Friday's Links: Spittin' Science Rhymes

* The sounds of science.

* Bad Lip Reading at the inauguration.

* And you thought your relatives were bad…

* The Star Wars Sequel Debacle Simulatron.

* The Onion wants to make the Huffington Post cry.

* What happens in Las Vegas politics should stay there.

* Meanwhile, Baratunde Thurston calls out The Wall Street Journal.

* Feminism is a word that makes some men lose their f-ing minds.

* Surprisingly interesting discussion about Churchill's role in UK intellectual property laws.

* Sascha Cohen talks American History with Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan and David Huntsberger.

Tags: Daily Links, Evolution, Feminism, History, Huffington Post, Inauguration, Las Vegas, Republicans, Sascha Cohen, Science & Technology, Star Wars, Tig Notaro, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, Winston Churchill, Women's Rights

Wednesday's Links: Conan O'Brien Goes Solar

* There's no such thing as bad publicity. Just ask Solyndra.

* Sixty-two years of global warming in 13 seconds is scary.

* Zero-G fingernail clipping is not an X Games event.

* The son on Homeland is not going to turn out well.

* The BBC is looking for a few good transgender roles.

* Polaroid pictures of President Obama's inauguration.

* The Queen's castle guards shouldn't have to yell this twice.

* This creationist obviously didn't pay attention in biology class.

* A swell new magazine from music writer Maura Johnston–it fits in your pocket!

Tags: Barack Obama, Charles Darwin, Climate Change, Conan O'Brien, Creationism, Daily Links, England, Inauguration, LGBT, Louisiana, NASA, Queen Elizabeth II, Religion, Science & Technology, Solyndra, Terrorism, The New York Times, The Onion

Tweet Untweet: Beyoncegate

Fox News: How long did Obama know about Beyonce's lip sync? Will Hillary testify? What is he hiding? Muslims. Guns. Benghazi.

— Travon Free (@Travon) January 22, 2013

Tags: Barack Obama, Beyonce, Inauguration, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Beyonce Lip-Synch Scandal Rocks Obama Administration

It's known as the second-term curse. The president wins re-election, then watches his bucket of political capital drip out on to a desert of scandals such as Watergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater and the botched response to Hurricane Katrina.

Well aware of the gloomy history of second terms, President Obama's advisers have taken pains to plot a scandal-free course for next four years ahead, only to find themselves setting a record for the fastest second-term disaster in American history.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Beyonce, Inauguration, Music

Monday's Links: Honoring MLK in Chorus

* A beautiful MLK-inspired concert with the Boston Children's Chorus.

* Iconic historical photos, but touched up.

* A handy graph to track inauguration hat trends.

* What if some guy didn't get the "Obama won" memo?

* Iran uses a picture of President Obama for propaganda.

* Dannon's Birth Control on the Bottom is a hilarious parody.

* Google chairman Eric Schmidt's daughter photographs their trip to North Korea.

* Hillary Clinton checks John Legend for a concussion, or something.

* In case you missed the inauguration, you can relive the whole thing here.

Tags: Daily Links, Hillary Clinton, Inauguration, Martin Luther King Day, Mitt Romney, North Korea, Women's Rights