Weekend link dump for October 24

Are we in the Halloween spirit yet?

RIP, Barbara Billingsley. Here’s hoping they speak jive in Heaven.

Is it time to forgive George Lucas?

Gay-bashing isn’t something that needs to be balanced, it’s something that needs to be banished.

Maybe she needs to outsource answering those pesky political questions.

Explaining the teabaggers isn’t at all difficult.

Geek Day at the White House. And how cool is it to have a President who will make a guest appearance on “Mythbusters”?

The importance of information in financial transactions.

Hispanic, Asian, what’s the difference?

Have I mentioned that the US Chamber of Commerce is a bunch of lying liars? Yes, I believe that I have.

Why can’t a woman smell more like a man?

Congress’ Twit-in-Chief still hasn’t found what he’s looking for.

The Rent Is Too Damn High. And that beard is beyond awesome.

Be very wary of doctors who are hired as promotional speakers by pharmaceutical companies.

How is it that after all these years I still haven’t received an award from Newt Gingrich? Everybody else has.

The case against resigning. Not having a sex scandal in the first place is a pretty good idea, too.

“If you ever find yourself in a post-nuclear holocaust environment and come across people eating beef stroganoff, odds are they’ll be Glenn Beck fans.”

The “Imagine if a Democrat did that” argument is overused, but very often still relevant.

Here’s a very thorough and measured response to the Klein/Rhee manifesto.

RIP, Tom Bosley, a/k/a Mr. C.

Shifting the balance of intensity in the climate debate.

The 90s called and it wants its sex scandal back, apparently.

The global war against satire.

How big is a mole? No, not the furry four-legged kind.

Would you vote for a man who kicks innocent little deer?

At this point, I’d call the phrase “deficit hawk” a contradiction in terms.

Replacement-level punditry. God knows, there’s a ton of it out there. And, what Tomasky said.

How to get your geek cred revoked. Thankfully, I passed the test.

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