[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams talks about the problems involved with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence's beacon, the sort of (presumably) easily noticeable signal that could cue civilizations like ours onto the existence of other advanced civilizations or even point us towards more information-heavy channels.


• Geocurrents discusses the Oromo population of Ethiopia, its growing support for autonomous and independence movements, and its links to the Unrepresentation Nations and Peoples Organization.


• Hunting Monsters wonders whether the West Bank is on the verge of a third intifada against the Israeli presence, this one operating outside the control of any of the established Palestinian political parties like Fatah or Hamas.


• Joe. My. God writes about how Britain's Household Cavalry regiment recently hosted the same-sex marriage of one of its members without collapsing.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen reports on the rapidly growing number of diabetics in China, 92 million at present.


• Spacing Toronto observes that, with plans to build a 65-story condo tower at the Crystal Blu site, the idea of a park in that emptied space is a non-starter.


• Towleroad writes that former US General John Sheehan, who blamed the Srebrenica genocide on (among other things) the Dutch allowing gays to serve in the military and based his statement on claimed remarks by a Dutch military commander, has retracted his statement.