Weekend link dump for March 6

OJ Simpson thinks that show about his murder trial makes him look way too guilty. Poor baby.

Should we kill the C-note in the name of fighting crime?

What Chad Orzel says.

It’s OK for dead Republicans to vote.

A few more reactions that Facebook forgot to add.

Three words: Giant prehistoric armadillos. You’re welcome.

“How gravitational wave detectors survived the Contract With America”.

Why the year 4800 should not be a leap year.

Headline of the week: “Raccoon Cheats Death At Yankees Spring Training”.

“A record $367 billion was invested in renewable energy around the world last year, according to a new report published today by Clean Energy Canada.”

RIP, George Kennedy, Oscar-winning actor from “Cool Hand Luke”, “The Naked Gun”, and more.

From the Size Matters department.

On the economics of Star Trek, or why Captain Picard never carried a wallet.

“The breakfast burrito is, in many ways, the essence of Houston. We love our taco stands, our taco trucks, and our neighborhood pandarias with steam tables. We want you to love them, too. But Houston also welcomes all comers, rewards innovation, and cheers when someone else has a success, because their success is ours, too.”

“News flash, pundit guys: No one can save the GOP from Trump but the GOP, and its voters clearly have no intention of doing that.”

“Yea, I’m a novice at it. But my tutor and teacher is Natasha, my 11-year-old daughter. She’s a tough critic. She really gets upset when I post something three hours after I did it, so she’s teaching me all the etiquette in social media. She tells me all the time ‘Daddy, don’t post that! You’re so corny!’, so sometimes she’ll post it for me.” That’s Alex Rodriguez speaking. And speaking as another guy with an 11-year-old daughter, I totally get where he’s coming from.

“I feel like I’m a time traveler to the Salem Witch Trials”.

“So it bears repeating: While the stats for black actors at the Oscars are appalling, the numbers for Asian — and Latino — actors are even worse.”

RIP, Delmer Berg, the last known American survivor who fought fascists in 1930s Spain.

Any illusion that the first hearing of the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives wasn’t a shrouded partisan attack on abortion rights vanished in the first minutes of the nearly four-hour hearing on Wednesday.”

Bobby Jindal really, really sucked at being governor.

RIP, Bud Collins, legendary tennis writer and broadcaster.

RIP, Nancy Reagan, former First Lady and widow of President Ronald Reagan.

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