistics amusing webcomic America fear terrorism death health healthcare cancer war on terror)
• Protesters Against Wall Street - NYTimes.com
  '…the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions. The message — and the solutions — should be obvious to anyone who has been paying attention since the economy went into a recession that continues to sock the middle class while the rich have recovered and prospered. The problem is that no one in Washington has been listening.'
  (tags: activism occupy Wall Street interesting news protest economy fairness important)
• Triassic 'Kraken' may have created self-portrait | TG Daily
  'Back in the Triassic, giant octopi were killing and eating ichthyosaurs - and arranging their bones in pretty patterns, says a Mount Holyoke College paleontologist.'
  (tags: interesting awesome SCIENCE!!! science history dude...)
• Wikileaks: Are 'Jamaicans' The Next Great Terror Threat? | TPMMuckraker
  'Forget fundamentalist Wahhabi Muslims. Could bands of roving Rastafarians be far from wreaking havoc and fear on American society? That's what a secret U.S. diplomatic cable written in 2010 and shared by Wikileaks alleges.'
  (tags: interesting war on terror amusing fear America)
• Major League Baseball Prevented Another 9/11, Says Value Voters Speaker (VIDEO) | TPMMuckraker
  'Bryan Fischer of the conservative Christian group the American Family Association floated an interesting theory about why there hasn't been a "Muslim attack" since Sept. 11 during his speech before the Values Voter Summit on Saturday.'
  (tags: america religion war on terror via theweaselking interesting wtf)