[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• Andrew Barton is decidedly unimpressed by anti-nuclear energy alarmism.


• Beyond the Beyond links to a recent article on the Mexican narcocorrida, a music genre inspired by the exploits of drug lords.


• Centauri Dreams reports on two recently-discovered planets, Earth-sized worlds that are actually the husks of gas giants consumed by red giants.


• Eastern Approaches examines a recent Swedish study on Sweden's defense relationship with the Baltic States. When would Sweden be faced with a need to intervene in their defense?


• Geocurrents notes the latest phase of the Russian-Georgian controversy, a Georgian effort to convince the Eurasian countries which translate the countries name via the Russia "Gruziya" to switch.


• GNXP takes a look at the figures and notes that Turkey is already wealthier than every Balkan state but Greece, even wealthier than the Romania and Bulgaria that have joined.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell notes that astronomers are excited to note that a dust cloud detected approaching the black hole at the centre of our galaxy will be starting to spiral into it shortly.