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Wolfrum's morning has been spent running errands and not perusing current events. Thus, today's post is dedicated to allowing you - the discernible reader - to do what Tim Pawlenty just didn't have the courage to do at the GOP Debate - say what you think right to Mitt Romney's face.
I'll start:
Hey Mitt, would you say ObamneyCare is your greatest achievement?
Your turn.
--WKW
Newt Gingrich understands today's youth. Graphic via Blue Gal.
The Travails of Newt Gingazzle: Seems the Newtster started a charity. For Himself.
Bin Spyin': Pakistan punishing those who helped CIA keep tabs on Osama bin Laden.  [Read more]

Nope. No future Presidents here.
Unemployment: That summer job just isn't there anymore.
Now You See it ... : Ok, we lost $6 billion or so in cash in Iraq. Soon, this could really start adding up. [Read more]
A poor Internet connection means Wolfrum's Morning was spent doing other things than collecting links. But take it from Neil Patrick Harris at the Tonys, the theater, and this blog aren't just for Gays anymore.
--WKW  [Read more]
If Neuticals changes the name to Newticals, Gingrich may have a new career. Cause politics just ain't working out.
Brazil's Dangerous Activism: It's becoming more and more dangerous to an activist in Brazil. [Read more]

Drones: France and Britain plunk down another $1.5 billion for more drones.
Yemen: More drone bombs, please.
Syria: Syrians begin escaping to Turkey out of fear of their own government.
Pakistan: Death, drones and chaos. [Read more]
Enjoy the galaxy from South Dakota in this spectacular time-lapse video. [Read more]

Andrew Breitbart tried to steal the limelight yesterday at the Anthony Weiner press conference.
Some see "The Life Zone" as an insane right-wing anti-choice tank job. Me, all I see is Robert Loggia.
Yes, as a matter of fact, that is Morgan Freeman and Bill Cosby.
Switching Teams: Ex-Iowa GOP lawmaker is now backing same-sex marriage.  [Read more]
Happy Hump Day.
War Crimes: Ratko Mladic arrives at the Hague to face justice. War crimes. How novel.  [Read more]
You have to Like Dog Bless You.
Out of Space: The space shuttle Endeavor ready for its final return.
Bachmann Fever: Michele Bachmann is thisclose to announcing her run for President. Comedians worldwide rejoice.  [Read more]

Let us remember.
Memorial Day: David Blight takes a look at how it all started. Also, take a look at CNN’s Home & Away presentation.
Obama in Joplin: President amazed by destruction as death toll climbs to 142. [Read more]
It's two days after Tuesday.
They just keep coming. [Read more]

It’s devastation in Missouri.
Missouri: Obama to head to Missouri on Sunday as death tolls reach more than 110.
How to Help Tornado Victims (Via USA Today) [Read more]
Steve Nash scores for New York Marriage Equality.

You only have a couple days left. Make them count. [Read more]
By law, all bloggers have to post some version of this song today.
By Neha Paliwal, Passport @ ForeignPolicy.com, May 17, 2013
On Friday, chaotic clashes broke out in Georgia as an angry mob -- comprised mainly of young men but also including robed priests and some women -- descended on a gay rights rally commemorating International Day Against Homophobia. A day earlier, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church had demanded that authorities stop the rally, calling it a "violation of the majority's right."
According to EurasiaNet, the mob, which numbered...
By Miriam Elder in Moscow, The Guardian, May 17, 2013
Federal Security Service spokesman breaches protocol as he accuses US agency of crossing 'red line' in its recruitment efforts
By Nasser Chararah for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse, May 17, 2013
The silent conflict raging between Qatar and Saudi Arabia currently revolves around two main axes. The first is their respective positions vis-à-vis the Muslim Brotherhood, and their disagreement as to whether to back or reject its ascent to power in Syria. The second concerns Saudi Arabia’s objection to the disproportionate — relative to its size...
As jobless claims "surprisingly" go up by 32,000 this month (uh, did everyone forget the sequester?), an Atlantic reporter notes the abandonment of workers by both GOP & Democrats.
While he pushes 3 theories how workers ended up under the bus, I'll push a 4th - "social media whatever".
It used to be most of us were consumers of news and marketing, while a few made their money that way. Now we're all "engaged" (sad co-opting of that word) - selling our goods on Craigslist & eBay, friending & liking pages up the rec list, putting our portals & blogs on-line, passing on videos if not doing mash-ups of our own...
We've become a hive of little businessmen, little Eichmanns as someone once put it - with the...
By Kathy Gannon & Kay Johnson, Associated Press, May 16, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor.
A Muslim militant group claimed responsibility for the morning rush hour attack, saying it was carried out by a new suicide unit formed in response to reports that the U.S. plans to keep bases and troops in Afghanistan even after the 2014 deadline for the end of the foreign combat mission.
The group, Hizb-e-Islami, said its fighters had...