Early Morning Linkland.

Nathan Fillion ain't slick.

Ten famous works of art that will never be the same again because of human actions. This is an interesting article that covers acts of deliberate vandalism by crazies and ideologues as well as plain old ooopses, but I think it focuses a little too much on classical objects and ignores some recent, pertinent tomfoolery. Maybe they should have expanded the list to fifteen? Dunno. It's still very well worth a look.

Ezra Klein discusses how Henry Reid's reintroduction of the DREAM Act and not Obama's recent speech is the most important event in immigration politics of the last 48 hours.

Totally awesome! Vintage "Masters of the Universe paintings by Earl Norem, William George, and Esteban Maroto. (I especially love the one with dinosaurs. That's an extra helping of win!) Courtesy of Monster Brains.

Paul Krugman brings to our attention the utterly pathetic attempts of freshman House Republicans to try to get President Obama to make the Democrats stop calling them out on Medicare. There's not much you can say about this one, really. The situation pretty much speaks for itself. But Republicans clearly feel that they're the only ones allowed to play the politics game. I sincerely hope the Democrats tell them to stick it. Metaphorically speaking.

KaTe Bush has re-recorded a number of her songs, correcting previous tracks that she felt didn't make the grade, and is releasing them as a new album: Director's Cut. You can listen to it in its entirety on NPR until its US release on May 23rd.

Evening Linkland.

Bacon makes everything better: Even Vincent van Gogh.

I never thought I'd ever say anything like this again, but I've gotta give mad props to Senator John McCain for stepping up to tell the truth about the role of torture in the apprehension of bin Laden. McCain has straight up told the Bush apologists to cease and desist all bullshit. Maybe he's regaining his senses.

Commentary from d r i f t g l a s s:

Any path towards saving this wounded old country from extinction must begin with a frank and unsparing discussion about the causes of and solutions to the horrifying reality that one half of our political system -- the Right half -- has gone full bull goose loony bugfuck nuts and they ain't ever coming back.

Don't believe it? Then check out this hilarious clip of Jon Stewart and the Daily Show taking on the ridiculous furor that eruptted when actor/rapper Common was invited to the White House for a poetry reading. These people are fucking nuts. And even worse; they're damn dirty hypocrites.

Jay Smooth calls the media out for fanning the flames of Donald Trump's psuedo-ascendency, asking them not to do it again but ultimately recognizing that there's not the slightest chance of the media showing restraint or judgment any time soon.

"One in four women would prefer to be severely depressed rather than overweight, and nearly one in six would prefer to lose their sight rather than face the same fate." Pretty disturbing, no? Fortunately, the Angry Black Bitch has some pertinent advice on how to turn negativity to one's advantage.

The Utopia Forever project explores a variety of conceptualizations of the perfect urban space--even if only within the confines of the mind.