It’s Friday the 13th, and the Oregon State DEQ sends out a press release entitled “Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approves start of chemical weapons incineration.” Lovely. Remind me to stay the heck away from Umatilla for the next 3,000 years.
Support Your Presidential Candidate
If you support the policies and character of John Kerry, please drive with your headlights on during the day
If you support George W. Bush, please drive with your headlights off at night.
Thanks to Barney for the joke.
Build Your Own Casket
Looking to do a little woodworking? Take this class and build your own casket (third class on the list). Thanks to an e-mailer who sent that to me.
I’m Not Afraid of Outsourcing
My worry is that I’ll be replaced by a drugged up monkey.
Life is Monstrous in its Cruelty
Simone lost one of her adorable kittens last night, and the mommy cat now has one less baby to take care of. It is truly sad, and my heart goes out to you, Simone (as I know those cats meant a lot to you). May he rest in peace.
I’m Glad I Voted No On The Sheriff’s Levy
First, despite winning the vote for the tax levy, the Deschutes County Sheriff finds extra money and inmates still go free. Then, the Sheriff decides to implement “performance standards” (also known as quotas to the rest of the world). Then, he denies they’re quotas.
All this after the last Sheriff got sent to jail for a massive embezzlement scheme, using County dollars.
And now, probably the most disturbing news of all is that a Deschutes County sheriff’s patrol deputy was arrested by Oregon State Police last night on 180 child sex abuse and drug-related counts. Michael Patrick Malloy of LaPine (just south of Bend) was a deputy for 10-years.
And these are the people we have on our tax-payer-paid police force? Granted, this is probably an isolated incident, but it doesn’t speak well for the folks they hire (and keep) there, and I hope they’re scrutinizing their other deputies appropriately.
CSS Optimizer
Something for the bookmarks, a good CSS Optimizer. Link from Chris.
Prices So Low…
…they’re lesser than Bush’s IQ!
Fool’s World Map
From Jon comes a map that shows how truly stupid people are. I’d pay to have that blown up on my wall in a poster.
Proof It’s An Election Year
Why else would there be huge swirls of hot gas found above earth? Thanks Barney for the link.