Linkage

• NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts (The Guardian) So now, our allies' oxen are gored. Pass the popcorn.
• Fox News PR Flacks Aggressively Sock-puppeted blog comments (Media Matters) Sock puppets are inherently untrustworthy. Full disclosure: I have sock-puppeted.
• Cassini images of Saturn (NASA)
• 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes (Cracked.com)
• Gamers solve decade old HIV puzzle in ten days (ZME Science)
• Thomas Friedman Op/Ed Generator  Computer generated gibberish, which is indistinguishable from his actual writing.

H/t PP at the Stellar Parthenon BBS for passing along this cartoon.