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.

Here’s proof that child marriage and poverty go hand in hand – The Washington Post.

Sigh….

Oregonians to vote to legalize recreational marijuana – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs.

hmmmm.

somebody’s getting in on the ground floor of a new source of state revenue and it ain’t NH!

White House revises contraception opt out – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs.

We’ll see.

UN: Israel assault in Gaza may be war crime – Human Rights – Al Jazeera English.

Ayup.

I no longer talk to Obama: Turkey’s Erdogan – Yahoo News.

Well, yeah he’s an arrogant idiot with no grip on reality and no idea of how to perform well at his job.
I feel ya, dude!

Hamas Rockets Found in Second United Nations School – Yahoo News.

Earth to the Israeli government, this is not justification to kill schoolchildren.
It simply is not.

Hamas may be slippery and dishonest but when you try to pass off Hamas’s failures as an excuse to commit genocide, murder schoolchildren, and kill hospital workers? You are so, so, so much worse than they ever were.

▶ Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Problem – YouTube.

Who are the Haredi?

Other than bigoted scum, that is.

Jewish Settlers Stoning Palestine Christian Children walking to school – YouTube.

Delightful.

…Not.

Some Food Companies Are Quietly Dumping GMO Ingredients.

hmmm.

Mom arrested for leaving 9-year-old alone at park – CNN.com.

Sigh……….

Principals in U.S. Are More Likely to Consider Their Students Poor – NYTimes.com.

sigh….