[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• 80 Beats' Andrew Moseman reports that U.S. Army doctors have come up with a new effective treatment against Ebola, at least based on the new class of drugs' use in monkeys.


• Castrovalva refers to an interesting study of fascism as it relates to consumerism in a disenchanted world in J.G. Ballard's novels.


• Eastern approaches' V.P. is not happy with France's deportation of Romanian Roma to their homeland.


• At Extraordinary Observations, Rob Pitingolo speculates about the effect of crosswalk countdowns on New York City pedestrians. Speaking as a Torontonian pedestrian, I think that they're challenges. Can you make it?


• A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh is not hopeful about the Bulgarian economy's prospects.


• Language Hat reports on efforts to Latinize Russian in the early Soviet Union.


• Joshua Foust suggests at Registan that stability in Chechnya is being bought at the expense of pushing its instability into neighbouring regions of the North Caucasus.


• The Search's Douglas Todd reports on suggestions that Scandinavian legislation on common-law couples, denying surviving partners inheritance rights, might actually be progressive in that it generally lets the partners opt for the sort of relationship they want.


• Slap Upside the Head lets us know that the Conservative federal government has snubbed the Montréal pride parade, again. Surprise.