Monday Miscellany!

• The Syrian Civil War is a mess and there are no good guys, part one, here. This comes directly from an activist on the ground in Aleppo.


• Feinstein's atrocious ban on magazine-fed semiautomatic longarms is strangled in the crib.


• HRC embraced gay marriage, media swoons, anyone paying attention yawns. This would have been significant news a year ago. It isn't now.


• Geekiest wedding ever.


• NDD on the Cyprus crisis


• Nate Silver's NCAA Men's Basketball Bracket. Go ahead. Bet against it. You know you want to.


• "What you are actually doing is perpetuating rape culture by advancing the idea that a woman is only valuable in so much as she is loved or valued by a man." - More on how a common anti-rape trope is not helpful, here.