links for 2009-08-07

Alaska's per capita funding under the stimulus bill was $1,024.28. No other state came close, though DC rang in a strong $878.02.

On a related note, you might recall that wingnuts like Sean Hannity have claimed that President Obama was using the stimulus to deliver political favors to states that supported him, but Pro Publica's numbers debunk that myth, showing that while the average McCain state received $448 on a per capita basis, the average Obama state received $421.

Via Pogue tweet: "The whole thing is especially galling since text messages are pure profit for the cell carriers. Text messaging itself was invented when a researcher found "free capacity on the system" in an underused secondary cellphone channel: http://bit.ly/QxtBt. They may cost you and the recipient 20 cents each, but they cost the carriers pretty much zip."

Old but still true, "Of the twenty men arrested, all were married except for the priest." Out proud gay people do not live lives of shame.