News from around the web: 2009-12-09

• Dolphin Browser Android App Review by AndroidTapp.com
• Honesty and Ethics Poll Finds Congress Image Tarnished – Gallup (Nurses get high billing. HMO managers and car dealers get low rankings.)
• Fool Me Twice – Patrick J. Buchanan (On the agenda for war in Iran.)
• Gregg Says Obama Job Proposals Are `Political Cover’: Video

  Cut taxes for small businesses? What a bunch of mindless twaddle. The only reason the Democrats have any chance is because the Republicans are so inept.  We got budget-busting tax cuts under Bush. How many jobs did that create? We have fewer jobs now than a decade ago. It’s not all about taxes, folks. I too support lower taxes.  But, these people are useless ideologues.

• Motorola Droid Rooted! | Android Phone Fans
• FiveThirtyEight: The New Identity Politics Party
• Glenn Greenwald – My friend the president – Salon.com (Must read piece)
• Finding sparks rethink of Russo-Japan War | The Japan Times Online
• U.S. job openings, hirings slip in October: govt| Reuters
• Robert Reich’s Blog: The President’s Job’s Initiative Doesn’t Measure Up
• Gatorade: You Will No Longer Be Sipping On Tiger Juice On Our Watch – Dealbreaker
• The Republican jobs plan | The Economist (Here’s an example of pure politics. This is why the Republicans are called "the Party of No.")
• Women on testosterone only think they’re macho – New Scientist
• New Obama plans: ‘spend our way out’ of downturn – Yahoo! Finance

Distraction of the Day: James Dyson on setting priorities

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