l33tminion | Links, In Lieu of Something Coherent

The FDA chews out General Mills
An article on a particularly prescient episode of Start Trek TNG, in the context of the new movie
This, which has been making it's way around the 4chan-o-sphere and probably cannot be explained coherently: Something about willingness to spend vast amounts of effort on intentionally bad ideas, Python as a language choice for implementing a domain-specific language, and this reaction video being amusing (HHNNNGGG indeed)
Some quality entries from Kasou Taishou (仮装大賞; The Costume Grand Prix, although it's less about straightforward costumes and more visual gags and in-plain-sight puppetry) here and here
A bit on the Arlen Specter switch, which is not a big deal for the Democrats, really, but quite amusing with regard to the Republicans
An article looking at the effects of Portugal's 2001 decision to legalize almost all drugs
A cool stupid programmer trick: The Mandelbrot Set in XSLT
A love song for the internet age