Interesting Links for 12-02-2014

[andrewducker]

• The Lego Movie – a toy story every adult needs to see
  (tags: lego movies review )
• Crowdsourced RoboCop Remake Is Not Even Remotely SFW
  (tags: robocop movies )
• How Obama Officials Cried 'Terrorism' to Cover Up a Paperwork Error
  (tags: terrorism usa epicfail )
• Factcheck: Tube strikes: are ticket offices almost unused?
  (tags: trains london )
• How males and females differ in specific brain structures
  (tags: gender brains )
• Scientists identify gene linking brain structure to intelligence
  (tags: genetics intelligence )
• If you don't want a criminal to reoffend then make them feel guilty
  (tags: guilt crime )
• Shockingly, people are turned off of politics by politicians behaving like children.
  (tags: politics uk )
• How the creator of 'Vampire Diaries' used Kindle Worlds to get back at her publisher
  (tags: books publishing )
• This woman photographed her hair growing back after chemo and I think it's the most amazing thing to look at
  (tags: hair cancer )
• STAR WARS: 80's High School
  (tags: starwars )
• Why the current debates over Scotland and The Pound are futile and ridiculous.
  (tags: )
• Five unusual ways in which Indians use mobile phones
  (tags: India phones )

Comments

[dalglir]

Hmmm. "How Obama Officials Cried 'Terrorism' to Cover Up a Paperwork Error." Of course. It's _Obama's_ fault. The fact that the mistake was made by staff during Bush's reign seems almost by the wayside. The people who perpetuated the mistake answer to whichever administration is in power and I suspect the asshats who spent their time covering their arses would have done the same whether that administration was democrat, republican or other - making the pinning of it to Obama's name in needlessly political.

[andrewducker]

Well, the people who are right at the top have been supporting this, and haven't been smacked down/removed by their boss. I agree that this has been going on for ages - but I expect Obama to take responsibility for his direct reports.

[dalglir]

Agreed. But the headline shifts the focus of fault to Obama rather than the action that needs to be taken by him.