Shifting Sidebars #13
Nice Friends - Added Gerben. Say halo to him in Madurese, Indonesian, English, and/or Dutch.
Added Firman. Say halo to him. Ask him about his economics post-doc.
Southeast Asia - The Sun. Web companion to The Sun and The Edge Financial Daily newspapers. Free print version circulates mainly in Klang valley in peninsular Malaysia.
Our Net - GnuPG. Open source software to encrypt your online communications if you’re worried about the National Security Agency or lesser bodies reading them on the sly. There is also the unfree Pretty Good Privacy. Hey, nobody said this was going to be easy. It’s the NSA, people, the big enchilada.
TripStalker. Download the software and let the robot constantly query travel sites to get you the best air, hotel, and car prices. Works even while you sleep.
MoveOn. The major US liberal campaign site. Highly influential. And don’t forget Meetup, much less political than it once was, but who knows about the future. Has international coverage, including cities in Indonesia.
Nice Blogs - Ogle Earth. An extremely current blog about Google Earth. Very nice for the exponentially growing number of addicts. Beware. 
And three blogs from East Timor — DillyDallying, Dili-gence, and Tumbleweed in Timor Lorosae. Apart from nice posts, some spectacular sidebars here.
Daily Kos. Leading liberal blog on American politics.
Informed Comment. University of Michigan history prof Juan Cole keep you very up-to-date on developments in the Middle East, especially Iraq.
Talking Points Memo. Josh Marshall and journalist colleagues zero in on latest scandals in the Republican Party.
Huffington Post. No good news here for King Gorge Bash and his lords and ladies.
