Bogus News Story Of The Day

Oh, Okay: Man Who Claimed Mother Died In Iraq Due To Travel Ban Lied

In The News

In the wake of purges ordered by President Erdogan following last summer’s coup attempt, a number of Turkish NATO officers have applied for asylum in Germany. The issue is a highly sensitive one — also for Chancellor Merkel, who is visiting Turkey today.

Researchers break data transfer efficiency record

Why the sound of noisy eating fills some people with rage

Making America’s ICBMs Great Again

North Dakota wants hired pipeline protesters to pay state income taxes

Trump Files With FEC For 2020 Election Bid, Outmaneuvers Nonprofit Organizations. If true (and I am not confident of the source) this demonstrates the problem with campaign finance laws.

Not In The News But Should Be

Immigration, Obamacare, Unintended Consequences

Entertainment of the Day

Two links for today. First one is for Dad because we were talking about it.

And the youtube is for me because I think it is fascinating stuff.

Bogus News Story Of The Day

The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement. What bothers me about this article is that it conflates conservative law enforcement groups with the clan and then complains that the FBI is too concerned about their civil liberties. I think you are going to see it referenced as gospel in a lot of places though.

In The News

Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump’s immigration order. No doubt the left has gone crazy over the order. But one thing to few on the right acknowledged is that this order was never about making something that would work. Rather, they wanted something that would make people go crazy.

Russia Unleashes Artillery in Eastern Ukraine

This Is How You Should Read French Election Polls

Not In The News But Should Be

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Entertainment of the Day

I have read experts tell me the exploding bullets were a myth and did not really work.

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Fake Headline: Mutiny at Foggy Bottom: State Department management resigns en masse. If past is any guide, by the time you read this the news stories about how “the entire leadership team of the department of state is gone” will have been moderated. But just in case it has not here is the REAL NEWS:.

Edit: If you want reasonably sane description of what happened, this is your best bet.

In The News

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich

Meet the leader of a billionaires’ club determined to stop Trump from destroying the world

What’s Causing Chicago’s Homicide Spike?

Youngest in class twice as likely to take ADHD medication

Not In The News But Should Be

Creating The White Tribe

Entertainment of the Day

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Bogus News Story Of The Day

Why Does the EU Get Such a Bad Rap? I don’t know if it is really fair to call this story bogus but its cluelessness is off the charts.

In The News

The blog post is about a bad tv show. But the comments are bunch of army guys complaining about Seals.

Revealed: How CIA tried to gather intel before 1971 India-Pakistan war. Actually, all that is revealed is that they could not do it when they needed to meet the needs of the policy makers. Just a reminder that some things don’t seem to change.

The culture that is San Francisco

Praying for Death — Blood Sacrifice and Drug Cartels in Latin America

France & Germany Differ Starkly on Strong Leaders. For what it is worth (h/t Chickenman or whatever he goes by these days).

Not In The News But Should Be

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Entertainment of the Day

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