So how’s that Arab Spring working out for you? The military is clamping down on military rule and killing civilians. Sound familiar? Why, it sounds just like it did before the world decided that Hosni Mubarak had to go, while not thinking of, say, forcing him to institute reforms that would keep the Muslim Brotherhood from taking over. Awesome job, world!

Revenge of the FB nerds: Now it’s 4.7 degrees of separation. Really? 4.7 degrees thanks to social media? Um, people, I have a little advice for you. Nobody, but nobody would have noticed if the the first press release on how closely linked people are talked about 4.7 degrees of separation. And I just love the shocking result of the FB study:

“We observed that while the entire world is only a few degrees away, a user’s friends are most likely to be of a similar age and come from the same country,” said Facebook.

And this month’s award for the keen grasp of the obvious goes to: Facebook.

So what else is new? The UN envoy blames Israel–and only Israel–for the failure of peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Yes, it’s all about building apartments in Jerusalem–excuse me, “settlements”–and not at all about Abbas’ refusal to sit down and negotiate. Or the missiles coming from Gaza. Yes, this is why we mock the UN on a regular basis here. Because it’s full of Israel-haters who stick their fingers in their ears, close their eyes, and say “Lalala, I can’t HEAR you” when confronted with the truth as to why negotiations have broken down.

You are a person who usually finds these quizzes an utter waste of time. When you do find one that you want to take, you wind up thinking, “Well, that was stupid!” when you get the result you didn’t expect or, more likely, “What an effing piece of crap quiz!”

You find yourself always just a little out of step with other quiz-takers, and wonder why so many people devote so much time to so little outcome. But then, you also watch cooking infomercials, so you really have no reason to feel superior to the quiz-takers. You also realize that if you were in your tweens or twenties, you’d probably take every quiz that comes your way. But because you’re now old and crabby, you want to suck the joy out of everyone else who thinks that taking quizzes is a fun way to blow five or ten minutes.

Famous quiz takers who got your results: H.L. Mencken, P.T. Barnum, Mark Twain, the crabby old lady who lives on the corner, and your father.

“i left you some jews to show you why i was killing them”

But that wasn’t good enough. After the group was renamed to its normal name, the hackers decided to show their true colors:

“i left you some jews to show you why i was killing them”

Which still wasn’t hateful enough. After the group was renamed again, the hackers changed it to:

HITLER: I left some jews to show the world why i was killing them..”

and then

“I Wonder How Quickly I Can Find 1,000,000 People Who Hate Israel”

and

“I Wonder How Quickly I Can Find 1 Billion People Who Hate Israel”

The current name is “From Todd Snider: Please Leave the group , we will be back soon.” to “From Todd Snider: Please Leave the group , we will be back soon,” and it’s working. The hackers got 565 members to leave. If you’re on Facebook, and interested in this group: Join it. If for no other reason, join it because it pisses off the Jew-haters.

No matter where we go, there they are. It’s why people like me continue fighting them.