Thursday's Links: Dummies for Science

* A documentary about science and being not smart.

* Bo Obama has important duties too.

* Molly McAleer found this portrait of Bill Clinton and his favorite food.

* Why we took cocaine out of soda, from The Atlantic.

* Twelve drunk texts from history.

* Some idiot took his dog to the pound because "it was gay."

* A few days before his son Michael got married, Ronald Reagan sent him this letter of advice.

* Conan O'Brien's prop master shows us how to do the Super Bowl on the cheap.

* The best 30 Rock quotes. ps. If you DVR the finale tonight, be sure to add extra time–word is there's something worth watching in the tag.

Tags: Bo Obama, Cocaine, Conan O'Brien, Daily Links, Funny or Die, Hollywood, LGBT, Michael Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Science & Technology, The Atlantic, White House

Monday Links: Gary Busey Belongs in Middle Earth

* Every other movie star seems completely sane compared to Gary Busey.

* The Real World: Skyrim edition.

* First They Came for My Assault Rifle…

* Kate Middleton as Vigo the Carpathian.

* The Smithsonian's inaugural relics collection.

* Peter Sagal has a new show about the Constitution.

* We need a more equal distribution of smut, from The Onion.

* Make your life easier by going moose hunting in the morning, ladies!

* Governor Rick Scott has Florida's Satanists wrapped around his finger.

* The latest New Yorker cover  shows President Obama's job woes are nothing to sneeze at.

Tags: Daily Links, Florida, Gary Busey, Guns, Hollywood, Inauguration, Kate Middleton, Nerdiness, Porn, Rick Scott, The New Yorker, The Onion, Women's Rights

Tweet Roundup: Clinton's Golden Globes Moment

I hope Bill Clinton can win this audience over to get the liberal vote. #goldenglobe

— Ali MacLean (@aliontheair) January 14, 2013

Hollywood foreign press is about to elect Clinton the president of Europe

— Jessi Klein (@jessirklein) January 14, 2013

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Tags: Bill Clinton, Hollywood, Tweet Roundup, Twitter

Tweet Untweet: Red Hollywood

Glad to hear "Lincoln" got all those Oscar nominations.Gotta be the most support Hollywood has ever given a Republican.

— Gene Pierce (@genepierce) January 10, 2013

 

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Hollywood, Republicans, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Clint Eastwood Yells at Imaginary Obama, Like Everyone Else at RNC [VIDEO]

I'm not sure what the fuss is about. An old white guy delivers a 12-minute rambling screed about the Barack Obama that lives in their heads; how is this different from 95 percent of the speeches delivered by Obama's detractors?

True, addressing an empty chair, as Clint Eastwood did, makes things a bit more interesting, but it's all part of political theater. Just not sure that "Fringe Festival" was the kind of political theater Mitt Romney was looking for…

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Tags: Clint Eastwood, Hollywood, Republican National Convention