The wisdom of legislators and Betty White

Gleanings from today's Washington Post online:

Secret CIA effort in Syria faces large funding cut

by Greg Miller and Karen De Young

Key lawmakers have moved to slash funding of a secret CIA operation to train and arm rebels in Syria, a move that U.S. officials said reflects rising skepticism of the effectiveness of the agency program and the Obama administration’s strategy in the Middle East.

The House Intelligence Committee recently voted unanimously yadayada yadayada yadayada.

Separately, legislators moved to redirect all savings to the poor.*

Betty White explains to non-smoking President
Obama how Rue McClanahan died in 2010.

Add that to Caitlin Dewey’s wonderful weekly: What was fake on the Internet this week. (This week: Rue McClanahan’s death and Obama smoking.)#

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* To read the real story, click here.

# Straight from Caitlin’s keyboard - click here.