With apologies to my college fiction classmate for throwing her under the bus.

That word describes yesterday, on so many levels.

Just wanted to submit this for discussion. Obviously this is an extreme example of an unfortunate chain of events but I had no idea these kind of gun expositions took place. Is the current status of our gun control policy consistent with what was intended in the consitiution? What are the opinions regarding gun control in the U.S.? Too much or too little?

Criggo is a blog that posts scans of funny things from newspapers. Good stuff.

This article handily summarizes a strong response to right-wing radio's latest "blame the poor" campaign.

On July 5th 1932, in the middle of the Great Depression, the Austrian town of Wörgl made economic history by introducing a remarkable complimentary currency. Wörgl was in trouble, and was prepared to try anything. Of its population of 4,500, a total of 1,500 people were without a job, and 200 families were penniless.

I wish this was from The Onion.

The housing bubble bailout is a scam and we are being bamboozled into throwing money into the coffers of the wealthy and powerful. This is being blamed on the housing crisis, but I believe that this is a fabricated crisis that may only exist on paper. We can end it by purchasing ALL foreclosures today. Please take a minute to read my common sense points as to the absurdity of this all:

"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number." Where is the Onion when you need them.

His wife told Claremont police that the novelist and humorist who wrote 'Infinite Jest' hanged himself Friday night. He was 46.

Evidently all of Palin’s support for abstinence only education is doing wonders in the state of Alaska. At least they are doing the honorable thing and getting married...at 17...nice.

Jamiroquai urges calm as rave-goers realize "all this music is shit".

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "War started today in South Ossetia when Georgia attacked Russian peacekeepers in the disputed region."

Oil drops 20% in less than 30 days.

C'mon Morgan. Without you where else will America turn to for inspirational phrases of homespun wisdom.

Long overdue.....

Staff at Cancun's five-star Hotel Coral Beach appear to have assumed this was another street vendor or beggar, so without asking questions they ordered her to leave. Except the woman was Rigoberta Menchú, the Nobel peace prizewinner, Unesco goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and figurehead for indigenous rights.

Flat tire causes beached guy....

The forest finally decides to reclaim some of the riches stolen from it.