Happy Friday. On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born and both would go on to help prove humans are capable of evolution, though apparently not the humans who hate Lincoln and Darwin.

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BERNIE SANDERS WENT INTO Thursday night’s debate flying higher than someone who likes to “do marijuana.”

BUT THIS SHOWDOWN WAS DIFFERENT than his previous ones with Hillary Clinton, with the candidates largely battling over who has been less mean to President Obama, the first African American beloved by Democrats in South Carolina, site of the next primary.

CLINTON BATTERED BERNIE for his public criticisms of the president, including suggestions he might actually launch a primary challenge in 2012. Bernie pointed out that only one person on that stage had ever actually run against Obama and it wasn’t moderators Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff or the Bern-dog.

WEIRD. WE DON'T REMEMBER any Republican candidates battling over who loved George W. Bush most in 2008. Wonder why that was.

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IN THEIR DAMPEST DREAMS, Democrats dreamed this day would never come, but George W. Bush will hit the campaign trail for his brother Jeb in South Carolina on Monday.

THE LAST TIME HE really hit the campaign trail, it was 2006.

THAT WAS AFTER KATRINA, when the drowning of a great city suddenly made America realize that it had re-elected a man who was busy not getting Osama bin Laden while losing two wars that he was paying for with tax cuts that mostly went to the rich.

“TRUST ME. I think Jeb is great and I’m the guy who brought you ISIS!”

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MERYL STREEP HAS BEEN NOMINATED for more Academy Awards than any actor ever and this week we learned why none of them have been for writing or adapting a screenplay.

AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL, she was asked several questions about the lack of diversity in the films selected by the jury, an issue that echoes the controversy over the Academy’s failure to nominate any black actors for a major award for the second year in a row.

"I'VE PLAYED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE from a lot of different cultures,” Streep said. “We're all Africans, really."

RIGHT, BECAUSE ALL OF US SHARE 99.9 PERCENT OF OUR DNA, so basically if you nominate anyone for an Oscar, you nominate everyone. And since we share 97 percent of our DNA with orangutans, we’re actually nominating multiple species.

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AS PEACE TALKS CONTINUED TO FLAIL, Syria — the biggest humanitarian disaster since Justin Bieber's "Comedy Central" Roast — seemed about to get even worse.

BUT THURSDAY NIGHT, the U.S., Russia and other powers unanimously agreed to an immediate but temporary “cessation of hostilities” to deliver humanitarian aid.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE STILL several warring rebel groups in addition to ISIS and elements of Al Qaeda in the area and Russia considers some of the U.S.-allied rebel groups as terrorist groups, things could work out or just keep going to hell.

(PSST... The correct answer is “keep going to hell.”)

NO, MEGADETH IS NOT GOING TO PLAY A BERNIE SANDERS RALLY. But this seems exactly like the kind of despicable rumor Ted Cruz would start.

MOO-VE ON.ORG—Britain will end its 1,000-year old tradition of printing laws on calfskin. The House of Lords celebrated with a round of juicy steaks.