“Authorities are investigating the alleged beating of [a Loxley, Alabama] preacher by funeral mourners who didn’t like his blunt eulogy,” The AP reports. Glynis Bethel tells the Associated Press that her husband, Pastor Orlando Bethel, was attacked during a June 14 funeral and dragged out of the church. That’s because Bethel told mourners the deceased was in hell and that they were headed the same way. The dead man was

Trolling for the attention he hopes might jumpstart an otherwise nondescript career, Los Angeles Times staff writer Tim Rutten

An update on yesterday’s post: “A man who told authorities he overheard a conversation about a possible terrorist attack in Las Vegas failed a lie-detector test Friday, effectively ending the FBI’s investigation of the claim. “FBI agents questioned Henderson resident Michael Hamdan for five hours Friday afternoon before confirming they did not believe his assertion that his cell phone intercepted a conversation in Arabic about a planned July Fourth attack,”

The dependably patriotic (if soccer loving) Indepundit articulates a country’s sadness in the wake of today’s World Cup quarter-final loss to the vaunted Krautish toe dancers: I

The dependably patriotic (if soccer loving) Indepundit articulates a country’s sadness in the wake of today’s World Cup quarter-final loss to the vaunted Krautish toe dancers: I

What was that stuff called? You know, that white powder everybody was freakin’ out about — with all the skin rashes and Dan Rather crying and some old lady dead and people hording antibiotics…? Was it Abercrombie? Applejacks? Christ, what was that stuff called…? [via Tiger Lily] [update: Wait. Artichoke? Was it artichoke? Alabaster? For shit’s sake, what was that stuff…? via Robert Crawford]

What was that stuff called? You know, that white powder everybody was freakin’ out about — with all the skin rashes and Dan Rather crying and some old lady dead and people hording antibiotics…? Was it Abercrombie? Applejacks? Christ, what was that stuff called…? [via Tiger Lily] [update: Wait. Artichoke? Was it artichoke? Alabaster? For shit’s sake, what was that stuff…? via Robert Crawford]

“The FBI said Thursday it is investigating a Nevada man’s claim that he picked up a conversation in Arabic on his cell phone during which someone said there would be a ‘hit’ on the ‘day of freedom,’” ABC News reports. ‘We’ve initiated a full-scale investigation to determine if this constitutes a threat, and if so, what kind of threat,’ said FBI Special Agent Daron Borst in Las Vegas. Borst said

It’s Friday, and I’m feeling a bit daffy. So here, courtesy my referral log: Skunkfuckers. …Because everybody needs a hobby. I guess.

It’s Friday, and I’m feeling a bit daffy. So here, courtesy my referral log: Skunkfuckers. …Because everybody needs a hobby. I guess.