Lightning Round -- 061115

Would like to send this weather to California. Instead, we'll just make it rain:

• We may know something soon about Jeff Hansen, my friend who has been missing for three weeks. More as we know more, but we believe the news is good.
• Either we have a budget deal, or we don't. Or we're not sure.
• Free speech or threat? And doesn't the Justice Department have other things to do than to investigate anonymous web trolls?
• I believe we're supposed to be alarmed by this -- apparently kids are getting poisoned by E-cigarette juice. It would be helpful to see some comparisons with the frequency of other types of poisoning, but you won't find it in the linked article.
• The "worst case scenario" for the Middle East. I'm pretty sure it's already happening.