Disturbing Alabama-related Search Requests Goog…

Disturbing Alabama-related Search Requests

Google Search: jeff sessions lynching

Amazon.com–Earth’s Biggest Selection Yeah, yea…

Amazon.com–Earth’s Biggest Selection

Yeah, yeah, I put up some Amazon associates links. I’m a huge whore, I know.

Drug suspect says evidence was for religious study…

Drug suspect says evidence was for religious study

And he’s very studious. He imported three crates’ worth of ayahuasca vines. Ingesting the tea made from the leaves of the plant causes hallucinations, but also heavy vomiting and diarrhea, so you know he’s not doing it for fun.

Disturbing Search Requests That Will Generate Traf…

Disturbing Search Requests That Will Generate Traffic

Google Search: Sarah Michelle Gellar hoax dog sex

Jeez, star in one movie with a computer-generated dog and all sorts of rumors get started.

Forbes.com: US consumer groups blame Bush for larg…

Forbes.com: US consumer groups blame Bush for large meat recalls

I don’t know if the Administration has told the USDA to back off and give meatpackers the benefit of the doubt. But it wouldn’t surprise me given their attitude in other areas where the interests of ordinary citizens and those of large corporations clash. But that’s what you get for voting for a Republican, not that most people did.

To be fair to Bush & Co., (oh, it hurts!) there were several meat recalls in the nineties as well, some of them pretty substantial. There were also a number of E. coli-related deaths. But I think the scale of tainted meat — topped by Sunday’s record poultry recall — is greater than in previous years.

The Ichthypundit’s Invasive Species of the Day …

The Ichthypundit’s Invasive Species of the Day

Chemical treatment planned to kill lake’s gizzard shad

Rotenone is being applied to an Indiana lake to kill off the gizzard shad. Unlike some invasive species, this is less a problem predator and more of an aquatic rabbit. (Insert Jimmy Carter joke here.) It reproduces rapidly and eats everything in the water, leaving little for other fish.

From the Ichthypundit 500 sturgeon ‘fingerlings…

From the Ichthypundit

500 sturgeon ‘fingerlings’ stock up Otsego Lake

Sure, they put little sturgeon in the lake. But little sturgeons grow up to be big sturgeons. And then, one day, they’ll start leaping into boats and knocking people out.

Australia uncovers al Qaeda links to Bali blasts …

Australia uncovers al Qaeda links to Bali blasts

Again, what do we mean by links? From everything I read, al-Qaeda has ties to terrorist groups all over the world, including Western, nominally Christian groups like the IRA and ETA. Jemaah Islamiah, the Indonesian group many suspect of the attack, is said to be linked to al-Q. But that doesn’t mean that Osama’s boys planned the Bali attack or even necessarily knew about it.

allAfrica.com — East Africa: Ethiopian, Sudanese …

allAfrica.com — East Africa: Ethiopian, Sudanese Leaders in Yemen for Talks

Because who better to bring peace to a region than the Yemenis?

TheDenverChannel.com - Seeking New Diet Foods? Try…

TheDenverChannel.com - Seeking New Diet Foods? Try Bugs

Every so often, some sort of egghead tries to get people to eat insects. It never really takes off, but someday some group of trendy young people will take them up on it. Mark my words, we’ll see widespread bugeating in our lifetimes — for about six months. Then Time will do a cover story on it and it will go away.