Nothing that a few supertankers of Lysol couldn't fix
-An average Jerry Springer guest-
Accused child molester and Racine, WI resident Mario Sims cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet to skip town for a little while. While awaiting trial for charges of child enticement and first-degree sexual assault of a child, Sims removed his bracelet to take a limo to Chicago and appear on The Jerry Springer Show. Not content with being a kid rapist, he had even grander plans and he wanted the world to know. As Springer's promo put it, "Guest Mario to marry his baby's mother -- who's also his half-sister!" This man seems pretty much incapable of making good decisions. In different circumstances, he'd be running FEMA. (AP)
Ann Coulter's swan dive, updated-
Headline: "Two More Papers Drop Ann Coulter Today: They Explain Why" (Editor & Publisher)
-Now, about Pol Pot Peak...-
The mayor of Bad Toelz, Germany is urging Google Earth to relabel a peak on its service. For a brief period during the Third Reich, Heigelkopf was renamed 'Mt. Hitler,' which Google has it listed as. "We've been telling Google for years that they should take it down immediately," Mayor Andreas Wiedemann. "It's misleading as it was only called that for a few years." Google is investigating. (Reuters)
-I go to a birthday party-
I didn't get to 'The Stuff I Didn't Get To' yesterday, because I was called away to a last minute birthday party. Most people plan these things, but I guess some are spontaneous. No funny hats or singing were involved, just deviled eggs, beer, and cheese. The whole thing was very Wisconsin, dontcha know... So there's a double-length TSIDGT today.
-Joe Lieberman solves the big problems-
Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have determined that Washington needs big changes. So they've decided that screwing with the seating in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is really important. "For future hearings, Democrats and Republicans won’t sit on opposite sides of the dais but rather, next to each other -- alternating Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Republican etc." To sum up, Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins have found new ways to waste everyone's time with shit that doesn't even remotely matter. (Washington Wire, via Political Wire)
-Yee-ewww-
Mike Jones, the former prostitute who outed Ted Haggard is selling the very massage table that he and Haggard used. From eBay:
Own a piece of Ted Haggard history from Mike Jones.
The table where it all happened.
Table is about 10 years old with a few tears but totaly usable.
Will autograph table if requested and in June an autographed book "I Had To Say Something" by Mike Jones will be sent.
All proceeds benefit 'Project Angel Heart', who provides people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses nutritious home-delivered meals.
If you want it, I don't want to know why. And, if you score it in the auction, I really don't want to know what you'll use it for... (Boing Boing)
-Seems to me there are easier things to steal-
Two macedonian men are being held after stealing two thirty foot bridges and trying to sell them as scrap. The scrapyard owner became suspicious when they showed up with 20 trucks loaded with 200 tons of 'scrap' steel. (Boston Herald)
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