Here are links I found interesting in September 2011:

• More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working – As Forbes reports, “Recent data provided by the nation’s largest health insurance companies reveals that a provision of the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare – is bringing big numbers of the uninsured into the health care insurance system. And they are precisely the uninsured that we want– the young people who tend not to get sick.”
• Magician Penn Jillette Says ‘God, No!’ To Religion – Listen to Npr’s Talk of the Nation interview with Penn Jillette.
• Penn Jillette’s ‘God, No!’: An Atheist Libertarian On Tricks, Bacon, And The TSA – Notes about an interview with my favorite atheist, Penn Jillette.
• Rich Lifestyles of the GOP’s Starve-the-Poor Presidential Candidates – This sheds some more light on why Republicans don’t want to raise taxes on the rich.
• Jobs Will Follow a Strengthening of the Middle Class – This really sums up the entire economic situation and some of the things we could have done to prevent th troubles we’re in. Excellent explanation.
• Yes, It’s True: Ben & Jerry’s Introduces ‘Schweddy Balls’ Ice Cream Flavor – In honor of one of the best SNL skits ever.
• A Short List of Pres. Obama’s Accomplishments – For those who have short memories or believe the reporting of Fox News.
• The One Facebook Feature You Must Activate Right Now – Once again, Facebook buries a useful feature behind a half-dozen links.
• With TSA, Are We Safer Or Sorry? – Answer: Sorry.
• Iceland’s On-going Revolution – Perhaps Americans — or at least those not mesmerized into frenzied stupidity by Fox News or the Tea Party bible bangers — can take a lesson from Iceland?
• Pediatricians Fact-Check Bachmann’s Bashing of HPV Vaccine – I still cannot believe that people with Bachmann’s low level of intelligence and inability to debate with facts are running for the highest office in what should be the greatest country in the world.
• GOP Tea Party Debate: Audience Cheers, Says Society Should Let Uninsured Patient Die – It’s pretty obvious that the cheering teabaggers have never been without health insurance. I went without it for six months recently because of a screw-up and it was the scariest six months of my life. Knowing that I could lose my home and all my other assets if I was diagnosed with a catastrophic illness…going without treatment and simply dying would have been a viable option, I guess.
• Patagonia Environmentalism Essay: End of a River? – One of Flying M Air’s photography clients sold a photo he shot from our helicopter to Patagonia for use on its Web site. You can see the photo at the top of this page. Congratulations, Mike!
• Working – So why is it that so few people get this?
• Tea partiers cheer to let uninsured die, Ron Paul says let churches help – To this I say, what of the people who don’t belong to a church? It seems to me that this is promoting organized religion. Is that what our politicians should do in a country built on the separation of church and state?
• Support at GOP debate for letting the uninsured die – I don’t believe healthcare should be free, but I do believe it should be affordable. Right now, it’s neither. And conservatives would rather see uninsured people die than help them get the care they need.
• Ron Paul’s Ex-Campaign Manager’s Death Backdrop For Health Insurance Position – More on the “let him die” teabaggers. Details about one of Ron Paul’s campaign workers, who died in 2008 of pneumonia, uninsured, and left $400K of hospital bills to his next of kin.
• Bioethicist bets against Bachmann’s vaccine claims – It’s about time someone started calling out these politicians for spreading lies and fear to promote their own policies and beliefs.
• The God Whisperer – There’s a whole lot of crazy out there.
• Bioethicist Offers $10,000 Reward For Proof of Bachmann Vaccine Claims – Surely they can’t expect Bachmann to back up all of her false claims — or perhaps even remember them.
• Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Arizona – One of the BEST 360° interactive panoramas ever shot from my helicopter. This is a must-see. Links on this page to high-res, low-res, iPhone, and iPad versions. Turn down the sound in your workplace; it plays music, too.
• GPS Visualizer: Draw a map from a GPS data file – Great Web site for drawing GPS data on a map. Can be saved and embedded.
• Gov. Perry Cut Funds For Women’s Health In Texas – 25% of the population of Texas is uninsured. This surprises me a lot more than the article headline.
• Scientists Report Breaking The Speed Of Light, But Can It Be True? – Whoa. “So if these results are correct then we might have to go back and start rebuilding pretty much all of modern foundational physics.”
• A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Debate… – Is Bachmann courting the crazy vote?
• The wrong message on vaccines – The stupidity is killing us.
• Perry’s Bad Night – THIS is pretty funny. Gail Collins says, “Gloom pervades the land. Some people believe it’s the economy. Others blame the weather. I think it’s because the country is gradually coming to grips with the fact that Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee for president.’ Read the rest.
• Facebook tracks what you do online, even when you’re logged out – So Facebook is at it again. For the tech-savvy, this piece also includes instructions for using AdBlocker to stop Facebook’s snooping.
• When It Comes To Pain Relief, One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Ah! So maybe  it’s NOT my imagination that Tylenol and aspirin don’t do anything for me.
• Apparent Perspective and Focal Length – Interesting explanation of why focal length affects apparent perspective.
• Lawrence O’Donnell on Police Brutality at Occupy Wall Street – I don’t usually link to YouTube content, but this is worth watching. The police are trying to prevent reporters from videotaping their brutality. What the fuck is going on in New York?
• Google Doodles – I can’t believe that every single one of them are displayed in one place. I’ve been collecting the ones I’ve seen for years. Now I can see them all!
• How I fixed my dropping wireless Airport connection problem in Snow Leopard – Some good tips for fixing a dropping WiFi connection in Snow Leopard.