Soda Industry Study Says Drink Diet Soda to Lose Weight | TIME.com.

“…Diet soda is healthier,”
“….assuming you can’t control your cravings for even more sugary food and drink,” that is.

Obama Wants At Least A Small Troop Presence In Afghanistan : NPR.

Dear Mr. President,

I silently snarled at you while you were campaigning for feeding your supporters blatant lies.
I grimaced as they all lauded you as the great liberal savior.
Everything you said about war and the military sounded great on the surface but none, and I do mean, none of it actually made any sense.
I realize campaigning on a swift gear-down of the troop levels and a continuing presence on the ground for the foreseeable future isn’t sexy but it was the absolute only course of action that made any sense.
Now eight years later your ass is coughing up that bit of logic?
Which makes me curious, are you simply a liar, totally a hypocrite or stupid enough to believe your own bullshit at the time?

Asshole.

Sincerely,

Someone who helped get your ineffectual, clueless ass elected.
Twice.

Is it just money? Or is it power? – Empire–The Rise of the Oligarchs – Al Jazeera English.

“the rise and role of the new oligarchs and the decline of democracy in the United States and beyond.”

Sigh…..

Infographic: Yemen, a fragile unity – Interactive – Al Jazeera English.

Palestinians to unveil unity government – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.

White House outs CIA official by mistake – CNN.com.

<snicker>

My gawd, do these people ever suck at their jobs!!!!

Biden: U.S. ‘behind’ on caring for veterans .

No shit.

Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court – Yahoo News.

Bizarre article.

As usual the title has very little to do with the subject matter.

Is America Starting To Target Thought Crime? – Yahoo News.

Oh, I get it!
The thought police are only after conservatives.

China Sinking Fishing Vessel Raises Tensions With Vietnam – Bloomberg.

hmmmmm

N. Korea says danger of catastrophic clash at truce village – Yahoo News.

hmmm

First lady set to respond to school meal critics – Yahoo News.

hmmm

BBC News – Ukraine unrest: Dozens die as Donetsk airport retaken  .

hmmmm

Men and women do not have different brains, claims neuroscientist – Telegraph

no shit.

Unless You Have Celiac Disease, Gluten Sensitivity is in Your Head — NOVA Next | PBS

yup

Martha Stewart Has a Drone Because Sure, Why Not | TIME.com.

hmmm

BBC News – Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘targets village vigilantes’.

sigh…

BBC News – Scalia’s gay marriage irony.

huh.

BBC News – Thailand’s coup leaders detain former PM Yingluck.

Jeezus….

Gergen: Obama, Shinseki stories on VA medical care don’t add up – CNN.com.

Yup.

Barack Obama’s early VA response: Executive inaction – Edward-Isaac Dovere – POLITICO.com.

Response? I thought that was his (lack of) management style.

US forced to acknowledge secret tapes of Guantánamo force-feedings | World news | theguardian.com.

Sigh….

US govt ordered to release Gitmo force-feeding videos — RT USA.

what a shit show

Judge lets Guantanamo inmate’s force-feeding resume – POLITICO.com.

so glad Obama closed that place.

Oh, wait….

Russia’s Vladimir Putin ‘to respect’ Ukraine vote.

lol, yeah, right!