What made you go WTF today?

[Nessus]

Who needs 250 gigs of rotating skull gifs?

[Illusions]

Who needs 250 gigs of rotating skull gifs?

Imagine the future historian who is going to have to deal with all this crap.

[Nessus]

I lol'd

[Flixy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/ny...g.html?_r=2&hp

[Loki]

Try 'em.

[Hazir]

One day after the ban on Youtube was lifted in Turkey it was re-instated by another crazy judge in Ankara. This time because the previous leader of the opposition CHP; he was filmed after a sexual encounter with a woman who wasn't his wife. After the encounter, but before they got dressed again I should add.

Even the president has commented that these internet bans are just not right.

[GGT]

COVINGTON, Ga. — A 9-month-old baby was in critical condition after raccoons attacked her in her crib on Wednesday. Authorities were investigating whether the animals were being kept as pets, the Covington News reported.

The mother woke in the night to the sound of her daughter whimpering to find two raccoons in the crib biting the infant, Newton County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Tyrone Oliver told the newspaper. The woman threw the raccoons out and called for help, Oliver said.

When deputies arrived, the two raccoons were outside the home and one was shot when it acted aggressively, the newspaper reported. Both animals ran under a debris pile, and when they were dug out, one was dead. The other was sent to Atlanta, where it tested negative for rabies, Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Key-Hoosen told the newspaper.

The baby was in critical condition at a hospital with head injuries.

The raccoons gained entry by pushing aside panels of an air conditioning unit. If the raccoons were being kept as pets, charges could be pending against the parents, Oliver told the newspaper.

WTF? Where is Covington, Ga?

[Ominous Gamer]

Thats where Brandy's dad lives...

[GGT]

Are there tons of raccoons there, as pets or breaking into A/C panels, or what the hell?

[Ominous Gamer]

He has never mentioned a problem with them, and we never saw any.

[littlelolligagged]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is once again shooting down the idea she will run for president in 2012 or 2016.

While in New Zealand as part of a two-week Asia-Pacific tour, a reporter on Friday asked Clinton whether she had ruled out running for the presidency through 2016, according to the Associated Press.

"Oh yes, yes," Clinton replied. "I'm very pleased to be doing what I'm doing as secretary of state."

In a separate interview with TV New Zealand, Clinton said the United States "should be" ready for a female president, but that it would not be her. "But it will be someone, and it is nice coming to countries that have already proven that they can elect women to the highest governing positions that they have in their systems," she added. New Zealand has had two female prime ministers.

Clinton has said repeatedly she has no intention of running for president again, but that has not stopped speculation or interest in the idea. A Gallup poll in September showed that more than a third of Democrats would support Clinton were she to challenge President Obama in the primaries for the 2012 election. The first 2012 presidential ad was even in support of Clinton.

Clinton and the White House have also had to shoot down rumors that she would replace Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 ticket.

I don't see why she is ruling out 2016...

[Loki]

I don't see why she is ruling out 2016...

Because you don't challenge your party's president unless you want to kill your career (unless the president is universally loathed).

[Khendraja'aro]

Because you don't challenge your party's president unless you want to kill your career (unless the president is universally loathed).

Loki, she's asking why she's ruling out 2016. Take particular note of the six at the end of 2016.

[Loki]

Loki, she's asking why she's ruling out 2016. Take particular note of the six at the end of 2016.

Ah, my mistake. She'd be 69 for starters. And no one shows their hand 6 years early.

[GGT]

Ah, my mistake. She'd be 69 for starters. And no one shows their hand 6 years early.

You didn't think age mattered with male candidates, when McCain was running. She's 11 years younger than McCain. But for her age matters?

[GGT]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/05/news...cure/index.htm

"It's been very, very slow for government agencies to give grants," said Harrison. "If a high ranking politician gets bed bugs, that might change."

Maybe that's already happened. The Environmental Protection Agency is heading up a recently-created interagency task force focused on the bed bug problem, which according to the National Pest Management Association is present in all 50 states. A congressional bedbug forum is set for November 18.

Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite!

Now they're in schools, offices, and public buildings. Must be a PR nightmare for five star hotels. Gonna give the cockroaches a run for their money.

Doesn't the bedbug have a natural predator, or something that keeps them away like mothballs do for moths?

[Loki]

I recall the argument being, "OMG, McCain will die in office", which was emphasized even more after Palin was chosen as the VP candidate.

[GGT]

I recall the argument being, "OMG, McCain will die in office", which was emphasized even more after Palin was chosen as the VP candidate.

That was one of MY complaints during the campaign. Related more to his age + health history, than just his age alone. Same standard applied to Cheney.

Which brings me to an interesting (WTF) hypothetical. Regarding cognitive mental health, not just physical health or age-related health. If we identify a progressive dementia or Alzheimer's gene, would that preclude anyone from running for Presidency or congress?

Would we demand that test of our Incumbents, instead of pushing for sweeping term limits?




edit---better yet, would we demand a full health screening AND genetic health screening before anyone can run for office? I can't remember who shared it, but there were votes for a local candidate who died before the elections were over. [An end-stage cancer patient.] Now their whole election has to be reconfigured and done again.

[earthJoker]

American music awards in Europe?

