Lou Minatti found an excellent photo of Fidel and Che from when they were younger, and the caption supplied by Notdeskmerc is priceless…

I ran across an interesting Dumpster the other day at a distribution facility for our beloved hometown rag:

With so many stressful stories in the news lately about illegal immigration rallies and the like, now is a good time to take a look at the lighter side of things and get that blood pressure back down. Believe it or not, plenty of odd things are still going on around the country, even in the midst of serious political debate. For example, the latest from Greeters Gone Wild:

Police: Man Asking Boys To Perform Lewd Acts In Wal-Mart

Authorities in Central Florida are searching Tuesday for a man accused of asking boys to perform lewd acts for money inside a Wal-Mart store.

If only they had gone to Target instead.

14,000 Brass Knuckles Found Disguised As Belt Buckles

"There is no way this could be used as a belt buckle," Local 6 reporter Erik von Ancken said. "This is not a novelty, it is solid metal used for only one reason police tells [sic] us. In fact, even the packaging is a joke — it is spelled ‘b-u-k-l-e.’ The packaging, from Pakistan and China, reads ‘belt buckle’ but police say that is ridiculous."

“Honest officer, ‘knukle bukles’ are back in style. It’s a fashion statement.”

Maine Protects Pets With Restraining Orders

Maine is taking the lead when it comes to making sure that pets don’t suffer the fallout from domestic violence.

“Your Honor, Fluffy has threatened to scratch my client’s eyes out, and if the restraining order is not granted a flea dip may be necessary.”

Next, the serious folks at NASA unveil some interesting plans.

NASA To Crash Craft Into Moon Crater

Apparently this one will be intentional.

As part of the plan to put robot explorers — and, later, people — on the moon, NASA will crash a spacecraft into the lunar surface in 2008. The explosion should be visible from Earth.

In that project, the SUV-sized upper stage that will take the equipment from Earth orbit to the moon will then crash into a crater near the moon’s south pole. A follow-on craft will then be able to analyze the material as it flies through the debris.

Congratulations to NASA for providing the environmentalists with a new cause; protecting the moon from collisions with evil space-SUVs.

And finally, an Iowa couple’s schemes are unraveled by hunger.

2 People Charged With Filing Fake Obituary With Newspaper

Authorities say James Snyder and Mary Jo Jensen submitted a death notice to the Waterloo newspaper, saying that Jensen’s 17-year-old son had died after a lengthy illness. Police say they did it so they could get off work for a few days.

Authorities were notified after the teen was spotted at a local restaurant.

“I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids. Well, that and junior got hungry.”

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My, doesn’t this look suspicious:

I wonder what our friends on the left think of this? I wouldn’t want to accuse them of being unpatriotic, but if the shoe fits…

For those of you with plans to visit Mexico, Edd Hendee recommends you send the following letter to President Bush first, which was also noted by Squawkbox on LST last Friday.

I don’t know about the print edition, but here’s a Houston Chronicle online headline that directly contradicts what we learn in the first paragraph of the story:

The headline makes it sound like out of everyone who gives money to Perry, 1 in 3 gets appointed to some sort of post. He’s just throwing out government positions like beads at Marti Gras.

But the claim Texans for Public Justice is actually making– and that Janet Elliot’s story, in fact reflects– is that OF the people Perry has appointed to a position, one-third have happened to be contributors.

There’s a difference.

And for what it’s worth, another way of stating these facts is that the vast majority of Perry appointees (two-thrids) have not been contributors.

We also like this passage:

The report said the timing of the contributions varied, with some arriving in advance of the appointment and some after the fact, with many donating before and after.

In other words– "There’s really no pattern of quid pro quo giving to appointments that we could establish."

By the way, I’m hardly naive to the fact that many people give (to all politicians) in the hopes of receiving an appointment, and that office-holders routinely "reward" key supporters with plum assignments.

But sloppy journalism like this does little to curb the practice– if that’s even possible.

The Chronicle’s Matt Stiles reviews the "Bonusgate" email record.

Every day, the editors of the Houston Chronicle get two shots– just TWO– to "officially" opine about any subject in the entire world.

Today, they devote one of their editorials to slapping down a still-maturing junior prosecutor in Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal’s office for throwing a bit of a tantrum after losing a case.

Oookay.

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