Welcome to Barack Obama’s Syrian War.

Ah, sorry: ‘conflict.’ That’s what we call wars when we don’t want to call them wars. It’s sort of a tradition, for Democrats: see Korea, Vietnam, and Serbia. At any rate: …and so it begins.

The White House will announce Friday that a small number of U.S. special operations forces will be sent into Syria, according to a senior U.S. official.

The senior U.S. official said that the forces will be stationed in northern Syria and work alongside groups with a proven track record of fighting ISIS. The move will be described as a “shift” but not a “change” in U.S. strategy against ISIS, the official added.

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Tweet of the Day, Watch @Carlquintanilla Praise Female Gendercide Here edition.

There’s just something filthy about this tweet.

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In the mail: Urban Shadows.

This was an urban fantasy RPG Kickstarter a while back; just got the physical copy. Interesting archetype-style of play and urban fantasy seems like one of those genres that I could get into. More accurately, it’s one of those genres where I wouldn’t have to spend six months trying to make sure that I got all the buttons right on the naval uniforms, or something.

I jest, I jest. But not too much.

CNBC Dumpster Fire Debate brings in 14 million viewers.

Ten million less than the first two*; mind you, the first two weren’t playing opposite the World Series and were available online via free streaming. You have to wonder whether or not CNBC is relieved that they didn’t make that aforementioned dumpster fire of a debate freely available: on the one hand, if they had then more people would have watched CNBC that night. On the other hand, if they had then more people would have watched CNBC that night. On the gripping hand, CNBC should probably enjoy their record numbers and/or ad revenue from last night, because it’s going to be a cold day in Perdition before the GOP will let them host another one. Continue reading CNBC Dumpster Fire Debate brings in 14 million viewers.

Suuuuuure it was a bear.

That’s just disinformation, man.

Recordings taken at a station that detects seismic activity at Kultieth River Mountain in southeast Alaska would suggest that the area experienced a strong disturbance earlier this month.

But it was no earthquake.

The incident recorded by the Alaska Earthquake Center’s seismic sensor, according to KTUU-TV, was actually the work of a bear, or at least that’s what scientists think.

If you can’t make a game session out of this you’re simply not trying hard enough.

Paul Ryan is 45, and the Speaker of the House.

This is not unrelated, in my opinion. Ryan’s not the youngest Speaker ever, but it’s been a while since we’ve tapped somebody that young – and, may I say? It’s odd to think of myself as ‘young’ these days, but it’s true: I’m the same age as Paul Ryan and only a year older than Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. I guess my generation is starting to get its hands on some of the reins of power.

And not a moment too soon, in my own personal opinion.

Moe Lane

PS: Told you it was going to happen. Because I cherish these moments when I made the right call ahead of time.