Why is this on the front page of HN? If anyone needs evidence that the quality here has suffered, this is exhibit 1.

"On-Topic: ...anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."

I don't consider this some interesting new phenomenon and would be surprised if others, when pressed, would really think this was. This is a "weird news, politics" story.