Things I find while looking for other things

Did you know the US Army Reserve operates tugboats? I sure as heck didn’t. They actually operate about 300 vessels of various types.

Who knew?

What’s wrong with this picture?

Reuters headline:

Child killer Yates again pleads not guilty

Despite the fact that her conviction was overturned, which is why she is pleading again. The conviction was overturned due to some creative, completely fictional testimony from the prosecution.

And Reuters is the outfit that refuses to use the word “terrorist”? How about when they kill children?

(Disclaimer: I am well aware that she actually did it and her lawyers were trying to get her an insanity plea. It’s just the irony.)

Must resist….

Making completely tasteless joke about this one.

This line is hysterical:

When the 60-kg (132 lb.) boar woke up late on Saturday afternoon after
sleeping for a few hours, it started panicking again when it could not find its
way out of the house. That’s when the family noticed their uninvited
visitor.

Must resist…….

Honest, officer! I was just making a rope…..

This is the second time this has happened.

Just remember to take it out of the wrapper

And it probably won’t work out real well with a Big Mac……

Or you could learn to cook.

Light show notice

If you live in the named states, you might get a nice light show from this.

Dean Strikes again

Absolutely stunning example of how to distort by telling only part of the truth.

DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true.

Federal campaign records show that about 220 members of Congress received some $1.7 million in political contributions from Abramoff and his associates and clients, including American Indian tribes, between 2001 and 2004. According to Bloomberg news service, 201 of those members are still in Congress; Republicans received 64 percent of that money.

And here is some data. And a piece about a Democrat returning money. Howard mentions this guy, but denies it had anything to do with Abramoff. So why return the money? Accepting money is not illegal, a quid pro quo is. I did do a quick (not exhaustive) search of several Democratic politician's FEC entries. While Howard's flat statement is factual, it is not completely factual since it avoids telling that what he is referring to is direct contributions. This is how spin works. I think this one is an equal opportunity problem. The Dem's might want to abandon this line of attack before they get hauled into their own net. There's just something so Truthy about Howard's statement. (Sorry about the formatting problems – frankly this is not a pretty text editor……)

This guy used to have some class

Sadly, that was gone the last time he opened his mouth about Powell and Rice. This time he really shows how ugly his mind has become.

Sad to see someone slide into delusion, hate and bitterness.

Update: Ok, I have serious clever post title envy here. Good one!

D’ oh!

Wow, this guy is a real criminal mastermind, isn’t he?

“FINDME” !!!

Hah.

What’s wrong with this picture?

This is so pretentious.

The organisers of the John Cage Organ Project say the record-breaking
performance in Halberstadt also has a philosophical background — to “rediscover
calm and slowness in today’s fast-changing world”.

And get lots of free publicity from a very gullible press……..

Talk about stepping in it…..

They seized the evidence? Some jobs you couldn’t pay me enough to do……..