AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS: Guys, the Perseid meteor shower is here, and it’s going to be twice as good this year.

SPEAKING OF PARASITES: Mutant ‘Super Lice’ Outbreak Has Now Spread to Nearly Every State.

THE GOVERNMENT’S WAY OF HELPING: When You Are Looking For Help The Last Thing You Need Is Hostility.

PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH EVERY CHAMBER LOADED: The shotgun election.

OTOH, WE MIGHT FINALLY HAVE SOLVED THAT “IS OBAMA EVIL OR STUPID” QUANDARY: Taken — to the Cleaners.  Sure, the answer might be “yes” but if he were a little brighter, he’d understand this would blow up in his face?

SHOCKED, SHOCKED! Australia suspends World Vision funding over allegations its Gaza representative funneled millions to Hamas.

THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE WAS DONE ENTIRELY IN INTERPRETIVE DANCE: Feminist Declares The Invention Of The Alphabet The Root Of Sexism, Misogyny And Patriarchy…

ONCE YOU GIVE THE DANE HIS GELD: Pallets of cash have a predictable effect on hostage-takers.

A PLACE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SUN: (And you don’t need a darkened lens here.)  Dr. Stephanie Osborn’s Comet Tales.  Check out Solar/Geomagnetic Activity!

FOR THE TIMES, THEY ARE ACHANGING: Changing Spots.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH GIVING IT FREE REIN? Scientists Get Closer to Harnessing the Health Benefits of Red Wine.

WAIT WHAT?  YOU CAN’T BE A METHODIST IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING?

Energy Resources Utilization

The whole earth is God’s good creation and as such has inherent value. We are aware that the current utilization of energy resources threatens this creation at its very foundation. As members of The United Methodist Church we are committed to approaching creation, energy production, and especially creation’s resources in a responsible, careful and economic way. We call upon all to take measures to save energy. Everybody should adapt his or her lifestyle to the average consumption of energy that respects the limits of the planet earth. We encourage persons to limit CO2 emissions toward the goal of one tonne per person annually. We strongly advocate for the priority of the development of renewable energies. The deposits of carbon, oil, and gas resources are limited and their continuous utilization accelerates global warming. The use of nuclear power is no solution for avoiding CO2 emissions. Nuclear power plants are vulnerable, unsafe, and potential health risks. A safe, permanent storage of nuclear waste cannot be guaranteed. It is therefore not responsible to future generations to operate them. The production of agricultural fuels and the use of biomass plants rank lower than the provision of safe food supplies and the continued existence for small farming businesses.

Someone please remind them the scriptures of their faith are NOT supposed to be the Green Party’s platform.  Al Chakra Gore is nobody’s prophet, either.

HR AND OTHER FOLLIES: Death by HR: The Great Enrichment to the Great Slackening.

RIGHT.  HE’S ALSO KEEPING THEM OFF HIS LAWN: The hero who’s taking Pokémon Go fools to court.

AT THIS RATE, MY POOR SHOCKED FACE WILL GET WORN OUT: Clinton Foundation drug contracts intersected with State Department work.

THERE’S MY SHOCKED FACE, AGAIN: 3 of 4 NYT bestsellers are anti-Clinton books.

IT’S LIKE I’VE BEEN ON THIS PANEL A DOZEN TIMES: (Also similar ones about Heinlein.) In defense of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Books’.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE: GOP v. Democrats: Social Experiment Proves Republicans are Nicer.

WAIT, WHAT? Abbas Sues History. Not a Parody.

DYING FROM THE INSIDE: Protect Vermont MDs’ Right to Not Push Assisted Suicide!

WHOSE CONSTITUTION? Byron York: Khizr Khan, Donald Trump and the debate over Muslim immigration.

OF COURSE IT DOES: Major Chinese state paper calls for a military strike on Australian ships that enter the South China Sea.

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Coffee drinking tied to lower risk of suicide.

WAITER, THERE’S SJWs IN MY ART! ARTICLE: The Death of University Arts Programs, Part 2: The Corcoran Collapse

YOUR DEATH PANEL IS READY: AMA Playing “Hide the Ball” with Futile Care Rule?