Heating Up, Dying Down: Warrantless Spying, Abortion Restrictions, Techie Stuff, Furry Lobsters
They come and they go, these issues of government-endorsed warrantless spying (today's No. 16 top blog post) and abortion restrictions, (No. 27 top link) but some things just arrive out of nowhere with an element of surprise, such as furry-looking lobsters, the subject of today's most-cited news story. Scientists have named it Kiwa hirsuta, but the blogger at TowlerRoad calls it something else: "gayest lobster ever."
That spying thing
Blogger Glenn Greenwald (today's No. 6 top blog post) chimes in with more analysis of the Senate Intelligence's Committee's so-called follow-through on the NSA domestic spying program, and analysis of his analysis says more about GOP party politics than actual follow-through.
Activist women return
Efforts to ban abortions in South Dakota have resurrected Molly's blog back to the No. 5 spot among top blog posts, and it's topped by other women's pointed-tongue scrutiny of Sen. Bill Napoli's description of the kind of rape that would qualify for coverage under the bill. Discuss? Napoli's today's second burstiest blog personality, and it all occurs in the wake of International Women's Day.
Sneak Peaks
Todays' top blog post provides a Tech Crunch sneak peak at Google's yet-unlaunched Calendar, called CL2. "Pretty cool," says a search engine blogger. Why the fervor, asks Geek Rant? And today's No. 7 top link offers a sneak peek at Windows Live. GoogleBlogoscoped tried it out.
Passings
Photographer, writer, composer and humanitarian Gordon Parks, the first African American photographer hired by Life magazine, is being remembered today by bloggers. He died Wednesday at age 93. "A true renaissance man," eulogizes blogger Mark Hamilton.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at March 9, 2006 10:23 AM
