I find it hard to believe that there is no political gain in the local politics for the US to take care of dealing the people that target kids.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-unbearable-grief-of-a-village-that-lost-its-boys-to-a-suicide-bomber/2016/04/07/e7fb2e8a-faa4-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_goneboys-711am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Somewhere, SkyNet is smiling. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought:

http://techcrunch.com/video/mit-prints-walking-robot-with-no-assembly-needed/519619071/

On the other hand, is this the 21st century answer to Star Trek's replicator technology? as opposed to Stargate's replicators.

And in the food, and also the "who knew?" categories:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/07/full-fat-milk-may-drastically-reduce-risk-of-diabetes---study/

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

http://karendecoster.com/the-feds-bubbles.html

Is it time to think about shorting Facebook shares?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/facebook-said-to-face-decline-in-people-posting-personal-content

From the Catch-22 archives:

France: Prostitution now legal, paying for sex illegal

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/07/europe/france-prostitution/index.html

For those of you who write for a living:

'No boundaries' · PHD Comics http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1870

That awkward moment

when one Nobel Peace Prize winner bombs another.

"Patients were burning in their beds"

The scene: Middle school Spanish class in Tampa, Florida.

The activity: Spanish. Well, no. Inequality, via a survey wherein pupils were asked "to list their skin color, gender and sexual orientation, religion and disability status."

The money quote:

The seventh- and eighth-graders were asked to specify “skin color” as well as race.

“Muslim/Sikh” and “Hindu/Buddhist” were among the religion choices.

Children could choose “intersex,” rather than male or female, and go on to identify as “cisgendered,” “transgendered,” “genderqueer,” straight, gay, bisexual, pansexual or asexual.

The out of touch parents who Just Don't Get It: Annoyed.

The teacher who thought this was a Great Idea: Suspended, "pending an investigation."

This really happened.

Competing stories. ABC has Dan Abrams saying still likely no prosecution of Clinton. Fox has new info about extraditing the hacker Guccifer. Not placing my bet yet either way on whether Hillary gets indicted.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/08/source-no-coincidence-romanian-hacker-guccifer-extradited-amid-clinton-probe.html?intcmp=hpbt3

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/analysis-prosecute-hillary-clinton/story?id=38168118

"on whether Hillary gets indicted."

Maybe she can go in front of the Tea Party inquisitors and slap them around again for another day or two.

Makes for good TV.

Remember, folks: Hillary is responsible for a terrorist attack on our embassy in Benghazi that left four dead, but Bush is *NOT* responsible for 13 embassy attacks that left 60 dead during his reign of responsibility.

J'accuse!

If Hillary had not tried to cover the poop pile up with the rug of blame on a propaganda video instead of showing empathy and resolve, I don't think she would have felt the same kind of backlash. It was, though, our US ambassador who was killed in the attack.

None of this, though, has anything to do with the server/email indictment happening, well except that the requested Benghazi emails was how her private server was discovered.

Gog, if you'd done what Hillary did with her email, you'd be wearing a funny outfit and cooling your heals in a federal detention center.

And facing a shit-ton of fines to go with it. Remember, given the amount of stuff that managed to get its way out of a SCIF, we're talking jail times measured in decades.

Huh. Is this a form of slut shaming?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3528236/Male-Norwegian-politician-raped-asylum-seeker-says-feels-GUILTY-attacker-deported-man-suffer-Somalia.html

No one expects the Title IX inquisition!

https://www.thefire.org/in-her-own-words-laura-kipnis-title-ix-inquisition-at-northwestern-video/

Unexpectedly!

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/08/first-quarter-economy-looks-bleaker-by-the-day.html

The economy. Keep in mind that while we are losing income, and even jobs, that detailed regulation is keeping us safe from harm and self-centered business owners.

Live on less, follow the rules, and be happy.

(sarc)

The economy. Keep in mind that while we are losing income, and even jobs, that detailed regulation is keeping us safe from harm and self-centered business owners.

Live on less, follow the rules, and be happy.

(sarc)

Thanks for that IRA, sometimes I forget that the GOP has failed once again.

