And because FB is a shitshow.

Absolutely nothing about EVERYTHING happening now smells right. Too much *wrong* was just ready to go all at once. If you think you know what I'm talking about, you're wrong. If you think I care what your opinion on this is, you are also wrong.

This story: http://freebeacon.com/national-security/military-warns-chinese-computer-gear-poses-cyber-spy-threat/
and this story: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/11/world/clinton-approves-technology-transfer-to-china.htmlare connected ( Read more... )

So said the spray paint on a building in NC. A building which housed a Republican headquarters. And that was apparently firebombed.http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.htmlBut it's OK. They're just Republicans who are probably too stupid to know why someone would firebomb a building anyhow. I mean, they support ( Read more... )

Once the invaders had breached the border defenses, Rome lacked the military strength to expel them and instead settled them in various provinces, on the condition they provide troops to the Roman army. But settling the migrants did not end the problem. The barbarian settlements, with their own rulers and strong armies, resisted Roman efforts to ( Read more... )

This can't be real: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/17/jews-ordered-to-register-in-east-ukraine/7816951/

Dear Lord, please do NOT let that piece of paper mean what it appears to mean...

I've said herein that I see "threads" that connect seemingly unrelated stories. Certain patterns appear to emerge from the headlines, and something tingles in the back of my mind ( Read more... )