Friday Linkage

I just saw the most astounding spectacle of Caucasian stupidity in my life, Mika "Damn Near Aryan Colored" Brezezinski arguing with Eugene Robinson and Carlos Watson about racism. Video when I get it.

UK- Humiliation for Brown as Tories sweep to victory in key by-election with 7,348 majority

Calif. apologizes to Chinese immigrants

China's concubine culture is back

CNN: Obama's 'green-jobs' guru: from activist to environmentalist Van Jones defies environmentalist stereotypes. He's not the earthy-crunchy, Birkenstock-wearing type. Nor is he a contemporary and corporate version — a hedge fund-fueled entrepreneur looking to make millions by building wind farms and solar-powered corporate headquarters.

Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots

Goodwill: Suspicious Device Was Not Working Land Mine

Starvation threatens millions in Kenya

New York Times: Jobless Checks for Millions Delayed as States Struggle Years of state and federal neglect have hobbled the nation’s unemployment system just as a brutal recession has doubled the number of jobless Americans seeking aid.