The two in happier times
-Headline of the day-
"'Godzilla' Dies After 6 Months on the Run." Luckily, this "Godzilla" was actually a runaway crocodile from a Ukraine circus and not the atomic Japanese dinosaur. Mechagodzilla could not be reached for comment. (Moscow Times)
-Not the best answer-
Former Arkansas Governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee dodged a question about capital punishment during the CNN/YouTube debate. Asked what Jesus would do about the death penalty, Mike answered, "Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office, Anderson. That's what Jesus would do."
I didn't say he dodged it well. That's nothing even approaching an answer.
Huckabee had good reason to avoid the question -- he's answered it before and the answer was insane. "Interestingly enough," Huckabee said in 1997, "If there was ever an occasion for someone to have argued against the death penalty, I think Jesus could have done so on the cross and said, 'This is an unjust punishment and I deserve clemency.'"
You mean, something like this? "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent."
Kind of sounds like he was against the whole idea. There's a shocker, huh? (Think Progress)
-That's going to require a lot of pineapple rings-
Thieves in Sydney, Australia, stole Christmas ham -- 17.6 tons of it, along with some bacon. The owner of Zammit Ham and Bacon curers warehouse, Anthony Zammit, estimates that the monetary value of the meat is around $88,000. He's offering a $4,420 reward for the pork's recovery (don't ask me how he arrived at that number).
Adding insult to injury, the thieves left a note on the wall of the warehouse. "Thanks," it read, "Merry Christmas." (AP)
