Sorry, but a chain of violent thunderstorms rolling through here has the little guy totally spooked.  In fact, the last I saw him he was guzzling coconut rum and fixing to sacrifice a chicken so that he might “appease the angry sky gods.” Of course, all he has to work with is half a Boston Market roaster and a plastic butter knife, so I don’t suspect he’ll be able to

Jury foreman:  “Did I mention the guy sleeps with little drunk boys…?” **** update:  “…Or that he owns a llama?  Because he does, you know.”

Melana Zyla Vickers, “Shamnesty International,” TCS: The torture and abuse of terrorist suspects is very much in the news these days, so it’s interesting to note the advice on the topic found in an Al Qaeda training manual seized some time ago in the U.K. The manual says that when captured or facing trial, “brothers must insist on proving that torture was inflicted on them by State Security.” Noting the

From MSNBC Two predecessor banks of Wachovia Corp. owned slaves before the Civil War, the nation’s fourth-largest bank said Wednesday as it made an apology to black Americans. “We are deeply saddened by these findings,” Wachovia chairman Ken Thompson said in a statement. The Charlotte-based company said it contracted earlier this year with The History Factory, a historical research firm, to investigate the predecessor institutions that over the years have

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