05 Sep 2007
Police Get to Leave Poop Behind

Sometimes a headline says it all.

Proving once again that the police are a privileged lot, the Madison (Wis.) City Council passed an ordinance that excuses officers on patrol from having to scoop the poop their four-legged friends leave behind.

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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Popcorn lung patient inhaled fumes daily

Betcha he sues somebody ...

AP - Microwave popcorn fans worried about the potential for lung disease from butter flavoring fumes should know this: The sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker involves a man who popped the corn every day and inhaled from the bag.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Real ID will 'strengthen' Americans' privacy, Chertoff says

Ihre papier, bitte!

In another defense of the oft-maligned national-ID requirements, Homeland Security chief claims plan will help combat identity theft.

(link) [CNET News.com]

21:33 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Goldberg defends Vick in 'View' debut

Whoa, Whoopi!

Goldberg said that "from where he comes from" in the South, dogfighting isn't that unusual.

"It's like cockfighting in Puerto Rico," she said. "There are certain things that are indicative to certain parts of the country."

So, we need to be more culturally sensitive, eh? Well, there was another famous institution that was "indicative" of the South, and I'll bet my bottom dollar Ms. Goldberg's rather glad we stomped that one out a hundred and forty years ago ...

AP - So much for the sedate alternative to Rosie O'Donnell on "The View." Whoopi Goldberg used her first day on the daytime chat show Tuesday to defend football star Michael Vick in his dogfighting case.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Short on Labor, Farmers in U.S. Shift to Mexico

Calling a guy with a $50m produce packing business a farmer is like calling Bill Gates a software developer.

Concerned about a crackdown on immigrant labor, more farmers have been moving across the border to Mexico.

(link) [New York Times]

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Clinton promises to save Social Security

Well, given her statement, there's only one way to "save" Social Insecurity that she didn't rule out. I wonder what that could be?

AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton promised retirees that if elected president she will not cut Social Security benefits, raise the retirement age or privatize the taxpayer-funded system.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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