The View from Germany and Maine (oh, and now Boston too)

Der Spiegel's take on the Tea Party movement, the division of America, and the collapse of the American Dream.

(Update:  Here's a view from the Boston Globe.)

And, speaking of changing economies and vanishing jobs, the end of the sardine-canning industry in the US, via jhetley.

WTF?

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard:  The Library of Congress has just added a digital archive of the entirety of public traffic on Twitter since its founding four years ago.

WTF FOR?!?