Wednesday's Links: Conan Celebrates Soda's 11th-Hour Reprieve

* Soda lovers take their victory to the streets.

* It takes a lot of power to get a roller coaster going.

* If all money looked like this, people probably would save more.

* Political dramas are getting too much like real life.

* An alternate reality where Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were Communists.

* Let's have some fun, this beat is sick. I wanna take a ride on your pastoral staff.

* Animals yelling like humans? *Yawn* We've got politicians who yell like animals.

* The Fremont City Council meeting will now come to disorder. [NSFW]

Tags: Catholic Church, Communism, Daily Links, Energy & Oil, England, Howard Dean, Lady Gaga, Money, New York City, Queen Elizabeth II, Rob Delaney, Soda Ban, Vatican O'Brien

Thursday's Links: NYC's Next Mayor Could Be a Laughingstock

* Here's a documentary about comedian-turned-NYC mayoral candidate Randy Credico.

* If you missed Rand Paul's filibuster, check out the 120-second version.

* The Bulls and other teams with horns Dennis Rodman wants to join.

* UCBComedy tries to figure out the FCC's censorship guidelines. [NSFW]

* President Obama shows his willingness to reach across the aisle for a bill.

* Michelle Obama's fashion choices are dreadful, says a person who dresses like this.

* Magic School Bus teacher Ms. Frizzle gets raked over the coals at a local PTA meeting.

* A Pennsylvania councilman sent an inappropriate email, which means he's ready for Congress!

Tags: Barack Obama, Dennis Rodman, Drugs, Education, Fashion, FCC, Filibuster, Michelle Obama, New York City, Pennsylvania, PTA, Rand Paul, Randy Credico, Satan, Sequester, The New Yorker, UCB

Tweet Untweet: Supersnow Me

Bloomberg's going to look pretty bad when New Yorkers are digging out of the blizzard with 16oz cups.

— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) February 8, 2013

Tags: Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Soda Ban, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

13 Things Americans Banned in 2012

We live in the land of the free, which means we're free to ban just about anything we don't like. In 2012 Americans dropped the ban hammer on public nuisances from goose livers to "gateway sexual activity."

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Tags: Advertising, Alcohol, California, Colorado, Fashion, Food, Health, Health Care, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, New York City, San Francisco, Sex, Television, Utah

Our Endorsements: The UK Throws Political Stones Across the Pond

The No Pressure To Be Funny podcast manages to be just that.

* The 2012 election in movie context.

* Once China owns TMZ, their crack reporting may go downhill.

* Wonkette puts the squeeze on Rep. John Fleming's racial profiling problem.

* "An Open Letter to the Job Market" that, oddly, doesn't begin with "WTF?!"

* Rally Downtown helps small businesses in Lower Manhattan that were affected by Hurricane Sandy, 12/7-8!

* Not surprisingly, there's a lot of politics on this list of 2012 things we should forget.

Tags: China, Daily Links, Hurricane Sandy, John Fleming, New York City, Unemployment, United Kingdom