Top Headline Comments 1/27/15

Lightning, As Seen From Orbit

Teddy Bear the porcupine predicts the Giants will win the Superbowl
And so far he's batting 1.000. [rdbrewer]


CJ Ciaramella: Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Introduced in Congress
"'The FAIR Act will ensure that government agencies no longer profit from taking the property of U.S. citizens without due process, while maintaining the ability of courts to order the surrender of proceeds of crime.'" [rdbrewer]

Discover Magazine: Wild dolphins exchange names when they meet at sea [rdbrewer]


American Glob: Early Photos of #Snowmageddon2015 [rdbrewer]

Dudes At the Sundance Film Festival All Look Pretty Dumb
They seem very excited to wear their cold-weather jackets... too excited

TruthRevolt: Pope Francis Wants to Cross Southern Border to Show ‘Brotherhood and Support for Immigrants’
"'To enter the United States from the border with Mexico would be a beautiful gesture of brotherhood and support for immigrants.'" Because we just can't have enough children riding "the death train" to America. Via commenter "Costanza Defense." [rdbrewer]


Boehner admits 'couple of stumbles' in GOP agenda
"In addition to the border bill, Republicans were forced to withdraw legislation that would have restricted abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy." Who could've guessed this kind of thing would keep happening? [rdbrewer]


Devlin Barrett: U.S. Spies on Millions of Drivers
"Many state and local law-enforcement agencies are accessing the database for a variety of investigations... putting a wealth of information in the hands of local officials who can track vehicles in real time on major roadways." [rdbrewer]


Maureen Mullarkey: Pope Francis Is A Leftist And Must Be Called Out
"Pope Francis has associated with revolutionaries and ideologies that destroy human life and living conditions. The right response is not silence." It's like the ostentation of the new rich, except it's not the conspicuous use of money; it's the vulgar, self-indulgent use of his authority. I don't need to hear what the Pope thinks about iPhones and climate, for example. One would think he has more important things to occupy his time. [rdbrewer]


Michael Barone: Are today's Millennials a new Victorian generation?
"The most obvious evidence of the Millennials’ virtuous behavior is the vast decline in violent crime in the last 25 years." [rdbrewer]


Obama Sends Political Team To Israel To Defeat Netanyahu (Funded By State Dept.)
"The group V15, which denies that its motto is ‘anyone but Bibi,’ is working with U.S. political strategist Jeremy Bird who worked on the Obama campaign to replace the Israeli government in March." [rdbrewer]


Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: Bowe Bergdahl Has Been Charged With Desertion
"The Army came to this decision months ago, but the White House has been stonewalling...." More from Yid With Lid. [rdbrewer]

Top Headline Comments 1/26/15

Jon Gabriel: Musicians vs. Politicians, Part XCLVII
"Conforming slavishly to stereotype, the Dropkick Murphys are boring lefties who get offended when non-approved people enjoy their derivative tunes. The over-the-hill band bravely took to Twitter to react precisely as everyone expected." [rdbrewer]


Al Weaver: Limbaugh: Scott Walker ‘The Blueprint’ For GOP If They Are ‘Serious About Beating The Left’
"[Limbaugh said] the GOP needs to 'hoist' Walker on a chair they used to take Caesar through the crowds with.' ¶ 'If you have spent any time listening to this program in the last two years, you know that I believe Scott Walker is the blueprint for the Republican Party....'" [rdbrewer]

The best thing on Twitter today, courtesy of Moron RD Brewer. [NDH]

Larry Correia: Sad Puppies 3: The Ensaddening.
"If you’d like to nominate good books, stories, and related works for the Hugos so that the biggest award in sci-fi/fantasy isn’t just a Social Justice Warrior circle jerk, you need to get yourself a supporting membership to Sasquan before the end of January." [rdbrewer]

Hot New Meme of Putting Alarming Messages Inside of Anodyne Sentences Has All the Spiders In Your Mouth Very Excited About Future

NY Times, 2/14: The End of Snow?
Drudge caught this headline from last year. Also via Drudge: 2010s officially the snowiest decade in the east coast in the NOAA record. [rdbrewer]

Undercover Mothers vs. Cat-calling Sons
Bwa ha ha ha. [ArthurK]

Scientists Have Figured Out How to Un-Boil An Egg
Supposedly this has something to do with fighting cancer... it has to do with putting twisted and de-natured proteins back into working order

The Most Awful Story You'll Read Today

1916 Sherlock Holmes Film, Thought to be Lost, Now Being Released
It stars William Gilette, who got very famous playing Holmes. And rich enough to build a little castle in Connecticut (which you can visit)

Georgie Couple Apparently Lured to Their Deaths By Craigslist Ad for Vintage Mustang

All out of bubble gum.

Slate: Wisconsin’s Scott Walker outshines the competition in Iowa
"Before the Iowa Freedom Summit on Saturday, one Republican activist summed up Gov. Scott Walker’s challenge this way: 'He doesn’t make the flashbulbs go off.' But at the end of the marathon day of speeches before conservatives, the Wisconsin governor emerged as the leading light." [rdbrewer]


American Sniper Finally Breaks Hollywood’s Anti-Military Omertà
Movie review. [rdbrewer]

Christina Hoff Sommers: Sexual Assault Myths: Part 2
Video. [rdbrewer]

Want A Taser-Proof Outfit? A Fencing Lamé Will Do The Trick [dri]

So, Idiots

Ever Wonder About the Mechanism Which Produces the Smell of Rain (Called "Petrichor") After a Rainfall? No? Never? Not Even Once? Oh Perfect, Then You Didn't Waste Any of Your Time. These Guys Got it Covered.
Here's more about the chemical make-up of petrichor, which I know you don't care about, so don't bother humoring me. Your condescension cuts like knives.

Glenn Reynolds, USA Today: Middle-class savings like blood in the water
"Obama goes where the money is to pay for 'free' education programs - your savings account." [rdbrewer]


Jim Geraghty: A Completely Different Sense of the GOP’s ‘First Tier’
From the Morning Jolt. "Allow me to offer a completely different grouping of the big names than you’ve seen elsewhere." [rdbrewer]


John Fund: 2016: It Begins
"Clear winners and losers emerged from the first major candidate huddle in Iowa this weekend." [rdbrewer]

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