SOMEONE CHECK THE TEMPERATURE IN HELL!  THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE: Attacking the NRA is really attacking everyday Americans.  I suspect all the little imps are out ice skating.

WAIT! SO BEFORE RELEASING A BLOCKBUSTER YOU SHOULD FIRST MAKE SURE NO NUT IS GOING TO SHOOT ANYONE IN THE MONTHS AROUND IT?  Bruce Willis’ “Death Wish” panned for “spectacularly bad timing,” so gun control advocates when is a good time to talk about how people protect themselves?

NOT SURPRISED:  Harshing the Immigration Narrative.

AS LONG AS HE LEAVES OUR GUNS ALONE:  The Travails of Trump.

I DON’T:  The March for Our Lives is Sheer Astroturfing. Don’t Doubt Me.

BUT ONLY TOWARD OTHER WOMEN:  Women are getting bitchier at work: study.

THIS CAN AID IN CUSTOMIZING TREATMENTS:  Researchers discover there are actually five kinds of diabetes.

FOR ONE THING, IT INCREASES THE COST OF BLOWING OFF A DAY:  A one-dollar raise can reduce how often workers call out sick.

SO, WHEN MY BOSS TELLS ME TO “GET EFFED” IT IS ABOUT BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE OFFICE?  If your sex life sucks, you probably hate your job too

NEWS YOU CAN USE – NEXT YEAR:  The IRS is looking for these red flags this tax season.

IN THE EMAIL FROM ELLIE FERGUSON (A PEN NAME OF AMANDA S. GREEN, WHOM YOU KNOW FROM HER POSTS ON MY BLOG DISSECTING BOTH HILLARY AND LENIN):  Light Magic.

When Meg Sheridan arrived in Mossy Creek, Texas, she had one goal in mind: to fulfill her mother’s dying wish. Now, less than a month after burying her mother, all Meg knows about the town is that it has always been a haven for the Others, even before they made their existence known to the world. As an Other herself, that should reassure Meg. Instead, it raises more questions than it answers. More than that, she has one very large problem. She doesn’t know why her mother wanted her to come to Mossy Creek. Worse, she soon learns not everyone is willing to welcome her with open arms.

Faced with the daunting task of discovering not only why her mother sent her to Mossy Creek but also with uncovering why her mother fled there years before, Meg is determined to find the truth. Along the way, she discovers something else. Even in death, her mother is looking out for her – if Meg will let her.

And if she will accept the friendship and love of those who knew her mother all those years ago.

But danger awaits her as well. Secrets decades old and resentments going back generations seethe just below the surface. Do those secrets have anything to do with why Meg’s mother wanted her to come to town? Will discovering them help her understand why her mother fled Mossy Creek so long ago?

Or will they lead to something much more sinister. . . and deadly?

INSTANT IKEA, JUST ADD ROBOTS:  MIT’s robotic carpenters help you create your own furniture.

BECAUSE THE MEDIA WANTED TO BELIEVE IN MAGICAL KIDS AND THEIR ABSOLUTE MORAL AUTHORITY, THAT’S WHY!  Why Did It Take Two Weeks To Discover Parkland Students’ Astroturfing?

IT’S NOT A MATTER OF THE COLOR OF WHO IS BEING EXPELLED.  ANY COUNTRY WHO EXPELS A SKILLED MINORITY SUFFERS.  IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE. BUT THIS IS A COMPLEX STORY:   Is South Africa going the way of Zimbabwe?  The only thing that’s true is that South Africa will suffer.  I’m glad most of my friends there have long left.

THE WORM TURNS:  The German cities and the migrants.

LOUIS FARRAKHAN, RACIST:  Louis Farrakhan: ‘Jews are my enemy,’ ‘white folks are going down’.

THAT’S JUST ABOUT MY VIEW, TOO:  Regarding more gun control? No.

WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING NEW TO SAY STEAL FROM WRITERS OF SICK FANFIC:  ‘Frozen 2’ might have a lesbian Elsa.

GOOD: Ben Sasse Slams President Trump Over Comments On Guns.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Broward County State Attorney Has Dozens Of Investigations Of Sheriff’s Office.

THEY ALWAYS TELL YOU WHAT THEY MEAN IN THE END:  How A Florida State Senator Accidentally Tipped The Gun Grabbers’ Hand.

GO AND LISTEN:  Podcast #1: Interview with Laura Montgomery, Space Lawyer and Science Fiction Writer.

BEARDED LADY:  Bridget the lioness isn’t supposed to have a beard.

THAT’S NOT A WRITER; THAT’S A VAGUELY HUMAN SHAPED SHEEP  #SHEEPPERSISTED:  Writer Says Desire to Colonize Space Comes From Gendered Power Structures.

PLEASE DON’T GIVE THEM IDEAS:  Let’s Lower the Voting Age to Six Years Old.