Friday Miscellany!

• Why isn't the media raking the Obama administration over the coals for their latest scandal? No, not the VA scandal --- the censoring of the Barron Memo, which is the administration's justification for killing Americans with drone strikes, defying a court order to make it public? Would Rachel Maddow have accepted this shit from the Bush administration?


• If you're wondering whether the requirement that abortion providers need to have hospital admitting privileges is intended simply to shut down abortion providers, wonder no more. The anti-abortion movement's next target is any hospital that gives admitting privileges to an abortion provider.


• Q: How do we know that the UK will see a boost in GDP soon? A: Because they'll soon add drugs and prostitution to the calculations. O.o


• This lady is my hero. On that note, can someone please explain to me the logic of sending a photo of your dick to a random stranger? Other than just "getting off your jollies at someone else's expense?"


• Portland, Oregon's best food carts, according to the British media.


• I'm almost done catching up on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. You've probably heard of it; if you haven't, "Numbers" is my favorite single-serving episode, if you want to check just one out.