- Former Congressman and Internet cowboy Ron Paul is feuding with his fans over ownership of his eponymous domain. The free market capitalist is appealing to the UN’s IPO authority, ’cause — I guess — he’s irony-deproved. Politics is a funny bid’ness.
- Leave it to Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait to offer everything you need to know about this friday’s close shave by Asteroid 2012 DA14. Spoiler alert: it’s not going to hit us. But damn, it’s close.
- So, Pope Benedict is to become Ex-Benedict by resigning the papacy. Like no Pope has ever done before that wasn’t squarely in the middle of political intrigue or a compromising situation. In the entire history of the church. Ever. Come to think of it, the Papacy is a funny bid’ness, too.
