Normally, I'd let a 14 year old dog lie, but sometimes, they're too remarkable. That said, the year Steve Carlton was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame, he was interviewed and espoused some rather strange views on Bill Clinton having a disavowed black son and the world being run by 12 Jews.

Apparently he made it the rest of the year and through his induction speech (which I listened to) without saying anything else to get into trouble. Not talking to the media might not have been hard for the lefthander, though, because there were stretches in his career when he didn't talk to the writers for up to 8 years at a time.

I don't know. I say let's give him a pass, I guess, since he's not hurting anyone thinking this way and it was 14 years ago and all.

John Cole touches on something I think about every time I go through airport security. While I don't agree so much on the death penalty part for Reid, I consider him the most successful terrorist of all time. 2 minutes per person per flight is what he has done. Obviously, this is much better than people dying, but, man, let us keep on our shoes!

2.) Although I do not support the death penalty, I think an exception could be made for Richard Reid. Millions of people all over the country have to take their shoes off every time they fly because of that jackass. I bet more collective man-hours are lost to this one man than anyone else who has ever lived.

"I don't think it's a bailout. The shareholders still own the company". - Your President
But if it's not a bailout, and the government isn't getting anything out of it except risk... Um. Shoot. Any economists want to chime in on this, it's over my head.

A full-scale evacuation from a North Sea oil rig was sparked after a female employee apparently told colleagues of a dream she had about a bomb being on the platform.

Wait, that's just too stupid. That can't be true. Can it?

Police began an investigation after the evacuation of 161 of the more than 500 people on the Safe Scandinavia, a floating accommodation block that forms part of an oil installation 130 miles north of Aberdeen. Police were waiting to question the woman, 23, last night after she was detained by the rig’s manager and flown to the mainland.

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Bomb disposal experts were placed on stand-by and up to a dozen RAF, coastguard and civilian helicopters scrambled to the rig after the decision to evacuate all personnel was taken by the operators at 9.20am. Police emphasised that the incident was “not considered terrorism-related”. By the time the alert was later declared a hoax, workers had been airlifted from the platform to two nearby rigs.

Dear God. That's such a ludicrous over-reaction, I can't quite believe it didn't happen in this country. Wait, what's that?

Kathy McGill, Britannia Operator’s managing director, said: “We are very relieved that this has turned out to be a false alarm, but we obviously had to treat it seriously.”

Really, Ms. McGill? You had to? Obviously? Obviously? Last night I dreamed I had a flying horse. Should I, obviously, go build a stable with a skylight and buy several bags of oats or whatever-the-fuck?

Awesome.

Earth around sun 73.6%
Sun around earth 18.3%
Don’t Know 8.0%
Refused 0.1%

To the 8% who aren't sure whether the Earth goes around the sun or not, I can only say... De revolutionibus orbium coelestium was published in 1543. You've had 564 years to decide whether you're persuaded; I think it's time to make up your damn minds.