Link Love [26 November 2008]
1. White House sends out Christmas-themed Hanukkah invitations.…
President and First Lady Bush recently sent Jewish community leaders invitations to a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month. But as the New York Post reports, the invitations “raised more than a few eyebrows” because the image on them was that of a “Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave”
2. Woman found guilty in MySpace cyber-bullying suicide case…
Lori Drew was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of illegally accessing computers but jurors at federal court in Los Angeles could not reach a verdict on a more serious charge of conspiracy…
Also, here
3. Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban…
A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.
4. 3,000 dead from cholera in Zimbabwe…
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President, is trying to hide the real extent of the cholera epidemic sweeping across his nation by silencing health workers and restricting access to the huge number of death certificates that give the same cause of death.
5. Thai military chief calls for dissolution of parliament and new elections..
The influential head of Thailand’s army today urged the government to dissolve parliament and call new elections to end the political crisis, as dramatic action by protesters continued.
6. Some legal scholars believe appointing Clinton to State would be unconstitutional…
“Why? Because the Constitution forbids the appointment of members of Congress to administration jobs if the salary of the job they’d take was raised while they were in Congress,” NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
7. Croatian war crimes beyond control of B.C. man, refugee board rules…
Officials have ruled that a handyman from Saltspring Island, B.C., who was convicted of committing war crimes in Croatia, should be allowed to stay in Canada as a refugee.
