The Black Death

This is simply fabulous:

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

Class warfare, part 3 zillion

Yet another state has proposed raising taxes on low-income residents to pay for new corporate tax breaks. Leading lawmakers in Missouri want to eliminate a property tax credit for low- and moderate-income seniors and people with disabilities in order to help finance new tax credits for businesses.
Sadly, swaps like this are increasingly common; both Michigan and Wisconsin have cut low-income programs this year to pay for business tax breaks.

Because clearly low-income old people and disabled people dont need all that money

Poems...

A Woman's Poem

Before I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a man, who's not a creep,

One who's handsome, smart and strong.  

One who loves to listen long.

One who thinks before he speaks,

One who'll call,

Not wait for weeks.

I pray he's gainfully employed,

When I spend his cash, won't be annoyed.

Pulls out my chair and opens my door.

Massages my back and begs to do more.

Oh!  Send me a man who'll make love to my mind,

Knows what to answer to, "How big is my behind?"

I pray this man will love me to no end,

And always be my very best friend.

A Man's Poem

I pray for a deaf-mute gymnast nymphomaniac with huge boobs,

Who owns a bar on a golf course,

And loves to send me fishing and drinking.

This doesn't rhyme and I don't give a shit.

The End.

 

From the marvellous Twenty-four at heart

Fidel is Dead rumour!

From the incomparable Boz:

Update: I decided to include "Fidel is dead" in the title so that people searching for the rumors can read about the more important news on the island. I should just put "Rumor: Fidel is dead" into the title of everything I write. Apparently it draws attention.

 Priceless

And his blog is well worth following if you want an eccentric & interesting summary of political news & stories from Central/South America.

Talk about ambitious

Only a small oversight, mislaying $29 billion dollars:

Not only mislaying $29 billion, but telling an inquiring MP and journalists about it, with documentation. Awesome! (and how could you not love a blog called The Devils Excrement?)

smartass remark of the month

apocalypse-strength sunblock

What's that?  SPF 666?

(from the Accidental Historian)

Some things will never change

I was, however, fascinated by the article mentioning that, in stereotypical British fashion, some of the rioters were queuing up to get loot from shops.

Somehow I hadn't envisioned the Viking raiders queueing to loot the church, but I guess I may be wrong on that :)