Paul Kedrosky: Links: Hadron Collider Wipes Out Subprime, Oil Ads, etc.

Today's looking like another meeting-fest, so a few quick links that others may find interesting:

What is the probability of the Large Hadron Collider destroying the universe? (Overcoming Bias)
Consumers report feeling worse now than in other deeper economic downturns. Why? (WashPost)
Big consumer products companies like P&G still lag badly in online ad spending (WashPost)
Oil industry ad spending is up a whopping 18% y-o-y. Gosh, I wonder why (WSJ)
U.S. retail gasoline purchases fell 4.7% y-o-y last week (MasterCard)
2009 U.S. airline traffic looks like it be back to 1997 levels, post the current cuts (Rick Seaney)
Current aircraft taxi times now exceed pre-9/11 (BTS)
Strange story of ten-year-old boy with Tourette's/OCD who thought 9/11 is his fault for not walking on a white mark on road (Neurocase)
Is LinkedIn worth $1-billion? I know that I'm thinking more like $1.117b (GigaOm)
Price gouging as a rational response to gas hoarding (FT)
Prices of rare metals -- many from Africa -- are soaring because of airlines hunting for lightweight super-alloys (FT)