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Solar power is one of those divisive political issues that stereotypical Republicans hate and stereotypical Democrats love. Alternative energy in general falls pretty strictly down party lines, but solar power tends to receive the most flak. Government subsidies and the like are constantly talked about for one reason or another. Germany's producing a whole mess of solar energy, on the other and, and Fox & Friends apparently seems to think that it's because "they've got more sun than we do." One guess as to how accurate that statement is.

Last month, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly stepped into instant Internet infamy when, in a debate with American Atheists president David Silverman, O'Reilly attempted to prove the existence of God by citing the mystery of the tides: "I’ll tell you why [religion is] not a scam, in my opinion. Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that. You can’t explain why the tide goes in." Only one problem: There's this thing called the Moon which might have a little to do with tides. More recently, O'Reilly attempted to clarify his remarks (sort of) by asking, "where'd the Moon come from?" But this too opened O'Reilly's flank to any number of scientific counters, and anyway, the damage had been done. Fairly or not, O'Reilly had been pegged as an ignoramus who blindly defended faith not with reasoned arguments, but with questions that could be answered with a quick Wikipedia lookup. Thanks to a spirited Reddit thread last night, O'Reilly's gaffe is well on its way towards becoming a meme. An image macro in the Advice Dog vein, the O'Reilly meme features Papa Bear's head on a red-and-blue backdrop. In the top half of the image, he asks about conundrums which are more Seinfeld than metaphysics: How does bread turn into toast? Why does water come back when you flush the toilet? And why would Chewbacca, a seven-and-a-half foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor with the runty Ewoks? You can't explain that. Below, the O'Reilly meme in action:

There's so much madness in this local Fox affiliate's report on Internet trolls, I don't even know where to begin. The knowing inclusion of trollface and the canonical green troll icon? The dramatic close-ups of YouTube comments? The anecdote about a man who was threatened and subject to humiliating Photoshops by a "professional troll" hired by his enemy?  The very presence of Boxxy? Whoever did the video editing on this deserves an Nobel Prize. (via Reddit)

Nationalism, it's just so cute and old fashioned, dontcha think? Right. So... Fox News is reporting about the Wonder Woman costume change, so that you can decide:

Wonder Woman may have finally been given a pair of pants, but has she been stripped of her patriotism? The new and allegedly improved Wonder Woman (a.k.a Diana Prince), has been given a head-to-toe makeover by artist Jim Lee, replacing her signature American flag decorated briefs with skintight black pants and purging the super hero of all her trappings of Americana.

You can see our reporting on the new costume, right here. Whether or not you decide anything from it is up to you. We don't want to pressure anyone. In the interest of proper comics education, we'd like to let Fox News know that they could have much better reasons to call Wonder Woman un-Patriotic (by their own definition) if they spent the time to find out more about her than what you get from watching the opening sequence from the Lynda Carter show.