Today's signs that the Apocalypse is upon us

Pole-dancing Mormons make push for Olympics: Same-sex marriage?? Only when you rip our Bibles from our cold, dead hands. Mormon housewives acting like strippers?? Priceless.

AP suspends use of Army photos after digital alterations: The words "proganda" and "American soldiers" should never have cause to be used in the same sentence...and yet it appears that the US Army has managed to find a way to make that a reality. Now the AP is refusing to use photos supplied by the Defense Department. I have not the words to describe how despicable DoD's altering of photos is. There ought to be a special place in Hell for those who would reduce American soldiers to pawns in their propaganda campaign.

Rove Claims Stock Market Is Dropping Because Obama Hasn't Named His Treasury Secretary Yet: Uh, correct me if I'm wrong here, but wasn't the stock market in free-fall BEFORE Obama was elected??

Ashley Dupre Talks About Spitzer Scandal: "I Don't Feel That I Brought Him Down": True enough I suppose; her job was to get him up.

Vatican Forgives John Lennon For Infamous "We're More Popular Than Jesus" Remark: Hey' y'all...it wasn't "We're more popular than the Vatican", remember? Where in the Hell (pun thoroughly intended) do you get off thinking that you have the right to address this? A wee bit presumptuous, don'tchathink??

Somali Pirates in Discussions to Acquire Citigroup: Hey, if Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader © can steal two Presidential elections....

The Lame-Duck Economy: Anyone care to try and convince me why Paul Krugman shouldn't be Secretary of the Treasury?

Teen commits suicide on webcam as others watch: Try as I might, I can find nothing even remotely humourous about this. My heart goes out to his family, who are now subjected to the realization that they're son was egged on: As the teenager was lying on his bed, she said, people were typing things like, "Oh, that's not enough to kill you." Others, she said, were egging him on, saying things like "Go ahead and do it." How (&^%$#@ sick do you have to be.....