If you’ve been reading/watching the news lately, between stories involving Russians, Trump’s latest stupidity, Sexual Assault, and as much depressing shit as you can handle, came the news that Libertarian Senator Rand Paul was tackled by his next door neighbor while cutting his lawn and suffered several broken ribs.

The cause of the attack remains a head-scratching puzzle.  Early word came out that this involved -of all things- landscaping issues.  Mr. Paul was mowing his lawn, after all, when he was attacked.

This was quickly disputed, but no reason was given for why the attack took place, either by the attacker or the victim.

Over at theslot.com, author Ellie Shechet offers a quick recap of the whole weird affair and wonders…

What the Frick Is Going On With Rand Paul and His Neighbor, Someone Tell Me Right Now

I was very amused by the comments after the article.  Several people have noted they think the source of the animosity between Paul and his neighbor is something more deeply personal… perhaps even sexual.

That perhaps Mr. Paul overstepped his boundaries and/or has had trysts with his neighbor’s wife or daughter or what-have-you.

This is clearly nothing more than the rankest of rank speculation, yet one can’t help but wonder why both the neighbor and Mr. Paul are so very reluctant to get into the details of why they had this confrontation.

A weird story that, by virtue of its timing, is essentially being buried under an avalanche of other stories.