[LINK] Friday's blogospheric roundup

[rfmcdonald]

What's going on?

• Over at Alpha Sources, Claus Vistesen takes a look at what's happening to the Italian economy. Based on the budget that's being drafted, it seems best not to expect too much.


• Bert Archer wonders whether the horror movie is the most satisfying sort of movie out there. The genre tends to cleave so well to the archetypal story, see.


• Edward Hugh at Bonoboland examines the nasty effect that Brazil's strengthening currency is having on Brazilian industry, faced with relatively inexpensive Chinese competition.


• Centauri Dreams affirms that, yes, red dwarf stars--the most common sort of stars in the universe--can possess Earth-like (and other) planets.
  
• City of Brass' Aziz Poonawalla mourns the inability of rednecks to distinguish Sikhs from Muslims. Even billboards serve only as canvases for hate.


• eveglass at Daily Breadcrumbs reveals things about the inconsistent portrayal of God in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah that I hadn't ever picked up on.


• Lately, Joel at Far Outliers has been making some interesting posts about missionary life in Japan after the Second World War. (lemurbuoy?)


• A Fistful of Euros' Alex Hallowell examines the growing Russian-Georgian conflict. The comments deserve special attention, tracking as they do the deterioration of the situation.


• The Glory of Carniola takes a look at British writer John Ardagh's opinion of life in the Slovenian capital of Ljubjlana in the late 1970s. (Good, but shabby.)


• Douglas Muir tackles the Chipmunks. Oh, sweet nostalgia of childhood.


• Language Hat reveals that the two inventors of the Wade-Giles system of romanization for Chinese were apparently bitter enemies.


• J Bradford Delong reports that Republican House Speaker dennis Hastert is blaming George Soros for his political problems. Again. I don't think this is anti-Semitism; I do think this is excessively conspiracy-minded.

I think I'll try to make this a regular event. I like my blog friends, really I do. Should you, too? Follow the outgoing links.