[oldmunchkin]

Wyo. cops lose box of drugs that says 'METH' on it

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Officials in Wyoming want people to be on the lookout for a black box with white lettering that says "METH," after a deputy lost a stash used to train police dogs. Teton County sheriff's Sgt. Lloyd Funk said the deputy accidentally left the box on a bumper after a canine training exercise Oct. 27. It contained nearly an ounce of methamphetamine.
The deputy drove off with the drugs perched on the vehicle.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported that officers literally trying to get drugs off the street haven't been able to find the box.
Anyone with information is being asked to call the sheriff's office. Sheriff Jim Whalen says someone possessing the amount of meth that was lost would face a felony charge.
Whalen says his office is taking action to make sure the mistake isn't repeate

Of course, since I can't seem to make this text white, I'll include the link. The only thing I could think when I read this was..."Only in Wyoming"!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101104/D9J9GCFG1.html

[Wraith]

At the top-left of the post control box (whether using in place editing or the advanced editor) there's an icon with two overlayed letter "A"s with a red x. Highlight the text and click that, and it'll remove all formatting from it, including the black coloring on what you copy-pasted.

[oldmunchkin]

AHA! I gots it now...until the next time, when I will promptly forget it!

[Angel_Mapper]

KILL IT WITH FIRE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_NdnYrDzY

[Supermarioman]

CANNOT UNSEE

[Flixy]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...283093059.html

Schröder rejects Bush assertion he initially backed US-led war on Iraq

DEREK SCALLY in Berlin
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
FORMER GERMAN chancellor Gerhard Schröder has dismissed as “untrue” claims that, initially, he was a supporter of a US-led war on Iraq.
The claim, made by former US president George W Bush in his memoirs, has revived an old enmity between the two leaders that damaged bilateral relations ahead of the Iraq war.
In his memoir Decision Points , Mr Bush remembers hitting it off with Mr Schröder initially and being impressed by his support after the September 11th attacks.
Just four months later, in January 2002, Mr Bush recalls discussing with Mr Schröder the growing stand-off between the US and Saddam Hussein over allegations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
After he judged diplomacy with Iraq had been exhausted, Mr Bush recalls in his memoirs telling the German leader how he was prepared to use military force against Iraq.
According to Mr Bush, Mr Schröder replied: “What is true of Afghanistan is true of Iraq. Nations that sponsor terror must face consequences. If you make it fast and make it decisive, I will be with you.”
Mr Bush said he took this as a “statement of support” and was dismayed when Mr Schröder took a different view later that year.
“As someone who valued personal diplomacy, I put a high premium on trust,” wrote Mr Bush. “Once that trust was violated, it was hard to have a constructive relationship again.”
In the autumn of 2002, Mr Schröder came from behind to win re-election after using stump speeches to denounce the US “military misadventures” in Iraq.
Yesterday the German leader said his January 2002 support for an invasion of Iraq was not as presented by Mr Bush. “The former president of the United States is not telling the truth,” he said.
“I made clear that Germany would stand beside the US should Iraq . . . prove to have provided protection and hospitality to al-Qaeda fighters. As it became clear during 2002, this connection was false and misconstrued.”
In his own memoirs, Mr Schröder was far from flattering of the US president, dismissing his “near-biblical semantics”.
He expressed concern that Mr Bush gave the impression that his “political decisions are a result of this conversation with God”.
According to Mr Schröder’s former spokesman Uwe Karsten-Heye, Berlin realised early on that they were dealing with a man of a “low intelligence threshold who had no idea what was going on”.
© 2010 The Irish Times

Or, from another news article:

"We noticed that the intellectual reach of the president of the most important nation at the time was exceptionally low," Uwe-Karsten Heye, who was Schroeder's spokesman at the time, told German news channel N24, according to the Telegraph. "For this reason, it was difficult to communicate with him. He had no idea what was happening in the world. He was so fixated on being a Texan. I think he knew every longhorn in Texas."

[Loki]

At least Bush wasn't a traitor. For all bad policies Bush implemented, at least he didn't jeopardize his country's national security just to get a cushy job from another country.

[Khendraja'aro]

At least Bush wasn't a traitor. For all bad policies Bush implemented, at least he didn't jeopardize his country's national security just to get a cushy job from another country.

News to me. How did he "jeopardize Germany's national security"?

That I must hear.

[Loki]

News to me. How did he "jeopardize Germany's national security"?

That I must hear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard..._controversies

So let's see, he does something that enjoys no German popular support, wasn't seriously debated, undermined the unity of the EU, didn't mention his conflict of interest, and then promptly got a cushy job working for that same project the second he left office.

If you don't count going into a war based on lies treason

Anyway, I didn't post it because I agreed with it, but I read it and found the insults amusing No need to react to everything this serious, man.

Well the post was about who we can trust. I'd rather trust an idiot than a traitor.

[Khendraja'aro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard..._controversies

So let's see, he does something that enjoys no German popular support, wasn't seriously debated, undermined the unity of the EU, didn't mention his conflict of interest, and then promptly got a cushy job working for that same project the second he left office.

And you define that as "national security"? Good god, man, by that measure Bush should have been stood against the wall at least thrice now!

Well the post was about who we can trust. I'd rather trust an idiot than a traitor.

What about an idiot traitor?

[Flixy]

At least Bush wasn't a traitor. For all bad policies Bush implemented, at least he didn't jeopardize his country's national security just to get a cushy job from another country.

If you don't count going into a war based on lies treason

Anyway, I didn't post it because I agreed with it, but I read it and found the insults amusing No need to react to everything this serious, man.