links for 2009-06-20

• YouTube - John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner
  Is Obama the first nerd president? Probably not. Hodgman portrays the Founding Fathers as nerds, but Washington was definitely a jock, and John Adams was probably a jock too. Jefferson was the first nerd president, "awkward" according to his WhiteHouse.gov biography.
  (tags: media politics humour johnhodgman obama cnet nerdcore)
• BA asks its marketing team to work for free - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic
  An unpaid month of work is desperate in a way that I remember from the 70's
  (tags: recession BritishAirways lame workplace)
• American Civil Liberties Union : Bierfeldt v. Napolitano
  Why every American - or otherwise - should fear the airport
  (tags: americaisathirdworldcountry fascism policestate)