Links for 23 February 2010

• Devotion to Duty [xkcd.com] – now one of my all-time favorite XKCDs for the Sysadmin profession :)
• Va. House, Senate pass competing budgets to close deficit [washingtonpost.com]
• Metro Fare Increases Coming Down the Pipe [dcist.com]
• Obama Health Plan Costs $950 Billion Over 10 Years [wsj.com]
• US 'closes in on Google hackers' [bbc.co.uk]
• Photo of the Day: February 22, 2010 - Bad News Peep [dcist.com]
• Lower Pervian School District vs. Mike and Ikes [reason.com]
• Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow [time.com] vs. Russian capital Moscow covered by record 63cm snowfall [bbc.co.uk]