links for 2008-09-02

• Chinese rail company damages 3,000-year-old relics: state media - Yahoo! Singapore News
  Heritage officials initially told the company it would have to redirect the rail line, but company officials refused, saying the project was of national importance, Yang was quoted as saying.
  (tags: china history chinaeconomy)
• FT.com / World - Thai PM declares a state of emergency
  The decree banned gatherings of more than five people, declared Bangkok’s inner administrative area “off-limits” to the public, allowed authorities to prevent people from travelling, and said media would be censored if their reporting threatened national security.
  (tags: thailand protests)
• For Your Eyes Only Online | James Bond and Ian Fleming Exhibition - Times Online
  (tags: books history movies jamesbond)
• Sarah Palin: conservatives find the girl of their dreams - Times Online
  Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio chat show host, exulted, “We’re the ones with a babe on the ticket” (GZE2 - and a future gramma to boot)
  (tags: politics election gop)
• FOXNews.com - Despite Downgrade, Gustav Exposes Flaws in Levees - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
  "All the walls have performed as they were designed to," said Maj. Tim Kurgan, a corps spokesman. "Scour protection has done what it was supposed to."
  (tags: weather news)
• Thailand faces wide disruption in protests - International Herald Tribune
  The word democracy has been heard often here in recent days. But although both the government and its opponents evoke the ideal, neither side has a truly democratic vision.
  (tags: thailand asia protests)
• Little Green Footballs - Dobson on Palin's Announcement
  ”Being a Christian does not mean you’re perfect. Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord.
  (tags: politics mccain gop)