Weekend link dump for February 10

“With Trump, on the other hand, close to 50 percent of Americans have already said they definitely wouldn’t vote for him even though we’re still more than 600 days away from the election.”

“But in many local markets, the arrival and expansion of Airbnb is raising questions about its potential negative impacts on local housing costs, quality of life in residential neighborhoods, employment quality in the hospitality industry, and local governments’ ability to enforce municipal codes and collect appropriate taxes.”

It’s too damn cold for your phone.

“Lorena Gallo, formerly Bobbitt, is hoping that we’re ready to see her as more than a punchline about a severed penis.” I do remember the stories about how her former husband abused her, so I’m on board with this.

“Your Super Bowl Boxes [Were] Almost Certainly Illegal”.

“What replacement players did for the NFL in 1987, fights over steroids have done for MLB since 2002. You cannot separate the disparate treatment of drug-policy offenders, both internally and externally, from the labor dynamics of each league.”

RIP, Bob Friend, longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher.

“Jonathan Edwards was the most influential American theologian of his day and he remains one of the most influential American theologians of our day. He was also completely and spectacularly wrong about the single most important and biggest ethical, moral, and theological question of his life. Hugely, magnificently wrong. (Spinal Tap voice: How more wrong could he have been? None. None more wrong.)”

Three words: Pringle stack mathematics. You’re welcome.

He’s an amateur in the White House. He doesn’t have a lot of experience in governing, and I don’t see a lot of learning going on. He looks hideously weak.”

I for one welcome our potential alien overlords.

The weirdest strikeout in MLB history.

Fargo news! Hooray!

The only SOTU recap you need.

Free Southside Johnny! And his co-plaintiffs, too.

Six facts reporters should know if they’re going to write about abortion”.

“Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I’m glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing. Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten.”

“What it does show is that AMI is precisely the criminal enterprise, weaponizing pseudo-journalism and cash payoffs on behalf of wealthy associates, as we’ve come to suspect.”

RIP, Frank Robinson, Hall of Famer, MVP in both leagues, first black manager in Major League Baseball. Read this if you don’t know much about Frank Robinson.

RIP, John Dingell, longest serving member of Congress and Twitter genius.

RIP, Albert Finney, British actor and five-time Oscar nominee.

So how’s that Trump tax “cut” working for you?

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