Weekend link dump for May 13

T-minus one day till the start of early voting…

Some Mother’s Day cards from superhero comics.

“Dear child, you are beautiful just the way you are. Not because you look or act a certain way, but because you bear the image of God.”

Mammoths get all the attention, but mastodons are pretty cool, too.

There’s a lot less cybercrime than you might think.

On the other hand, caramelizing onions takes a lot longer than recipe writers say it does.

“[93-year-old Viviette] Applewhite doesn’t have a photo ID. Her purse was stolen and she hasn’t been able to replace her identification because state officials can’t find her birth certificate. And she won’t be able to vote in Pennsylvania this fall.”

By the way, this is what a conspiracy to interfere with the outcome of an election looks like.

Don’t bother asking how low the climate change denialists can go. It’s a hole without a bottom.

“If Mitt Romney’s experience in private equity gives him such unique understanding of the economy, why is what he proposes exactly what you’d hear from any Republican who spent his working life in government?”

“But this must be why the Obama campaign celebrates Christmas every day that the media discusses OBL — it drives Bush loyalists absolutely insane when they realize Obama gets the credit.”

I thought imitation was the sincerest form of flattery.

If there is a war with Bigfoot coming, I have no doubt that it will start in Texas.

When you absolutely, positively need a few seconds of drunkenness with no aftereffects…

“Again, it is my belief that a rational dictator could make better use of the resources that would be used to build Death Stars.”

Sister Wives for marriage equality.

I have as many Pulitzer Prize nominations as Jonah Goldberg. Also, this.

The issue of cousin marriage is more nuanced than you might think.

We ought to reassess some of the security measures implemented in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to encourage more tourism in the US.

Michelle Bachmann renounces Swiss citizenship. Actual Swiss citizens shrug.

The top ten things Sen. John Carona could have said about Sen. Dan Patrick but didn’t.

I don’t think there’s anything “morally courageous” about refusing to play a team that has a girl on it. Quite the reverse, in fact.

Federal action against Joe Arpaio is long, long overdue.

Thanks for nominating such a ridiculous candidate for Senate, Indiana.

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