Der Parson's rant

CDC - Influenza (Flu) | Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu): "What are the symptoms of swine flu in humans?
The symptoms of swine flu in people are expected to be similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea."

"The CIA officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 against Abu Zubaydah, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum...The memo also says that the CIA used waterboarding 183 times in March 2003 against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed."
-- from a New York Times story


Those CIA guys must be some pretty bright bulbs. 183 times? Shouldn't they have figure out it wasn't working after say about the 20th time?

FOX Sports on MSN - Golf - Bill Murray tee shot hits lady, sends her to hospital: "LUTZ, Fla. (AP) - Actor Bill Murray hooked a tee shot so badly during a Pro-Am event on Friday that the ball sailed across a street next to the hole and hit a woman in her front yard. She was knocked to the ground and had to go to the hospital."

This just struck me as funny for some reason. Maybe it's the vodka in my orange juice?

This is a fun browser game, use the air currents to keep hail stones up in the air and make them get bigger, then smash houses and such.

Effing Hail

Finally what I have known all along has been revealed to the unwashed masses,

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