Almost as good as a homing pigeon
-Headline of the day-
"Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address."
Yosuke, an african grey parrot, found his way home after telling a Nagareyama, Japan vet where he lived. According to the report, "'I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura,' the bird told the veterinarian, according to [police officer Shinjiro] Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs."
He didn't seem to like cops though. When police tried to get him to talk, he blew them off. "I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me," said Uemura.
The family said they'd been teaching Yosuke-san his name and address for two years, just in case this situation ever came up. Let this be a lesson to you -- if your budgie flies off, it helps if he knows his address. (AP)
-And there was great rejoicing across the land-
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has subpoenaed Karl Rove. Rove is ordered to appear before the committee to explain his role in the framing and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The case amounts to a coup to remove Seigelman from office. Rove had refused to testify voluntarily.
"It is unfortunate that Mr. Rove has failed to cooperate with our requests," Conyers said. "Although he does not seem the least bit hesitant to discuss these very issues weekly on cable television and in the print news media, Mr. Rove and his attorney have apparently concluded that a public hearing room would not be appropriate. Unfortunately, I have no choice today but to compel his testimony on these very important matters."
Conyers has made bringing Karl Rove to justice his hobby, at one point telling colleagues, "We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass." He later threatened to have Karl arrested.
If there's any justice in the world, Rove will be waterboarded before the committee -- after all, it's not like that would be torture or anything. (Raw Story)
-McCain dumps Hagee-
When it came out that Hagee had called the Catholic Church a whore that got Baghdad Johnny to throw him under the bus. It wasn't when it was revealed that Hagee thought Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment because New Orleans was too gay.
What got McCain to kick his crazy-assed pal to the curb was the revelation that Hagee thinks Hitler was working for God.
That doesn't leave McCain short on crazy-assed preachers, though. He still has Rod Parsley, who believes that the United States was founded to destroy Islam. Seriously. It's weird how none of the people who founded the country bothered to write that fact down. You'd kind of think it would be important.
These two guys represent McCain's judgment -- which, apparently, sucks. (ABC News)
