* So not only did CNN invent an arrest in the Boston Bombing, but the New York Post fingered two innocent young me, one 17 of doing it and randomly blamed the Saudi's without evidence. This sort of thing is not okay. An innocent teenager spent a day and will likely spend more days with people blaming him for the bombings. We need to wait for the ( Read more... )

* "US citizen arrested for funding Maldivian terrorist in Lahore bombing:" http://minivannews.com/politics/us-citizen-arrested-for-funding-maldivian-terrorist-in-lahore-bombing-54230Read more... )

* "Former President calls for “caretaker administration” as protesters take to the streets:" http://minivannews.com/politics/former-president-calls-for-caretaker-administration-as-protesters-take-to- ( Read more... )

* Can we take a moment to contemplate the bravery of teacher Ryan Heber, who stepped between yesterday's shooter and his next intended victim, and with the school counselor, talked the boy down? May I also point out that in this case, words solved the problem without further blood shed, a much better outcome than adding more violence could hope ( Read more... )

* There was another school shooting today, in Southern California. It was a single wounding of a classmate. It looks targeted ad the suspect is in custody ( Read more... )

* Dr. Zaidoun Al-Zoabi, the voice of the Syrian resistance, has been freed. He is seriously ill, but amazingly alive. His brother Sohaib is still in the hands of the government ( Read more... )

* Tasmania and New South Wales appear to be on fire. Shit ( Read more... )

* 71 people were killed in Syria today.

* Anderson Cooper on the Delhi bus gang rape and protests:

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* In the shameful choice of Republicans of states that routinely benefit from disaster relief paid for disproportionate by Northeastern states denying those states aid for Hurricane Sandy and why we really need to overhaul the entire National Flood insurance system in the face of climate change:

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* Among this weekend's Syrian government atrocities this weekend, 30 tortured and disfigured bodies have been dumped. They appear to have turned petrochemical facility into a murder factory for executions ( Read more... )