C-Trib: Desmond Tutu: Equality of U.S. blacks an ‘illusion’
WeatherBug reading for Hell at the time of this writing: 30 Degrees. Yep, I agree with Desmond Tutu.
Washington Times: [Mitch] McConnell: Dems will ‘turn us into France’
Brush up on your French, because there’s going to be a lot more Dems in power pretty soon. N’est pas?
WND: [Brighton, Mich.] City spends $5.21 to collect 51 cents in taxes
The taxpayer returned a note with his payment accusing Brighton of being a four-bit town.
AP: Galaxy’s youngest known supernova is 140 years old
Oh, to be young and 140 again.
AP: Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama
Long-awaited by eight people, three of them aren’t even MSNBC hosts.
AP: McCain’s wife sells Sudan-related investments
She invests in Sudan, but somehow gets to be worth eight figures.
Reuters: Republicans respond to election “wake-up call”
You’re now waking up? Because the alarm clock has only been going off for about two years.
Scotsman: JK Rowling to speak at Harvard, but students say she’s ‘a flash in the pan’
On the other hand, she’ll give the University’s Lawrence Summers critics back their brooms.
AP: ‘Darth Vader’ spared jail in Jedi church attacks
But sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service, cleaning up the Death Star.
AFP: Chicago lifts ban on foie gras
I don’t know what the hell “foie gras” is, so it certainly couldn’t be Chicago’s most pressing problem.
Financial Times: View of the day: Icelandic krona
Placed next to eight U.S. dollars. Which is worth more?
AP: CBS network adds more comedy to its fall schedule
Unlike NBC, CBS is experimenting with the funny brand of comedy.
Reuters: “90210″ officially on the CW map
If they’re using today’s Beverly Hills as inspiration, then the show will top the charts in Riyadh, Amman AND Doha.
AP: Teen sells 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
Too bad she needed 17,329 to earn the Girl Scouts’ Shyster Badge.
Reuters: Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK
When I think about problematic aliens in the UK, I tend to think that Nick Griffin is more the expert than Art Bell.
Reuters: Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow
Ironically, the pot of gold at the end is really a hatchery.
