Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Miss Cellania's Links

The Golden Age of Quackery. Patent medicines and cure-alls might not cure you, but they made you forget your problems for  while.

A celebrity's sexual orientation may be private, but it's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Anderson Cooper explains how the importance of coming out has changed.

Buzzfeed's extensive collection of political figures in their high school years includes candidates, governors, senators, judges, mayors, cabinet members, political wives, and even a couple of journalists and pundits. They haven't changed all that much, but seeing Rudy Giuliani with hair is a real hoot!

A pack of bulldogs enjoy a friendly game of tetherball. I believe the one with the weird growl won the game.

Obamacare explained in very simple form. With links. (via Cynical-C)

The Vice Presidents That History Forgot

We're getting closer to the future, so where's your hoverboard? It's at a lake in Russia, hovering under the power of water pressure.

There is only one facility in the entire state of Mississippi where you can get an abortion, and that one almost bit the dust yesterday. What good is the right to an abortion when you have no access to the service?

The complete list of problems with high-stakes standardized tests. (via Boing Boing)

Public Radio’s Enormous Typo. The funny thing is that no one noticed because the subject was supposed to be business news, which is usually coma-inducingly dry. 

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