- From the “Obsession” Department – Two men in Indianapolis have formulated a variety of paint designed just for painting your brown grass green. As someone who wouldn’t mind plowing his entire lawn under and planting vegetables, I look at this kind of dedication to useless fescue as a little strange. But to each his own, I guess. I’ll just remember to keep my distance if one of my neighbors breaks out the spray can instead of the rototiller.
- From the “Aquatic Avenger” Department – A swimmer in a lake in northern Minnesota was recently attacked by what is believed to be an otter. She reports being bitten 25 times. I’m not surprised that she did so well against the beast. She has to be as hard as chicken lips. Swimming in northern Minnesota, even in July, is enough to cause things to shrivel up. No word yet on whether or not the Obama administration’s Interior Department will be pressing charges against the young lady for disturbing the rare Minnesota aquatic wolverine in its natural habitat.
- From the “Unintended Consequence” Department – Scientists in California are blaming rat poison used at illegal marijuana growing sites for the death of a multitude of endangered animals. I see this as yet another thing that the “war” on drugs has caused. I’m no fan of drug use, but if cannabis was being grown by Norwegian bachelor farmers instead of thugs in a forest glade, there would be fewer dead weasels in the woods.
- From the “Bad Ideas” Department – A man in Louisiana has invented an iPhone case that doubles as a stun gun. Details of how it works aren’t contained in the article, but I hope there is some kind of safety on the thing, because nothing will put a bad spin on your day like giving yourself a 650,000 volt zap in the ear first thing in the morning. The thing that comes to mind is the holster that looks like a wallet or a cell phone, which I also don’t think are very good ideas. Let’s not give Officer Friendly an excuse to shoot someone because they had something that he thought was a weapon when it was just his overpriced phone.
- From the “End of an Era” Department – Ron Paul’s bid to get enough delegates to secure a speaking spot at the Republican convention ended the other day with the Nebraska state convention. Dr. Paul will have to see if he is given a chance to speak by the governing committee. For the sake of the party, I hope he gets to speak. If Romney wants to make inroads on the libertarian wing of the party, he needs to let their candidate have a say in what the party stands for.
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Posted by daddybear71 on July 17, 2012
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