Some of What I Found Worth Noting: June 11, 2012

1. More Total Garbage from Slate: David Plotz and Company Should Be Embarrassed to Look at Themselves in the Mirror Department…
2. Francis Spufford: Response Part 2
3. Erik Schatzker, Dawn Kopecki and Bradley Keoun: House of Dimon Marred by CEO Complacency Over Unit’s Risk
4. David Wessel: $6 Trillion Ways the Candidates Differ
5. Glenn Kessler: Mitt Romney’s nonsensical claim about ‘Obamacare’
6. Jake Tapper: Deputy Commerce Secretary Dr. Rebecca Blank, effective immediately, becomes Acting Secretary of Commerce.”
7. “what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards LV-223 to be born?” 
cavalorn: Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About
8. Counterparties: The U.S. Median Family's Net Worth Fell by 40% Between 2007 and 2012
9. Lizardbreath, meet Charter Cities
10. Greg Sargent: `Big government’ aid for cops, firefighters and teachers is popular