Crazier than a sack of cats
-More GOP hijinks-
John McCain's campaign co-Chairman in Florida was arrested yesterday on charges of soliciting a male undercover police officer in a public park restroom. If only the park had robotic toilets, this could've all been avoided. The story comes with mugshot fun:
The campaign aide, State Rep. Bob Allen, is calling the arrest 'a very big misunderstanding.' Asked for comment, the undercover officer told reporters that he'd never heard that slang term before, but Allen's 'misunderstanding' wasn't very big at all.
In keeping with the new GOP tradition of being shameless hypocrites about sex, PageOneQ.com reports that Allen 'voted with the Christian Coalition over 90% of the time' between 2003 and 2006. Also fun, his webpage lists his personal interest as 'water sports.'
Yewww... And now we know who's responsible for McCain's gay sweaters. (AP and PageOneQ.com)
-Headline[s] of the day-
These showed up back to back when I checked Raw's RSS feed:
Edwards: Bush's Iraq, 9/11 remarks 'border on the delusional'
Bush: Iraq insurgents hit US on 9/11
I think John Edwards has a point... (Raw Story)
-Your pointless safety tip of the day-
A canadian jogger 'suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player's wires,' CNN tells us. This prompts one of the stupidest safety news stories I've seen in my life -- headline; "Experts warn of lightning-strike injuries with iPods."
Like it's so much safer to get hit by lightning without one. The CNN story repeatedly refers to 'freak accidents,' so I guess there's not much danger here. Remove the iPod from the equation and you have a 'lightning is dangerous' story.
Stop the presses... (CNN)
