From Yahoo News: “Security guards killed two men armed with knives who attempted to hijack an Ethiopian Airlines’ aircraft while it was making a domestic flight in this Horn of Africa nation, a government official said Sunday.” The two men attempted to hijack the aircraft carrying 42 passengers after it took off from Bahr Dar, 250 miles northwest of Addis Ababa, shortly after 5 p.m. local time, said Information Minister

“What the fuck is a ‘World Anthem,’ and why in the name of all that’s holy are these educational bureaucrats allowing it to be played at my kid’s graduation ceremony? Where’s the freakin’ ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ for shit’s sake?!” ….Is what one Denver-area couple wondered on May 24th. (Well, without the “fuck” and the “shit’s sake,” I mean. That was me, embroidering. I do so love the swear words.)

I missed this story the first time around, so maybe you did, too. At any rate, here’tis (from FOXNews): A U.S. Army lieutenant whose jaw is wired shut from a bullet wound he received in Afghanistan claims screeners at San Francisco International Airport denied him permission to pass through security with wire clippers used to snap open his jaw in an emergency. Lt. Greg Miller, a combat medic and member

I missed this story the first time around, so maybe you did, too. At any rate, here’tis (from FOXNews): A U.S. Army lieutenant whose jaw is wired shut from a bullet wound he received in Afghanistan claims screeners at San Francisco International Airport denied him permission to pass through security with wire clippers used to snap open his jaw in an emergency. Lt. Greg Miller, a combat medic and member

“Nineteen people have died and 17 hospitalized after drinking cologne containing methanol, according to press reports on Sunday. “Police officials told the daily Okaz that the 19 died after drinking the cologne laced with methanol, a poisonous substance normally used as an antifreeze,” the Hindustan Times reports. […]Eleven of those killed died in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, in the kingdom’s west, while the rest died in the southern

“Behind the wheel of the $55,000 Mercedes convertible with a trunk full of designer clothes, the 31-year-old tourist could have passed for royalty. “Even as Orlando police Tuesday led Anthony Enrique Gignac handcuffed to the patrol car outside Sheraton Studio City Hotel on International Drive, he continued to play the role of a Saudi Arabian prince,” The Orlando Sentinel reports. ‘Call the embassy!’ shouted the man who police said has

Jacob Sullum has (another) great Reason column on out-of-control food fascists and the sinister plans they’re hatching to rob me of my nickels — all because I happen to like the occasional greasy french fry with my dead pressed animal-in-a-bun. In his column, Sullum makes the Swiftian suggestion that rather than taxing all junk foods (which punishes the thin as well as the fat), we simply have the government weigh

Lots of noise across the blogosphere concerning Den Beste’s string bikini fetish (which he first copped to in this notorious post). So deafening is the blog roil, in fact, that Ol’ Steve felt compelled to respond to allegations that he’s some creepy old pedarest hunkered down in his computer-laden (though paneling-free, surprisingly!) porn room, banging out stickly little essays with his free hand. Note to Steve: I think the “creepiness”

Lots of noise across the blogosphere concerning Den Beste’s string bikini fetish (which he first copped to in this notorious post). So deafening is the blog roil, in fact, that Ol’ Steve felt compelled to respond to allegations that he’s some creepy old pedarest hunkered down in his computer-laden (though paneling-free, surprisingly!) porn room, banging out stickly little essays with his free hand. Note to Steve: I think the “creepiness”

Expect blogging to be light today. I need to go grocery shopping, and I need to spend some time with my lovely wife, who notes (rightly so) that I’m starting to look like a “stooped Hefty bag crammed full of cottage cheese” — presumably from sitting in front of the computer, web surfing and eating buttered crumpets all day. I need some spinach or something, evidently. Anyway, grades are due