Four for Thursday

* Amanda Marcotte asks: If Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, and Bob Guccione hadn’t had personal issues with women, would today’s porn be less awful?

* The headline reads, “The Arctic could be a tropical rainforest by the 23rd century.”

* I have to say, I really want to see Muppet Lord of the Rings get made.

* And Hermain Cain says “We need a leader, not a reader.” Good grief.