Links for 9/25/06

--It's not the obesity, it's the diabetes! Researchers have found that being overweight in itself isn't what does you in--it's that obesity tends to bring on diabetes, and the diabetes does you in.

--I'm so glad the Taliban have been driven from Afghanistan. Oh wait.

--Over at Get Rich Slowly, JD dissects your average unsolicited loan offer; how's 35% annual interest rate sound to you? Take his advice, folks: Get on the opt-out list--and throw offers like this right into the shredder.

--Read about the Tripoli Six and take action. Letters to the editor, phone calls, blogging, whatever you can do. It's almost too late to save these innocent people.

--It's Banned Book Week. Piss some jerk off, read a book you're not supposed to. via

--Sure, you've heard of using your car to cook stuff, but how about your dishwasher? via