If only it worked like this…

Obama has announced that the U.S. won’t be sending in ground troops to fight ISIL, a controversial action that is certainly a different tactic than his predecessor’s.

The governor of Texas wrote a letter to President Obama declaring that Texas would not accept Syrian refugees because “any one of [them] could be connected to terrorism.” Sure, and so could the white Christian guy working at the office next to yours…(Office of the Governor Greg Abbott)

A tooth was discovered that last chewed over 50,000 years ago… and it’s BIG. Its discovery is vital evidence for the existence of the Denisovans, a hominid species that was only discovered in 2010. We’re basically cousins! (National Geographic)

It’s so, so hard for us at Bwog (or anyone else for that matter) to rationalize or attempt to understand the atrocities that have been committed by human beings this week, this year, this lifetime. Here’s an attempt to understand why the Paris attacks gained so much more coverage than, say, the attacks in Kenya that killed 148 people last year. (Washington Post)

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