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RANDOM LINKS FOR 2/19/12

February 19th, 2012 by Clark Humphrey

walla walla union-bulletin, via bygone walla walla

As we prepare to mark a half century since theÂ Century 21 Exposition, another local institution also marks the big five-O. Let’s raise a Coca-Cola Freestyle and some Mexi-Fries toÂ the fiftieth birthday of Taco Time. (TheÂ Washington Taco Time, that is; not the same-named but separate Oregon chain.)
Cold cases may make for popular TV dramas, but the folks who actually pursue them are facing layoffs.
The Legislative session’s more than halfway done. Still nothing even on the horizon that would address our state’s crippling, unjust revenue system.
Stanley Siegel at Psychology Today says your tastes in porn can reveal your personalityâ€”even the person you wish you were. If true, then it means I long to live in a never-really-was vision of 1970s Europe, surrounded by dirndl-clad Alpine lasses, slinky Indonesian photographers, and clean-cut German coeds. (And cool cars and cooler music.)
Memo to the pop music world: Dude, you’re not gettin’ Adele.
Friday’s BP refinery fire could have been covered as an environmental disaster barely averted, or a sign that this company still can’t be trusted. Instead, the Seattle Times‘ lead proclaimed the event’s most important aspect was that it “might boost gas prices.”
Paul Krugman explains, at length, what the Wall St. crooks did. As for righting their wrongs, he says “It’s not that simple.” (Link contains NSFW banner ads.)
Sarah Jaffe proclaims that America is becoming “less, not more, conservative.”
Layla Farah at Huffington Post lists 11 living both-black-and-gay icons. They are two writers, one professor, one news anchor, three film directors, one comedian, two magazine editors, and one former athlete. No singers, musicians, actors, elected officials, businesspeople, scientists, or current athletes. And, in a major act of omission, no DJ Riz.