Francis Porretto has an interesting (and I fear true) take on this.
‘..Nine senior commanding generals have been fired by the Obama administration this year, leading to speculation by active and retired members of the military that a purge of its commanders is under way…’

masquerading as “news” in Fairfax media. The linked article appears on today’s Weatherzone page. I just cancelled my subscription to what is otherwise a useful weather site and let the dishonest bastards know why. The text of the article is pure speculation, totally at odds with the headline.
‘Dryland farming falling victim to global warming‘
Brett Worthington, Thursday October 31, 2013 – 11:45 EDT

Please call your office. Somebody is using “1984” as a manual.
(Thanks to Wombat for the tip)

  ‘Justice Department attorneys are advancing an argument at the Supreme Court that could allow the government to invoke international treaties as a legal basis for policies such as gun control that conflict with the U.S. Constitution, according to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas…’

‘A popular jazz band named Shokaboza that “blends jazz and old school funk, with a West African beat” has just been told by Hampshire College in Massachusetts that it is “too white” to be allowed to perform a scheduled Halloween party gig on campus…’

Seems some people there are concerned about what they term “cultural appropriation”. Well, if that’s now a big no-no, I’d suggest that the blacks who have appropriated parts of white, hispanic and oriental culture cease and desist. (Which of course would leave them hunting frogs with spears and living in caves….)

 ‘Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle may have set the world record for the largest wave ever surfed after riding an estimated 100-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.’

‘Here’s what bothers me. The three judges who last week freed Joseph “Jihad Jack” Thomas seemed to know perfectly well he broke our laws.
Yet they still said it was “contrary to public policy” to convict this al-Qaida trainee….’
Read the whole appalling thing.

‘Girl, 13, raped then buried alive
A 13-year-old girl has dug herself out of a muddy grave after being raped by two men who then buried her alive in Pakistan.
…Statistic show cases of child rape have risen from 668 in 2002 to 2,788 last year, according to the International Business Times.
“We still think these statistics are just a fraction of what’s going on,” Sanihl’s executive director Manizeh Bano told the International Business Times…’

Imports from third-world shit  holes have enriched us in so many ways, after all…