links for 2009-06-06 Wuer Kaixi Batocchio: The Torture Apologia Chart Scott Lemieux on the Odious Stuart Taylor Jr. DeLong: Crude Life Expectancy Estimates Matt Zeitlin: Optimism, Seneca and the Classics Joseph Menn of the FT: Apple to launch cut-price version of iPhone Andy Ihnatko: Google's Wave of the future is genius, but will it work? Matthew Yglesias: House GOP Proposes Hundreds of Billions in Useless Budget Gimmicks Hussein Ibish: President Obama delivers pitch-perfect, inspiring speech in Cairo Robert Allen: Why was the Industrial Revolution British? Ali Frick: Lindsay Graham: Approving Torture Techniques That Are ‘Clearly Illegal’ Are ‘Not Criminal Mistakes’ Dana: I have little to say on the murder of Dr. Tiller than hasn’t been covered adequately elsewhere... Spencer Ackerman: Here’s Your Future: Max Blumenthal, somehow, got video from the most recent Commentary staff retreat in Jerusalem... Mark Kleiman: Obama Makes the Right Enemies: Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, John Bolton, Hugh Hewitt, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and John Boehner all disliked the President's speech Yalman Onaran: Bank Profits From Accounting Rules Masking Looming Loan Losses Frank Wilkinson: Bill O'Reilly and the tragic fate of pigs