Solar Storms Not So Bad, Ayatollah Khamenei Praises Obama's Attempts to Avoid War with Iran, The FBI Spied on Christopher Hitchens: P.M. Links

• Nothing even mildly apocalyptic has happened in spite of today's big old solar storm. Some planes were rerouted, though. And more storms might be a-rolling in in the years to come.

• Compliments! Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "We heard two days ago that the US president said that (they) are not thinking about war with Iran. These words are good words and an exit from delusion."
• Mississippi Supreme Court upholds Gov. Haley Barbour's 198 pardons, which he made before leaving office in January.
• Jobs? Jobs? Jobsity jobs? Gallup tracks unemployment as up for February: it was at 9.1 percent, compared to 8.6 in January.
• The FBI spied on Christopher Hitchens in the '70s and '80s.
• Great moments in my boyfriend didn't have to go into work today after all: shooting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic kills two, injures seven. 

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