Greeting Crooks, Good Morning Liars - as I write this on the solstice (while at a coffee shop called Solstice, spooky!) I'm heartened that the dark days of 2014 are behind us as the sunlight grows longer in the northern hemisphere. As one wag put it, the earth's axis tilt is the reason for the season!

Scripting News wonders who's going to bring NYC together.

Driftglass explains to us why we cannot have nice things anymore.

Perrspectives wants President Obama to give us an overtime pay raise.

Bonus Track: Hysterical Raisins presents Michele Bachmann's congressional career.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors and at Liberland. You can follow Tengrain on the electric Twitter machine, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with "For MBRU" in the subject line).