[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• 3 Quarks Daily has a despairing essay predicting totalitarianisms like that of the Islamic State might do quite well across the Muslim world.


• blogTO notes a comparatively inexpensive house for sale at 54 Dupont Street.


• D-Brief notes how it was determined that mysterious object G2 in orbit of our galaxy's black hole was determined to be a binary star, not a gas cloud.


• Eastern Approaches looks at electoral shenanigans in Romania and separatist eastern Ukraine.


• Language Hat notes that the TV show Homeland has terrible Urdu, and Pakistani English, too.


• Why I Love Toronto celebrates El Mocambo.


• Window on Eurasia notes Karakalpak separatism in Uzbekistan.