Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-19-2010

• The Millionaire's Magician
  (tags: entertainment magic 2010 marketing)
• BNP support fueled by social breakdown, not immigration
  High levels of immigration into an area does not result in the local community supporting the British National Party, a report revealed today. They found that the more immigration an area has experienced, the lower its support for the far right. Instead the study suggests that political and socio-economic exclusion such as a lack of qualifications and poor social cohesion are more important factors of BNP support.
  (tags: immigration uk society sociology)
• Sonoma County CA separates elderly gay couple and sells all of their worldly possessions
  (tags: lgbt law discrimination california)
• An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people".
  (tags: funny cooking australia publishing EpicFail)
• Mat of microbes the size of Greece discovered off the coast of South America
  (tags: biology science ocean)
• Critical alcohol review hidden by mephedrone row
  (tags: alcohol drugs government uk)
• Some fascinating historical perspective, comparing the iPad to the original Mac, from Apple's first application's software engineer
  (tags: ipad apple mac design)
• Cats and the Sea Services - a photo collection
  (tags: cats military history pictures)
• Rush Limbaugh: Volcanic eruption in Iceland is God’s reaction to health care’s passage.
  (tags: healthcare christianity usa insane)

Why I'm in favour of Proportional Representation

According to the BBC, the current polls show Lib Dems on 33%, Conservatives on 32%, Labour on 26%.
Which would give a seat allocation of Conservatives: 246, Labour 241, Lib Dems: 134.
Or, in a more easily digestible table format:

Party	Percentage	Seats
Lib Dems	33%	134
Conservatives	32%	246
Labour	26%	241

It should be pretty fucking obvious that this is an electoral system that is fucked in the head.

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Believe

I don't believe in all of this, but I believe in a fair chunk of it:

It's pretty impressive for something made by volunteers.
via miss_s_b

I hear some bands only need three

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