Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on July 30, 2011

Welcome to your weekend open thread. As you can no doubt tell, I’m desperate the think or read about something other than the debt ceiling. It’s freakin’ depressing.

So here’s an icky story, courtesy of Wonkette:

It’s nice to hear a story once in a while about things finally working out for the world’s corrupt career politicians, isn’t it? Four-time Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, now 83, was serving an 8-year sentence on bribery and extortion charges when he made a prison pen pal who turned out to be a very attractive blond 32-year-old lady who mysteriously fell in love with him. And now for some reason they are married. Fun history fact: Edwards was convicted on charges from crimes during his final term served in office, which he won in 1991 against KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. The AP article notes that Duke did not win because “business leaders feared Duke’s election would be devastating for the state’s convention business because of his extremist views.” Which is a reminder that somehow David fucking Duke made it onto a GOP gubernatorial ticket as recently as 1991. Jesus. Christ.

Eeeeeeewwwwww.

I’ll have to admit I don’t really get the point of trucknutz. It’s adolescent. However, I think this is an overreaction:

A woman with a fake set of testicles on her truck’s bumper is fighting the hefty ticket she got in South Carolina for allegedly violating an obscene bumper sticker law.

Police in Bonneau ticketed Virginia Tice, 65, at a gas station in early July after they saw a big, red plastic scrotum hung from the trailer hitch, The Charleston Post & Courier reported.

The case will go before a jury, according to Reuters.

Who will think of the children? I’m still pretty surprised that the woman is 65 years old. I guess some people never grow up.

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  1. puck says:
    July 30, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    Disaster capitalism:

    When the plane crumpled to a stop, Ramsingh said she hopped onto the wing and then onto the dirt road outside the runway fence.

    “A fellow who was trying to escape as well mistakenly jumped on my back and that is why my knees are bruised,” she said. “So I am in pain, but very thankful to be alive.”

    Nobody had yet showed up to rescue her, “but a taxi driver appeared from nowhere and charged me $20 to take me to the terminal….”

  2. cassandra_m says:
    July 30, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    This is a big deal:

    The Obama administration has quietly canceled a much-criticized billion-dollar program to equip ports across the United States with detectors to pick out radioactive material and nuclear weapons being shipped into the country, after acknowledging that the devices did not work.

  3. anon40 says:
    July 30, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    @cassandra_m —

    Another one of Obama’s mis-steps. He’s been a colossal disappointment as a President & the hits keep coming! The Port of Long Beach, CA is one of our busiest ports.

    Walmart should just BUY it, since most of their inventory passes through it. The port was understaffed before Obama’s latest action & many (most?) containers passed through w/o inspection.

  4. cassandra_m says:
    July 30, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    Understaffing of the Port of Long Beach isn’t Obama’s problem and pulling the plug on an effort that did not work and was stupidly expensive counts as a win in my book. A big win. There is no reason to keep throwing good money after bad on shit like this, especially when folks are clamoring for waste, fraud and abuse to be curtailed. Count this piece of good news as a cutback in the waste column.

  5. Blu Gal in DE says:
    July 31, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Who is really behind the attack on FAA unions?

    Got this from a friend who is a flight attendant. Very interesting that this is getting no attention.

    http://www.afacwa.org scroll down on the front page for details.

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