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I have astonishment fatigue. Every day this summer, I'm newly and horribly astonished at what we humans dish out to each other. Wednesday it was the  Leslie Jones  website being hacked, followed quickly by the reaction to the Leslie Jones website hack. Jones, the "Saturday Night Live" actress who stars in the new "Ghostbusters" movie, saw her personal website attacked, with cyberbullies placing a picture of the Cincinnati zoo gorilla Harambe alongside what appeared to be explicit photos of Jones. Photos of her driver's license, a passport and personal photos of her with various celebrities (Rihanna, Kim Kardashian) were posted as well. Her site was taken offline shortly after TMZ reported the hack.  "Ghostbusters" director Paul Feig and dozens of other stars quickly hopped on Twitter to defend her, but hatemongers popped up just as quickly to pile on. Some implied she orchestrated the hack herself. It's easier for some people to...

The suicide bombing at Turkey's Ataturk Airport  is a symbolic attack at the heart of Istanbul. If ISIS is indeed behind this attack, as the U.S. and Turkey say, this would be a declaration of war. Turkey's vengeance will come down like rain from hell. Thus far, Turkey has avoided engaging ISIS in full war, instead prioritizing its battle against Syria's Assad regime as well as blocking advances by the Syrian Kurds. For Turkey, fighting ISIS as a first order battle could now be unavoidable. Symbolic target In the past, ISIS has carried out attacks in Turkey but this attack eclipses those in scale. Previously ISIS has targeted tourists; this time they're going for the heart of Turkey, and in a brazen attack that has claimed many more lives than previous ISIS attacks. Istanbul's Ataturk Airport is the main entry point for the majority of the more than 30 million people who visit Turkey every year. It's also the hub of Turkish Airlines, the co...