Time for Thorns

I would like to see someone  –  anyone  –  ask EVERY political candidate the questions Jack Abramoff poses here.

You hear about government workers not doing the work they are paid a salary for, but doing another job. This is the most creative  I’ve ever heard of.

I’m not an avid devotee of insects generally,  although I do enjoy have the beneficial ones which keep my yard and gardens relatively free of the critters that want to eat my produce,  but  these photos  are just gorgeous.

Yves Rossy is crazy,  but  his exploits  produce some highly entertaining video.

This is the best  news I’ve had all week.   Of course it means that next term Maxine Waters will be the ranking member on that committee…  Even good news can carry mixed blessings.

This column about  the new San Francisco/Oakland Bay bridge is why I loathe politicians,  and why I don’t trust government at any level.

Scientists have  discovered the gene  responsible for how long we sleep.   It’s not necessarily a pure blessing,  and not because we share the gene with fruit flies.   Now if they could find a way to disconnect the gene from heart problems and diabetes,  I could cut my sleep time down.

New York Mayor   Bloomberg is an idiot,  presiding over a bureaucracy of complete fools,  whose mission seems to be to kill joy anywhere it might be padding around on little cat feet.

With drug gang style  shootings of law  enforcement.   But you needn’t worry,  because the Obama Administration assures us that the border is more secure than it has ever been and that none of the drug warfare there could ever possibly bleed over into the USA.

This is uplifting,  even inspiring,  after a day on which we give thanks.