Justice Stevens to Retire After 34 Years [NYT]

We were going to write another deep, probing, iPad-enhanced inquiry into the nature of representative government and the role of responsible citizens in the twenty-first century, but then we came across this…

In the past environmentalists, from Lord Stern to Sir Paul McCartney, have urged people to stop eating meat because the methane produced by cattle causes global warming.

However a new study found that cattle grazed on the grasslands of China actually reduce another greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide.

…and decided to call it a Friday.

Cows absolved of causing global warming with nitrous oxide [Telegraph UK]

Orly, your favorite lawyer-dentist:

In her latest quest to reveal President Obama’s “true” birthplace and have him removed from office, birther queen Orly Taitz has filed motions trying to combine her lawsuits with one filed byseveral attorneys general challenging the constitutionality of health care reform.

In a motion to intervene filed in a Florida court this week, Taitz asked to be added to the health care lawsuit with the attorneys general.

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Steve King (R-Infarction) plays to the home crowd: “The Humane Society of the United States… solicits money from well-intentioned but often uninformed animal lovers and uses these donations to lobby Congress for an anti-meat, anti-animal agriculture agenda. HSUS is run by vegetarians with an agenda whose goal is to take meat off everyone’s table in America.” [TPM]

Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren dies at 64 [BBC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTRvlrP2NU

“Did you learn anything?” asks Tiger’s dad. Who died, oh, four years ago.

Well, Pop, I may have learned not to bareback my 22-year-old neighbor. We’ll have to wait for the next commercial to find out.

‘Creepy’ ad uses Tiger Woods’ dead dad to help rehabilitate image [Raw Story]

Tiger Woods’ latest alleged lover is young neighbor Raychel Coudriet [Daily News]

Jeezus, this is getting tiresome:

An East Texas man who federal prosecutors allege left explosive devices including pipe bombs in multiple area mail boxes, was motivated in part by anger at the government, Brit Featherston, first assistant U. S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas tells TPMmuckraker in a phone interview.

“It does appear that there were two motives: one, that he was disenchanted with the federal government, and, two, he was disenchanted with an individual who he perceived that had wronged him,” says Featherston of 52-year-old Larry North, who was arrested today.

Three dozen bombs in almost two dozen places. And why do the perps all have to look like Big Lebowski?

Prosecutor: East TX Man Distributed Pipe Bombs Because Of Anger At Government [TPM]

Suspect Linked To 36 Explosive Devices [Tyler Morning Telegraph]