Recently in Government Category

The U.S. Congress would never consider a proposal to add a “7 day love vacation” where everyone is encouraged to “devote themselves to each other “both at an erotic and emotional level”“. A member of the Finnish parliament, Tommy Tabermann, proposed this recently to the Eduskunta. The proposal was debated and sent to committee for study.

Being married to a Finn I can say I find this worthy of study as well.

According to the Electoral Compass, it tends to reason I don't like any of the candidates since none of them align with my political beliefs.

I went to Alexander Hamilton High School so stories of people being shot by the sitting Vice-President are not new to me, but I really never expected to have it happen during my lifetime.

Every once in a while the universe drops an absurdity into our laps which strains the limits of believability -- for this I am profoundly grateful. Mr. Cheney's participation in an administration which rashly waged war on faulty intelligence and being involved in a hunting accident mistaking a lawyer in an orange vest for a quail -- let's just say it seems oddly just, although certainly not for Mr. Whittington.

My heart goes out to Mr. Whittington and I am hoping for his speedy recovery. His health maladies have taken the edge off the humour value of this incident.

Almost better than the real comedy is the inevitable looney-tune conspiracy goodness. Witness this quote.

The press has been asking a lot of questions about this minor event, begging the question, where was this disbelief and investigative ability during the run-up to the Iraq war?

According to this TSA document knitting needles are allowed on planes, but spear guns are not.

What gives? Those knitting needles look sharp.

The part of me that likes to think up funny ideas, which are funny right up until the point where you get put into jail, thinks it would be funny to fly with exactly one of each of the allowed items.

[ Link courtesy of b^2 ]