It would be nice if politicians’ weblogs represented a step up in direct, honest language. Tom Watson is certainly setting the standard: “there is no doubt we got keelhauled yesterday”.
Talking Points Memo has a fascinating interview with ambassador Joseph Wilson. “A crime against the United Nations should have been perceived as a crime against us all, and we should have been much more aggressive in ensuring that we did everything we could to help the United Nations through that period.”
Sydney Brenner: “The definition of data mining: what’s my data is mine and what’s yours is also mine.” Via Richard Gayle.
Ted Barlow has some encouraging data on US presidential politics from Donkey Rising.