I think I'm going to pass out...
-Headline of the day-
"Ugandan men warned of 'booby trap'."
This seems like a surefire criminal plan. According to the report, "Uganda's police warned male bar-goers to keep their noses clean after a probe found a gang of robbers had been using women with chloroform smeared on their chests to knock their victims unconscious."
"They apply this chemical to their chest. We have found victims in an unconscious state," said Ugandan police spokesperson Fred Enanga. "You find the person stripped totally naked and everything is taken from him. And the victim doesn't remember anything. He just remembers being in the act of romancing."
It's pretty obvious these guys wanted to wake up naked, but that this wasn't exactly what they had in mind. (Agence France-Presse)
-Quote of the day-
"I'd like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace." -- George W. Bush.
And I want history to remember me as a brilliant writer whose talent was only eclipsed by his stunning good looks. The difference between you and me, George, is that I know that ain't gonna happen. Having already established his delusion, George went on.
"I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process," he said in an interview. "I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values."
Too bad they're Manson family values. (Agence France-Presse)
-Wow, he's just like everyone else-
In a bio of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, journalist Michael Wolff spills the beans about the relationship between FOX's owner and their biggest star.
"It is not just Murdoch (and everybody else at News Corp.'s highest levels) who absolutely despises Bill O'Reilly, the bullying, mean-spirited, and hugely successful evening commentator," Wolff wrote, "but [Fox News chief executive] Roger Ailes himself who loathes him. Success, however, has cemented everyone to each other."
I suppose this shouldn't be surprising. I mean, Bill's obviously an egotistical jackass, who would like him? Writes Wolff, "He barely pretends to hide the way he feels about Bill O'Reilly."
Still, when you're in the business of slinging bullshit, you really can't do better than Bill O'Reilly. Love him or hate him, he's the master. I'm sure that's what Murdoch tells himself every time he cuts bill a check. (Washington Monthly)