Maybe if we spend millions more they'll give it another go and we can feel good about trying.

The scene: A wedding reception in Russia.

The action: Bride flips the bird to her new father-in-law.

The outcome: A brawl, captured on video and viewed 'round the world. From the article: "Watchers have been baffled about why the fight broke out but the numerous empty bottles of vodka on the tables might be a clue."

I wouldn't want to jump to conclusions, though.

Maybe if we spend millions more they'll give it another go and we can feel good about trying.

Maybe if our "betters" gave a shit about the rule of law instead of the rule of "betters" we'd be in a better place.

Oh, who am I trying to kid? the rule of law is dead in this country, and more and more it becomes obvious that the government is corrupt beyond redemption. Lesson learned: laws are for suckas.

https://youtu.be/nz20lu2AM2k

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/206474-womens-rights-groups-host-statewide-media-conference-sb-668

“Not only will alimony be affected by the proposed legislation, but also timesharing,”

Remember, it's for the children's money.

Kids get jail for making a sarcastic video of ISIS. Why you ask?

'Cause that's making fun of Islam according to the Egyptian courts.

(Guess that's 'cause they are so peaceful and all.)

"The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, an independent rights group, confirmed that the four teenagers were performing scenes "imitating slaughter carried out by terrorist groups." Even so, according to their defense lawyer, Maher Naguib, the Christian youths "have been sentenced for contempt of Islam and inciting sectarian strife.... The judge didn't show any mercy. He handed down the maximum punishment."

http://www.meforum.org/5945/blasphemy-convictions-egypt

They are so so peaceful. (from the article above)

"One young Christian man was sentenced to six years for "liking" an Arabic-language Facebook page administered by Muslim converts to Christianity."

"The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, an independent rights group, confirmed that the four teenagers were performing scenes "imitating slaughter carried out by terrorist groups." Even so, according to their defense lawyer, Maher Naguib, the Christian youths "have been sentenced for contempt of Islam and inciting sectarian strife.... The judge didn't show any mercy. He handed down the maximum punishment."

This cannot be. I have it from the authorities posting comments here that "terrorist groups" are not Islamic - so it would be impossible for someone to be speaking of Muslims when acting out terrorist actions. Impossible!

Remember, folks: Hillary is responsible for a terrorist attack on our embassy in Benghazi that left four dead, but Bush is *NOT* responsible for 13 embassy attacks that left 60 dead during his reign of responsibility.

J'accuse!

Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at April 8, 2016 11:57 AM

An apples-to-oranges comparison, Gog. For one thing, Bush didn't try to pawn the blame off onto a video maker. And he didn't brag about having an innocent American arrested for offending Muslims.

Politifact lays it out and rates the 13/60 claim "mostly true" - with some stretches of logic to get there.

[Politifact counted all the attacks including non-consulate/embassy attacks and reached death toll of 87.]

We should note that the vast majority of these deaths were not Americans. We counted 63 deaths that were either of non-Americans or of people whose nationality is unknown. Another three were U.S. civilians. Another 21 were workers at the U.S embassy or consulate, either of American or foreign nationality.

So, 3 ranking diplomatic officials, and none of them an ambassador.

Even Politifact acknowledges that there are reasons to treat Benghazi differently.

Still, these experts also said there are valid reasons to treat Benghazi differently from the earlier attacks.

"Is Benghazi different? Absolutely," said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct assistant professor in Georgetown University’s security studies program.

One reason, he said, is that an American ambassador died in the attack, which hadn’t happened since the 1970s. Another relevant question, Gartenstein-Ross said, "is whether what happened was put to the American people in an honest manner, not just with respect to the administration, but also with respect to the intelligence community."

See Gog, it's the dishonesty that's at the heart of Hillary's problems with Benghazi, not Republicans. If she'd been honest from the outset, there would be no pressure for a commission to find out the truth. Hillary is incapable of being honest and all her lies are beginning to catch up with her.

Looks like we're going to be stuck with another President Clinton with this kind of focus.

Maybe another two or four or six or eight years of investigation will turn something up. Keep spending those tax dollars and hoping!