Justin Fung a.k.a. gershom's journal

Links of the Day, November 12

Check out this sweet new film by Lucas Martelli, "Pigeon Impossible."

And this one from Wong Fu Productions, "Hitting on Cathy."

News

• The President is deliberating on the options for Afghanistan.
• Poor nutrition is stunting growth in the developing world.
• The controversial "Don't ask, don't tell" policy is set to be repealed in the defense authorization bill.
• Taylor Swift cleans up at the CMA's.
• Lou Dobbs, known for his anti-immigrant rhetoric (among other things), quits CNN.
• Fox News' Sean Hannity apologizes to Jon Stewart for making stuff up ... but not really.

Health care

• The Senate is slowly rumbling forward on health care reform (finally ...).

Miscellaneous

• Stephen Colbert takes on Sesame Street's conservative critics. Yeah, "Sesame Street's conservative critics."
• Carrie Prejean sort of walks off Larry King ... but not really.