• Gary Kasparov on Putin as poker player with a weak hand facing feckless opponents.
• This is the first thing the GOP will dismantle if they ever retake the White House.
• Things that didn’t happen on the Internet…this week.
• Distraction is real; ADHD, maybe not so much.
• Martin Amis: In today’s Britain, cash has finally conquered class.
• The new Chris Christie scandal that’s way worse than Bridgegate but won’t get 1% as much coverage.
• Jem is truly outrageous. Truly.
• Snowbilly grifter to get her very own tee-vee channel?
• Guinness, the British roots of an Irish stout.
• Also in Irish news, Paul Ryan’s British-sounding claims about the poor and dependency.
• Print and read: Four weeks aboard a skyscraper-sized freighter crossing the Pacific.
• Bonus print and read: This is exactly how brazen Pakistan was/is in its support of the Taliban and bin Laden.