[LINK] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Edward Lucas writes about the possibility of western Europe's Finlandization by Russia through natural gas and such things, but I'm annoyed by the use of this word: Seriously, how does the European Union's position vis-à-vis Russia possibly map onto the complication 1945-1990 Finnish-Soviet relationship?
  
• Far Outliers quotes a passage suggesting that for at least some women in Papua New Guinea, through the overcoming of local traditions Pentecostal Christianity improves their status significantly. Similar results have been reported elsewhere in the world.


• Language Log reports on a huge Chinese-Korean dictionary that has a half-million entries, and the linguistic mechanics that produced such a huge volume of translations.


• The Pagan Prattle reports that you can now buy Hello Kitty religious paraphrenalia. How kawaii.


• Say It With Pie links to a literal version of a-ha's "Take on Me". "Imagine the music video for "Take on Me" by Aha with the literal actions and events of the video being sung instead of the actual lyrics. Yeah, that's pretty much it. Results = AWESOME."

"Eurythmics Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 1989" (Watch on YouTube)

• Tim Harford gives career advice to an escort in Canary Wharf worried about her future.


• Martin Wisse wonders how governments are going to get the hundreds of billions of dollars and yen and pounds necessary to save their financial sectors what with the end of bank loans precipitated by the same crisis.