Daily Link Dump - July 3, 2012

First time voters in the 2012 election aren't as keen on Obama as they're predecessors. Lack of enthusiasm for Obama is one thing, but a lack of enthusiasm for politics? This is great news, especially when one learns that people are leaving the Republicans and Democrats in rather large numbers. Maybe our children are learning, 'cause that idea gives me such hope.

Take a look at the horrible financial planning Congress has been up to lately. In response, Rand Paul gets all crazy and demands a law that Congress actually has to be allowed time to read any bills it would pass. The horror!

A fantastic and fresh take on the Rodney King incident and subsequent race riots.

Louis C.K. may be the best comic working right now, but I can't help but find his anti-scalper crusade imbecilic and juvenile.

The U.S. government would like to remind everyone that, no, mermaids do not exits.

Ted has given the world a new, surprising sex symbol.

The new head of Cato, John Allison, is saying all the right things so far: "The libertarian vision is a moral vision and we own the moral high ground. A free society is the only society in which people can think for themselves and pursue their rational self-interest."

The history of rock in 100 riffs.

I'm a terrorist.

More evidence comes out that Joe Paterno may have taken steps to not report Sandusky.

A rare male gold digger has been sighted in the wild devouring its prey.

A writer makes Anderson Cooper's "coming out" all how he, Brian Moylan, just made life better everywhere for every gay person by forcing Cooper's hand. It's a real study in humility.

Here's a new sixty-second spot for Django Unchained: