WTF Is It Now?!?

Quote of the Day:

"He'll learn at some point that you have to face problems rather than to blame others. And the only thing more glaring here than his lack of leadership is his lack of knowledge." - Joe Lockhart, speaking of the Unelected Moron.


Today in History:

1862 the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee.

1909 Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

1917 U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.

1923 Lord Carnarvon died in Cairo, supposedly from the result of a mosquito bite, a few months after breaking in to Tutankhamun's tomb. At the same time, his fox terrier Susan howled and died. The rumour of a 'mummy curse' started to spread after further deaths among the excavators.

1976 Howard Hughes dies of health complications related to syphillis.

2002 As the violence in the MIddle East continued, the Yellow Puddle of Texas repaired to his pig farm, Bunnypants Bunker, with his poodle Tony Blair.


Daddy’s Widdle F*ckup, cont.

China has asked the United States for an explanation on why pResident Stupid referred to Taiwan as a country during a speech last week in Washington, a Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.

Reports in Taiwanese newspapers on Friday said the Cretin of Crawford called the island the "Republic of Taiwan" and a "country" in an apparent slip of the tongue during a speech to diplomats and business executives on Thursday.

Calling Taiwan a country would threaten to compromise a major pillar of Sino-U.S. relations, which were set up in 1979 largely based on a U.S. nod to the "one China" principle, which states that Taiwan is a part of China.
- - Yahoo News this morning


Daddy’s Widdle F*ckup - the continuing saga:

The White House eased back Friday from the Connecticut Cowstalker’s demand that Israel begin to pull its forces out of Palestinian-held areas of the West Bank.

As Israeli tanks, attack helicopters and troops advanced against Palestinian militia, spokes-tool Ari Fleischer said the nations in the region needed time to digest what the Smirking Simian expected of them.

"Major events don't necessarily happen overnight," Fleischer told reporters traveling with Laura’s Little Loser in Texas. Still, he said, "the ‘president’ expects results, and he expects them as soon as possible."

- - Barry Schweid, Associated Press


Crusader Bunnypants and his Poodle on the Pig Farm Plot Going to War:

How dare Daddy’s Little Doofus preach peace to Israel when he's meeting Blair to plan war on Iraq .. and the deaths of thousands more innocent people?

"The storms of violence cannot go on," said the Warmongering Wonderchimp. "Enough is enough." What he neglected to say was that he needs a lull in the present crisis to lay his own war plans; that while he talks of peace in the Middle East, he is secretly planning a massive attack on Iraq.

This historic display of hypocrisy by Preznit Primate will be on show at his ranch in Texas today, with Tony Blair, his collaborator, in admiring attendance.

As the crisis in Israeli-occupied Palestine deepens, Tony Blair will meet the Nooculer Nincompoop today to plan an attack on another country, Iraq. Their decision may condemn to death more than 10,000 civilians. That is the "medium case scenario" drawn up by the Pentagon. If the Americans implement their current strategy of "total war" and target Iraq's electricity and water, the consequences will be even more horrific.

- Read more at The Mirror




From News of the Weird:

Carl Franklin, 30, was reportedly inebriated and about to urinate by a fence when Tallahassee, Fla., police called out to him. Startled, and intending to run, but needing to zip up quickly and yet still handle the cigarette in his hand, he stuffed the smoke in his pocket and took off running. A few seconds later, officers noticed that Franklin's pants were on fire, which did not slow him immediately, but he did fall down when enough of the waistband burned that the trousers came down. [Tampa Tribune-Knight Ridder, 2-19-02]

Margaret Bobo, 42, of Tacoma, Wash., is noteworthy. She was arrested in January after health authorities found her 81-year-old mother living in a garbage-infested home, perched on a pile of trash about 4 feet high. The younger Bobo a apparently never notified authorities about her mother, even though she diligently brought her mother meals and water every single day and admitted that she had to climb over the garbage piles to get into her mother's room and had to "slide" back down the piles to leave. [Spokane Spokesman-Review-AP, 1-20-02]

Germany's agriculture ministry announced it would implement European Union guidelines requiring pig farmers to spend quality time with their stock (20 seconds per head per day, plus playthings and brighter lighting) [London Daily Telegraph, 2-17-02]