FREE SOUP:  So, a book I wrote many years ago and which was mishandled has reverted to me, and it will come out on Monday, indie.  To promote it, I put a short story in the same universe free on my blog. First Blood – Free, Complete Short Story.

ANOTHER COUNTRY EMBRACING REALITY: Adani’s Carmichael coalmine leases approved by Queensland. Maybe some day we’ll do it too.

WHICH, LIKE EVERY OTHER KIND OF SOCIALISM JUST PLAIN DOESN’T WORK: Obama’s solar socialism.

NEWS YOU CAN USE IN MIDDLE EARTH: Food In The Hobbit

ONLY NOW DO THEY THINK OF THIS? The Jayvee hard at work: ISIS and a dirty bomb.

IT’S ALL MEANS TO THEIR UNJUSTIFIABLE ENDS: The Left Lets the Veil Drop.

THIS HEADLINE IS PERFECT WITHOUT “FUEL”: De Blasio gets in middle of Hillary-Bernie fossil fuel feud.

WHAT PART OF “THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE” WASN’T CLEAR? Islamic State planted thousands of mines in Palmyra: Syrian army.

FEDERAL AID, AKA THE TIES THAT BIND: North Carolina Law May Risk Federal Aid.  Perhaps states should enter a 12 step program to get off the federal drug.

BOTH WANT TO CONTROL YOU: Bootleggers and Baptists.

THE ANSWER HAS BEEN EVIDENT FOR DECADES. IT DOESN’T: Oh, Good, It’s 2016 and We’re Arguing About Whether Marxism Works.

IN OTHER NEWS, TWO WOLVES DISAPPROVE OF SHEEP NOT WANTING TO BE EATEN: You can’t make it up. UN names democratic Israel as world’s top human rights violator.

FUR LIVES MATTER: San Francisco Furry Parade denied permit: ‘too weird’.

DO THEY STILL PINE FOR THEIR SOVIET EMPIRE (REAL ONE) SUGAR DADDY?  Fidel Castro: Cuba doesn’t want presents from U.S. “empire”.

THEIR OWN DESPICABLE DICTATOR: Who’s Killing Civilians In Syria?

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE:  No, wait. It’s believable, just despicable. VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’.

OF COURSE SHE DOES: Elizabeth Warren Wants The SEC To Help Her Ban Free Speech.

YOU HATE HUMANS SO MUCH, YOU OFF YOURSELF FIRST: Do Humans Have a Moral Duty to Stop Procreating?

OH, HAI SHOCKED FACE, I CAN HAS YOU: Another Climate Alarmist Admits Real Motive Behind Warming Scare.

THIS EXPLAINS A LOT: What Can A Billionaire Buy That Most People Can’t?

THE SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES ARE MAKING US INTO: Entitlement Society.

ONE BAD DECISION IS NO EVIDENCE OF A PATTERN, APPARENTLY: Egyptian hijacker’s ex-wife wants nothing do with him.

IT’S THE NAIL-BITERS AGAINST THE BED-WETTERS: And you need a heart of stone not to die laughing. San Francisco State University Investigating ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Incident Captured on Video

IF IT WEREN’T FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS, DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE NO STANDARDS AT ALL: Israel Rejects Effort by Democrats to Launch Legal Probe of Jewish State.

IF I HAD OPPOSABLE THUMBS I WOULDN’T NEED HOOMANS: What’s Going On In Your Cat’s Head?