Linkage

• Mysterious object seen speeding past sun could be 'visitor from another star system' (The Guardian) Well off the ecliptic. I hope that they can get some more data.
• Puerto Rico Whitefish Energy Deal Will Be Audited After It Raised Questions (International Business Time) Here's hoping that someone goes to jail over this.
• George W. Bush Doesn’t Deserve His West Point Character Award (War Is Boring) Say it, brother.
• PG&E pushing to pass North Bay fire liabilities to ratepayers (Marin Independent Journal) Just when you think they could not get any more evil………
• Top Marginal Tax Rates and Economic Growth (Angry Bear) Raise top tax rates, and economic growth goes up.
• Germany's far-right AfD leader: 'Margaret Thatcher is my role model' (The Guardian) I tend to think of AfD as a bunch of clowns, but this scares the crap out of me.
• A troll demanded a Muslim man show examples of 'Christian terrorists.' He delivered. (Upworthy) Major ownage ensues.
• JetBlue Flight Fail: Airline's Space Saving Bathroom Plan Backfires (International Business Times) A minor setback in airlines' plans to make us miserable.
• Smoking Marijuana Causes ‘Complete Remission’ of Crohn’s Disease, No Side Effects, New Study Shows (Blooms Mag) We really need to fund medical research on pot.

This looks fascinating: