Elin Nordegren: I Broke Back Window of SUV to Save Tiger

If I had a $25 million yacht for every time I heard that one.

Breaking: Global Warming Scientists Hiding Icebergs Off New Zealand

Damned lying scientists.

Large numbers of icebergs last floated close to New Zealand in 2006, when some were visible from the coastline — the first such sighting since 1931.

The second time since 1931. Woo hoo!

More on the email fiasco here.

German Robin Hood Gets Suspended Sentence

Never even heard about this story:

The 62-year-old branch head of one German bank was hailed as a hero after she confessed to transferring money from rich customers to help her poorer clients. Already, she has been dubbed "Die Robin Hood Bankerin".

She was given a 22-month suspended sentence after moving more than €7.6m (£6.9m) in 117 transfers between 2003 and 2005. The court in Bonn was told that the employee, who has not been named, took no money for herself.

That's about $11 million US. I smell a movie.

"Where Were the Tea Parties?"

Good question.

Hit the Baby

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Hit the baby and you can get my CD, Bottomfeeders, or just a song or two, at the great Oregon internet store, CDBaby. You can even listen to some samples over there.

Or get it by the song straight to your digital device at iTunes.

Thanks. That is all.

I got a line on you, babe

Spirit, 1968.

Spirit trivia: Guitarist Randy California (who wrote this song) was born Randy Craig Wolfe in Los Angeles in 1951. His family moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and when he was just fifteen Randy became a member of Jimmy James and the Blue Flames - Jimi Hendrix's band. The bass player's name was also Randy. He was from Texas, and Hendrix dubbed him "Randy Texas." Randy Wolfe became "Randy California" - and he kept the name for the rest of his life.

Deep Thought

if I were a captured terrorist, I'd rather be treated like an awesome and terrifying terrorist than a simple thug.

Wow: India To Move All Zoo Elephants to Wildlife Parks

Hopefully we do the same some day soon.

Photo source

Reverend Moon is one Crazy Sumbitch

How can any serious journalist ever work for this guy?

"Father [Moon] said that he had originally trained Kwon Jin Nim to be the president of the United States. He said that Kwon Jin Nim might be appointed as a leader in the newspaper field.

The fifty states of America offered to create a statues of Rev. Moon but Father did not allow them to do so."

More very weird Moon looniness here.

They're Teabagging Each Other Now!

My goodness, hide the children.

Ruby My Love

One of the great Cat Stevens songs - and this video even has the Greek lyrics:

No Tax Dollars For Viagra!

Digby kicks some balls.

Vonnegut and Bogle Veteran's Day Post From Last Year

Vonnegut and Bogle, here.

And a special salute to my father, Donald. Thanks, pops.

O'Reilly: "We Can't Kill *All* the Muslims"

This is someone held up by a significant portion of our population as a respectable and thoughtful commentator. And he thinks it's perfectly normal to make an offhand comment implying that Americans actually want to kill every Muslim alive.

Even the kids, Bill?

We want to - but we can't. That's why we, in O'Reilly's thinking, try to "win hearts and minds." Because we can't kill them all.

Jesus.

First Black Holes Created by Black Hole Machine

Just kidding. But the LHC has produced its first collisions - and the black holes will be produced any day now, I'm sure.

* Hit the "cern" tag below for more on this subject.

There Are Many Muslims in the US Military

Shephard Smith of Fox News thinks the Ft. Hood murderer's "name tells us a lot". Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison agrees.

What does the name Mohsin Naqvi tell us, Shephard? Senator? How about Ayman Taha? Or Rasheed Sahib, Omead Razani, and Abul Fateh Umar Khan?

What a truly horrible thing to say.

** Very good related article here.

Getting Your Fingerprints Taken Awakens the Antichrist

I did not know this!

Morning Music: Badfinger

The song that would not leave my head this morning:



And the most Beatle-esque thing about that Beatle-wanna-be band performing that very Beatle-like song, in my opinion: the use of the word "Sonny." Something just screams Beatles about that.

Shai Agassi on Converting Entire Countries to Electric Cars

Bio here.



Israel ahead of the curve.

More.

Ten-week-old Oil Leak Catches Fire

In the Timor Sea off northwest Australia.

More from Geology.com.

Images of the oil from Earth Observatory.