Hello Readers.
Just got back in from Seattle last night and trying to get back into the swing of things. Later there'll be a lengthier post about what I did there and blah, blah, blah.
Expect pictures.
Anyways, let's get into it.
France and England have signed defense agreements including one in which they will share the use of aircraft carriers. This must be a bit galling for the British brass: recently because of the vast budgetary cuts going on in Britain, they had to accept that they were going to get a new aircraft carrier...without any money in the budget for planes. Guess they figured out what they're going to do with the damn thing.
Going to be interesting to see how this terrorism case finally plays out. Omar Khadr was 15 when he evidently killed an American soldier in Afghanistan with a grenade. He's also a Canadian citizen. Odds are, he'll be sent to Canada to serve the remainder of his sentence. It's going to be interesting to see if our neighbors to the North opt to cut it substantially.
Well, looks like the collar bomb case in Pittsburgh has finally come to a close. When we do weird, we really, really do weird.
Did anyone know that today is Election Day? Also known as "I Have to Start Taking Politicians Seriously Again" Day?
A couple of interesting proposals at the state level: Washington is considering instituting an income tax (currently, revenue is collected from individuals via sales tax alone), and California as you probably know is trying to legalize pot. Personally, I think pot leads to communism and drum circles and should be kept away from the long-hairs. However...
Nerd Bait. I'm assuming "Dune" is already considered a classic.
Oh Berlusconi... Never go away! Whatever would we talk about? Evidently his various peccadilloes have added the phrase "Bunga Bunga" to the Italian lexicon. Evidently, it refers to either the punchline of a dirty joke or an erotic ritual he learned from Muammar Gaddafi. Way to keep it classy Silvio!
The Guardian UK ranks the 10 Worst Political Ads from the mid-term elections. Pretty wretched stuff. One of them charges that the Republican candidate for the Illinois governors house wants to kill all dogs.
Looks like that's about it for everything interesting. Thanks go out to Kacee for jumping on the Daily Horror et al. while I was out in the weeds.
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