Normally Hysterical Conservatives Less Hysterical: Blogger Digby remembers a time when the right-wing would demand independant probes whenever President Clinton smirked. Fast forward to today: there's no need to investigate torture. Nope. Move along.  [digbysblog.com]

YouTube's Epic Fail: Mark Hachman interprets YouTube's recent bid to compete with popular video site Hulu, and notices that their initial offerings are so behind the times, they should re-brand as UHFTube. [pcmag.com]

Real Estate Still Sucks, Will Probs Keep Sucking:  The American Shopping Mall, that bedrock of suburban culture, is going down. Mall property values are sinking, and Douglas A. McIntyre is keeping an eye on the commercial real estate market. Keep it up, Douglas!  [247wallst.com]

President Obama Is New President Carter: Jon Faulkner thinks President Obama will be a one-term president. And not because of right-wing fanatics, but because of the left-wing fanatics who helped elect him. [opednews.com]

Stimulate The Economy, Forgive Student Debt! Bailing out banks and other financial institutions might benefit robber barons, monocle salesmen, and ducks who surf waves of gold coins. But what about those of us who got liberal arts degrees? Where's our bailout? Nice. [baltimoresun.com]

Country Club's Totally Open To Hobos!  Country clubs use to be stuffy places where rich men in plaid pants walked around a park, following little white balls. And now, they're inviting scrubs like us! [scotsman.com]

For Sale: One Fabulous, Infamous Prison! Cheap!  Have you ever watched one of those cable documentaries about life inside hellish penitentiaries like San Quentin? They're awesome and terrifying, and for $2 billion dollars, you could make your very own version! [marketwatch.com]

Adorable Marshmallow Whales To Save Actual Ones  The Japanese love eating some endangered whale: whale soup, whale sandwiches, whale cake. The joke will be on them when they accidentily catch a gigantic, marshmallow decoy! Ha!  [planetsave.com]