Links 2/19/15

To Spur Adoptions, an Oakland Cafe Puts Cats Among the Patrons New York Times (EM)

White Trash Gothic Michael Lind. FWIW, I never understood the enthusiasm for To Kill a Mockingbird.

Game of Thrones Monopoly Will Make Fans Fight For The Iron Throne, Too Inquisitur (furzy mouse). This tells me the GoT brand getting awfully close to its sell-by date.

Transient star grazing our solar system just left, cosmically speaking CNET (Stephen M)

New AIDS drug shields monkeys: study Agence France-Presse

My taxes go where? How countries spend your money BBC (furzy mouse)

Thailand To Give Chinese Tourists Etiquette Manuals Inquisitur (furzy mouse)

Prostitutes drop allegations against Strauss-Kahn in pimping trial France24 (Nikki). The case was always seen as weak. For all his considerable faults (he was known for zeroing in on pretty women and pursuing them very aggressively, in addition to his use of prostitutes), there evidence that DSK had procured the talent for the orgies, um, sex parties, was thin. And why should he have? He was a busy guy and its not unreasonable to assume friends with similar tastes or people wanting to curry favor did the organizing.

Argentina Nisman Death: Hundreds of Thousands Rally BBC (Ryan R)

Grexit?

Read more:
Links 2/19/15