Weekend link dump for July 3

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue…

There’s no need to fast before going on a diet.

When you elect shady, entitled jerks to positions of power, don’t be surprised by the egregious things they do.

“Kids food” should still be recognizable as, you know, food.

Sometimes I think that no matter what you do, you’ll screw up your kids.

The main problem with driverless cars is who do you give the finger to when they cut you off?

The web is shrinking. It hasn’t had any notable impact on my surfing habits.

How to talk to little girls in a healthy way.

Is it possible to eradicate rats from an island? It may need to be.

Who are you calling “undefeated”?

Which John Wayne are we talking about again?

The myth of the asterisk, which like most myths will never die.

David Frum admits he was wrong about gay marriage. May there be many more admissions like his.

Hardly anyone pays full fare for first class airplane tickets.

RIP, Lorenzo Charles, the man who broke a million Cougar hearts in 1983.

On the Hope Solo kerfuffle.

Why “strong female characters” are bad for women.

I get comments like this, too, and I click the Spam link on them every time.

Mark Halperin is a dick. That is all. And yes, the standards for dickitude have fallen to alarmingly low levels these days. And a reminder of just what a hack Halperin is.

Some politicians still haven’t learned to not use songs at campaign rallies without the consent of the composer/performer. Of course, some politicians are also dumb as posts.

Giant metal chickens are this year’s giant Presidential heads.

Atrios for Treasury Secretary!

I’m sure you’ll be surprised to learn that Mr. Michelle Bachmann is as deranged and depraved as she is.

Hope everyone had a happy Canada Day!

The PAC-12 is now officially live. Feel any different yet?

Among the Founding Fathers, “the really good guys on the slavery issue—which is to say on the human freedom issue—were not the Virginia plantation masters but the less-venerated “big government” Yankee founders who sped the abolition of slavery in the north.” Someone please inform Michelle Bachmann of this.

When geeks get bored.

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