Thursday Links

Totally throws things out of whack when you wake up in a strange bed...

Navajo Nation mourns passing of Code Talker

German arm wrestler shows off his single Popeye-esque limb

Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland

Swedish study finds body temperature best taken from behind

New York Times: G.O.P. Has a Lightning Rod, and It’s Not Palin
Representative Michele Bachmann will appear in the 2010 calendar of “Great American Conservative Women” (she will be November). Her likeness has been transformed into an action figure. And, so far in 2009, she has been interviewed on a national cable news show every nine days, on average, an analysis by Smart Politics, a nonpartisan blog affiliated with the University of Minnesota shows.

Comedian: End World Hunger? Sell The Vatican

Scientists develop system that allows 'brain-to-brain communication' between two humans

Mexican Star Infected By Bad Buttocks Procedure

Japan Frees U.S. Father in Custody Case

Washington Post: Obama Focuses on Civilian Effort in Afghanistan Strategy Review President Obama, convening his fifth war council meeting in as many weeks, pressed his senior national security advisers Wednesday on the political situation in Afghanistan and the effort to train the country's security forces, officials said.