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links for 2008-05-07

• Google’s Art of War—With Facebook - Josh Quittner, Time
  I don’t know anything about art, but I know a little about Google. And I Googled this: Jeff Koons.
• Earmarks in Form, if Not Process, Are an Issue for McCain - Michael Cooper, New York Times
  McCain, who has vowed to veto all earmarks as president and to “make the authors famous,” said this week that he understood that some earmarked projects were worthwhile and deserved money.
• Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise - Brad Stone, New York Times
  They all followed one another’s activities in one place: a buzzy, online water cooler called FriendFeed that lets people funnel all their online activities into a single information broadcast, and then blast that broadcast to anyone who wants to listen
• Has Facebook Jumped the Shark As a Political Tool? - Colin Delany, Techpresident
  I hate to risk alienating my new BFF Mark Zuckerberg, but has Facebook’s moment in the sun as a hot political tool passed?
• Candidate Puts Funds on Derby Long Shot - Susan Davis, Washington Wire
  Running as a Republican in the New Jersey Senate race is a risky bet, but candidate Murray Sabrin made it clear he’s a gambling man.
• Five Questions for Walter Alarkon of the Hill’s Blog Briefing Room - Robert B. Bluey, Bluey Blog
  I first met Walter Alarkon last year when he was working for Politics magazine on a story about conservative online activism.