Evening Edition Links - 12/29/2009

The Cost of Healthcare vs. Life Expectancy (National Geographic) - Picture - Arghhh.

Citing Woods Scandal, Letterman Extortion Suspect Says It’s Not A Crime To Sell Silence (Access Hollywood) - WTF

Map of the Most Remote Places on Earth (Neatorama) - Not too many places are that remote. Less than 10 per cent of the world’s land is more than 48 hours of ground-based travel from the nearest city.

Vladimir Putin calls for more weapons to stop America doing 'whatever it wants' (Times Online) - Why do I have a feeling that we've been progressing backwards over the last few years?

Should We Fire the TSA? (Daily Beast) - Yes. Snowglobe ban after the pants-on-fire bomber incident?