Top Headline Comments 9-2-14

Gah. September.

ICYMI, on Friday a district court judge halted a portion of Texas' abortion law HB2 that requires abortion clinics to meet hospital operating standards. This is the same judge who was later smacked down by the Fifth Circuit for ruling unconstitutional a portion of HB2 that requires abortion docs to have admitting privileges. As before, Texas has said it will appeal the ruling. HB2, if you will recall, is the law that launched Wendy Davis to national prominence.

Sin City 2 dropped out of the top 10 at the box office in only its second week of release. Screwing up a movie with that cast, plus Eva Green topless, is a special kind of fail.

Red states are slowly accepting Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.

Morgan Stanley analysts' "best guess" is the S&P 500 could rally for five years, reach almost 3,000.

On Obama's patent weakness: "You could almost hear the eyes rolling inside his Cabinet, not to mention in European capitals."

The last of the Great Escape tunnelers, Wing Commander Ken Rees, has died. Godspeed, Wing Commander.

posted by Gabriel Malor at 06:45 AM

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