Friday's Links: A Pun Contest To Put You in Missouri

* Winner of the O. Henry Pun-Off: Jerzy Gwiazdowski.

* Team Coco vs. Team Kim Jong-Un.

* The most awkward elevator ride in the history of Congress?

* Nathan For You catches a vandal and makes a PSA out of him.

* They don't make filibusters like they used to, do they Strom Thurmond?

* Cracked says space travel sucks because we don't belong there or some nonsense.

* Baby Geniuses podcast talks to Guy Branam about the amazing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

* If the U.S.S. Monitor  had let the Union's blockade fall, we'd all be speaking Confederacy now.

Tags: Civil War, Conan O'Brien, Daily Links, Dennis Rodman, John McCain, Kim Jong-un, Rand Paul, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Wednesday's Links: Join Matt Damon's Toilet Strike

* Matt Damon wants to know how you celebrated World Toilet Day.

* If you build it, Pope John Paul II will come.

* How drunk did President Obama get you last night?

* Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter take on Team Nerdist.

* If you've ever been called a sea slug in bed, it wasn't an insult.

* Comedy Central's new show Nathan for You is for you. No… just you.

* Joe Biden and Bradley Cooper raise awareness for incredibly white teeth.

* This wasn't an isolated incident. Marco Rubio has had other encounters with water.

Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, Daily Links, Joe Biden, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Matt Damon, Pope John Paul II, Sports, State of the Union, Vatican

Tweet Untweet: McCain on the Loose

I'm waiting for McCain to attack Beyonce during her press conference.

— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) January 31, 2013

Tags: Beyonce, Chuck Hagel, John McCain, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Tweet Untweet: Hillary Clinton's Macbeth

Every time John McCain questions anyone’s judgement, Sarah Palin appears before him like Banquo’s ghost.

— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 23, 2013

Tags: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Libya, Sarah Palin, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Chuck Hagel's Haters [PHOTOS]

Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense has no shortage of critics. The fact that he has problems might be the only thing gay rights activists and Republican hawks agree on. Here's a look at what's really motivating his detractors.

Sen. John McCain.
Stated Reason for Criticism: Hagel's national security positions, particularly his break with Republicans over the Iraq invasion and troop surge.
Actual Reason: Hagel's unofficial support for Obama during the 2008 campaign, when the GOP nominee was… oh, right.

See them all here.

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Photo by Bill Clark – Contributor/CQ-Roll Call Group/Getty Images

Tags: Chuck Hagel, John McCain