Weekend link dump for April 14

The first obstacle for Hillary Clinton to overcome if she wants to run in 2016 is to not have Mark Penn on her campaign payroll in any fashion.

The untold story of how Apple built an operating system.

Maybe Mark Sanford isn’t the right guy to defend traditional marriage.

Superhero women wearing pants? It could happen, if there were superheros, anyway.

“So now imagine being chased by a poisonous, sprinting, face-sized spider.” I want to know how such a thing is just now being documented by science.

Just a reminder that all workers need workplace protection.

“This is, obviously, the problem of government in a nutshell: everyone wants spending to be cut, but no one wants spending to be cut on them. They want it to be cut on other people.”

The last movie review that Roger Ebert filed.

RIP, Annette Funicello.

Major League Baseball is well positioned for the future.

As someone who is old enough to remember the 2002 and 2004 elections and their aftermaths, it’s pretty jarring to see a Republican talking about not having to be “Democrat-lite” to win elections.

“What was to be Ms. Palin’s legacy has turned into a financial mess that continues to plague Wasilla.”

Prestige TV as young-adult fiction. I hadn’t thought about it like that.

“The assumption that there is no real difference among black people is exactly what racism is.”

Mascot Madness! Because…well, I don’t know why. Just because.

How far is it to Mars? A visual guide.

The Republican Party still really dislikes gay people, no matter what some individual Republicans may say or do.

If Mark “Appalachian Trail” Sanford can run for Congress and David Vitter can be re-elected to the Senate, then Anthony Weiner can run for Mayor of New York.

I just want to say ‘thank you’ for those people that no one sees. They are important.” That’s Mariano Rivera, on his farewell tour, meeting at his request with “payroll, human resources, press box and stadium-ops employees” around the country to honor them for their contribution to the game of baseball. Mariano Rivera is one heck of a mensch.

Swatting copyright trolls should be everyone’s business.

By the way, the federal deficit has shrunk dramatically. Anyone who tells you otherwise is at best misinformed.

When Ted Cruz says something is “unconstitutional”,, he means “according to me, Ted Cruz”.

From the Arithmetic Is Your Friend department, Pension Returns Calculation sub-category.

Why Holocaust Memorial Day is also about hope.

This is exactly what Sen. Elizabeth Warren was sent to the Senate to do.

Major League Baseball’s ridiculously imbalanced schedules make scheduling makeup games for rainouts a major hassle.

You’re doing it wrong, Super PAC edition.

RIP, Jonathan Winters, one of those people who was funny just by being.

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