Bernie Sanders says he has not yet read the 28 pages that are redacted from a congressional report on 9/11 that a number of lawmakers are demanding be declassified -- even though he has access to the pages.

Asked in an interview on "CBS This Morning" if he should read them if he's running to be commander-in-chief, Sanders said, "The difficulty is, you see then, if you read them, then you're gonna ask me a question, you're gonna say, 'You read them, what's in them?' And now I can tell you honestly I have not."

My biggest problem with second hand smoke is how it pungently reminds me that so much of the air we inhale is air that was exhaled from someone else, seconds ago.

I’d fantasized about really understanding other people’s emotional world. I imagined a world of sweetness and light — emotions I’d been missing all my life. But when it happened, the reality showed me what a fool I’d been. Now, I could look at a person and sense all their emotions. And most were downers.

What It’s Like to ‘Wake Up’ From Autism

But is it a religion? And does Cavanaugh’s professed belief in an all-powerful clump of pasta and meatballs grant him the freedom not to follow certain legal restrictions in much the same way that the owners of Hobby Lobby do not need to provide their employees with birth control coverage?This question, Gerrard writes, turns out to be much more difficult than it initially may seem. “Candidly,” the judge admits in his opinion, “propositions from existing caselaw are not particularly well-suited for such a situation, because they developed to address more ad hoc creeds, not a comprehensive but plainly satirical doctrine.”

Source: ThinkProgress

[Ringo] Starr announced today that he has canceled an upcoming concert in North Carolina in response to the "bathroom bill," which critics say places restrictions on members of the LGBT community.

In a statement obtained by ABC News, Starr revealed that he canceled his All Starr Tour performance in Cary, North Carolina, this June in an act of solidarity with those "fighting against the bigotry of HB2."

"I'm sorry to disappoint my fans in the area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred," Starr said. "Spread peace and love.”

He added: "How sad that they feel that this group of people cannot be defended."

Good job, McCroury.

Deutsche Bank announced Tuesday that it would suspend its plans to add 250 jobs in its Cary, North Carolina office, citing the state's sweeping law that overrode local measures protecting LGBT individuals from discrimination and limited employees' ability to sue over workplace discrimination.

I once interviewed at that office, for the job of Head Programmer (or similar). I have no idea why they brought me in for that. I got completely crushed. I did however, go on to work with a guy who did end up getting that job.

Heckofa job, McCrory.

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The economic impact of the state’s controversial House Bill 2 continued to mushroom Tuesday, as Deutsche Bank announced it was freezing plans to create 250 jobs in Cary and a top Wake County economic development official said that five companies since early last week have canceled or postponed efforts to bring jobs to the county.

“We’ve had some companies choose to suspend their site selection search in North Carolina and consequently in Wake County,” said Adrienne Cole, executive director of Wake County Economic Development. “Some have said they’re taking North Carolina off the list, others have said they’re postponing things to see what happens.”

The economic development projects included an IT company and a clean energy company and ranged in size from 75 jobs to one that could have brought 1,000 jobs to the Triangle, she said.

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Effects are being felt. N.C. Rep. Billy Richardson (D!) has a sad:

By enacting House Bill 2, the legislature did the wrong thing. I made the wrong vote and we must now make it right.

My parents raised me to avoid any rush to judgment and to consider the consequences of my decisions. They stressed to me that I will make mistakes but, when made, never, never compound a mistake by sitting silent and failing to own up to the error.

Upon prayer and reflection, I have come to realize that I need to take action now. I will not be silent and allow North Carolina's values to be undermined by the travesty that is HB2.

With Democrats like these... sheesh.

Pull up to the EarthFare, get out of my car, walk towards the door. It's 50° and windy. I'm wearing shorts (as always).

Guy in a grubby baseball hat and work jacket, maybe 40 years old, a little less well-maintained than most of the customers here in this somewhat upscale yuppie suburban shopping plaza walks out of the store and steps up to me.

Guy: The cashier in there just asked me if I wanted a surprise. I told her Paul Ryan is going to destroy the country...

Me: ...uh...

Guy: And it's because he's just another DC politician who doesn't do shit but point fingers and collect his paycheck. He's going to be another Boner, whatever his name was. Do you watch these people?

Me: I...

Guy: And so I ask her where she's from because she doesn't sound like she's from here. And she says Masstachufets, Massachoosix, Massachoosits. She's a fuckin Yankee. And I ask her if they have to pay for the queers to use the women's bathroom up there. And ... know what I'm saying? You know about this? The queers ruined marriage! They want to marry anything and everyone! They're going to make us pay for them to use the bathroom. And that Bruce Springsteen - what does he know? He's a Yankee too, right? He should mind his own business.

Me: I...

Guy: Because Obama is about to take all the guns. Have you seen this? He's about to grab all the guns and then there won't be any way to stop him. They killed that Judge in his sleep. Did you know his pajamas weren't even wrinkled? Who sleeps like that? And he crawled under his pillow. And didn't wrinkle his pajamas! And they're bringing in Mexicans to fill up the districts, their districts! Makes our vote count less! I tell you, I'm a veteran, did tours in Korea, and I'm thinking about leaving this country before it goes completely to shit. I'll do it, too!

Me: Um...

Guy: You gotta get out now. I'm telling ya!

Me: Umm... Huh. I'm freezing. I gotta go. Take care.

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It was like a National Review comment section came to life and attacked me.

I just started Azimov's 1951 classic science fiction series Foundation. It's set in the far distant future - so far in the future that humanity has spread to the edge of the galaxy and nobody even knows on which planet humanity originated. That information has just been lost over time.

A dozen or so pages in, one character is doing some research about a branch of science that allows people to predict a society's political future. And he's doing this research ... by looking at microfilm. Ooof.

Way to take me out of the story.

ABC News

Drat. Duped. FAKE!

Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay

Now they'd come so far and they'd waited so long
Just to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong
Where the dark of night holds back the light of the day
And you've gotta stand and fight for the price you pay

Bruce Springsteen announced on his website Friday he is canceling his April 10 show in Greensboro in opposition to North Carolina's recently passed House Bill 2.

In the statement, Springsteen asserted that the bill attacks the rights of LGBT citizens to sue when their rights are violated in the workplace.

Heckofa job, McCrory.