One couple found a creative way to counter-protest pro-lifers.

Awesome!

Pressure grows on EU regulator to rethink Google settlement – Business – The Boston Globe.

hmmm.

Arthur T. Demoulas makes offer to buy Market Basket – Business – The Boston Globe.

hmmm.

On what academic planet does a 14 page paper merit John Walsh an M.A.? – The Washington Post.

A shining example what’s wrong with our military and out education system wrapped up in one neat package.

John Walsh needs to go away. Now.

The Army War College eithers needs to be totally reorganized or shut the fuck down. If this is the education they offer, they are in the wrong business. No wonder our military decisions often seem not to be based on an understanding of consequences or an achievable plan, they brass hasn’t been taught the art of critical thinking!

BBC News – Barclays challenges US ‘dark pool’ fraud case.

Sigh…

You Can Now Send Messages Even When You Don’t Have Cell Service | Motherboard.

hmmm.

Nationals’ Aaron Barrett wins epic national anthem standoff against Brandon Barnes – The Washington Post.

Awesome.

The boy who clung to the paramedic: the story behind the photo | The Electronic Intifada.

sigh…

John Fund’s distorted history of Democrats, Republicans, and race: The National Review doesn’t understand why blacks don’t vote Republican..

People are fucking stupid.

BBC News – Sudan ‘apostasy’ woman Meriam Yahia Ibrahim meets Pope.

hmmmm

Algeria confirms crash of passenger airliner – Africa – Al Jazeera English.

Sigh….

BBC News – Myanmar lets Medecins Sans Frontieres back into Rakhine.

hmmm.

Gaza crisis: Israeli strike on compound housing UN school kills at least 15 – live | World news | theguardian.com.

sigh….

Isis orders all girls and women in Mosul to undergo FGM, UN report says | World news | theguardian.com.

<Note: this news story is not an excuse for men to bury the topic in a mansplaining, self-absorbed, arrogant and bullshit argument about whether or not religion is inherently violent or whether any religion is bad. This is a story about systematic violence against women. Period. Any other take away is self-absorbed douchebaggery, pure and simple.>

India angered by basketball’s no turban rule – Yahoo News.

this is silly, how can turban interfere with play?

Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone contracts the virus – CNN.com.

hmmm.

U.S. Jewish group wants its award back from Turkey’s Erdogan – Yahoo News.

hmmm.

Isis orders all women and girls in Mosul to undergo FGM, says UN | World news | theguardian.com.

Oh my fucking god….

Lay Off the Almond Milk, You Ignorant Hipsters | Mother Jones.

hmmm.

Clamsplainer: Market Basket Is Freakin’ Out | The Clam.

hmmmm.

Why Jon Stewart can’t say Israel on The Daily Show (+video) – CSMonitor.com.

“questioning in any way the effectiveness or humanity of Israel’s policies is not the same thing as being pro-Hamas.”

Yup.

BBC News – Brooklyn Bridge ‘white flags’ stump police.

hmmm.

The Kochs’ nonprofit empire is building a network of ill-informed libertarian hackers, coders and designers – Yahoo News.

Ugh

Why Democrats Now Have a Shot in Georgia – NYTimes.com.

hmmm.

Israel Tries New Rationale for War | MyFDL.

hmmm.