Weekend link dump for May 16

The gay camping menace.

Billy Joel once said that Woodstock was nothing but “mud, body odor, and acid”. So I hope these folks in Iowa have some idea what they’re in for.

It’s a Twitter scandal! Well, no, it’s not really that at all.

Your anti-virus software may be worthless.

Greece is the new France. And no, we are not Greece.

There’s always room at the Hilbert Hotel. And may I say, Georg Cantor was a genius.

Down with cul-de-sacs!

And down with payday lenders, too.

Far as I’m concerned, the best cure for “Scalia envy” will be the opportunity to replace him on the bench with a liberal. Hell, even a moderate center-left cipher like Elena Kagan would do. Nobody knows when, or if, that opportunity will arise, of course.

The problem is not that Andy Rooney is culturally clueless. We’ve all known for 20 years or more that that was the case. The problem is that he’s still being paid to take up valuable media real estate in spite of – more likely, because of – his cultural cluelessness. Surely the viewing audience deserves better than that.

As if we didn’t have enough things to worry about.

Vito Fossella: Twice the family, twice the values!

Judicial experience matters – except when it doesn’t.

Is the unemployment issue being under-reported?

Ah, Staten Island. These are my people.

In defense of energy.

Peer pressure can be a force for good, too.

The Senate climate bill has good transportation-related stuff in it.

Gamma rays!

If Edward Gorey was a writer for “Lost”.

A remote-controlled car sounds like a great idea, until somebody hacks the remote.

In any political fight, being anti-pr0n will always be the winning position.

Personal responsibility is for chumps. It’s certainly not for big corporations.

Why does John Boehner hate teachers?

The end of “Lost” is one week out. I’m so not ready.

Frickin’ laser beams!

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