Global Spin

Now, here’s something you don’t see everyday: Flushed Bra Causes Sewer Collapse. This was just so rich I had to quote the article here: The bra was recovered from the sewer by engineers A bra and a pair of knickers have been blamed for a flood and road collapse in County Durham. Northumbrian Water said [...]

Posted by Deb in Crime, Humor, Kitchen Sink, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, You have got to be kidding on June 19th, 2007 | Comments Off

The Doonesbury site has a often-funny “Say What?” snippet off in a corner.  I had to share today’s: “For the majority leader of the United States Senate, in the time of war, with soldiers dying on the ground, announcing that we have lost the war, is very close to treasonous. I looked it up while [...]

Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, You have got to be kidding on April 26th, 2007 | Comments Off

THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY This is rich; hope you don’t mind Chris! Explanation here.

Posted by Deb in Alien Invasions, April Foolishness, Blog, Fun, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, Technology, Would you like to play a game?, You have got to be kidding on April 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Oh, you have got to be kidding me: A U.S. military brigade is constructing a 3-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital’s most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq’s most populous and violent city. U.S. commanders in northern [...]

Posted by Chris in Iraq, Security Theater, You have got to be kidding on April 20th, 2007 | Comments Off

Think Progress paints a slightly different picture than John McCain would like: Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq. NBC’s Nightly News provided further details about McCain’s one-hour guided tour. He [...]

Posted by Chris in Iraq, You have got to be kidding on April 2nd, 2007 | Comments Off