Topical Chat, September 7, 2007

First full week in September just about over … get ready for the Christmas decorations!

1. 1. On a 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado making little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish:
“Hmmmph, and this was a government effort? I’m shocked!”
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6807634

2. On a driver of a 2002 Suzuki motorcycle who led police on a high-speed chase through Floyd and Chattooga Counties saying on his way to get his motorcycle license:
“Something tells me that he’s not getting his license …”
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news835135.html

3. On a Chinese official who plagiarized his apology speech while on trial for corruption & copyright infringement:
“From the ‘Some People Never Learn’ department …”
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSPEK15436320070905?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&sp=true&rpc=92

4. On doctors claiming that kids are growing up faster because of nutritious food and access to pornography:
“Now, is there a correlation between nutritious food and pornography?”
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/05/content_6080961.htm

5. On a man who told police that he called his wife evil, and she responded by hitting him over the head with a mug of ice cream, ripping the phone of the wall, and stabbing him in the arm:
“He probably should’ve thought twice about calling her evil when ‘Aunt Flo’ was in town …”
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1784721759

6. On a Wheeler High School student being suspended for 10 days and charged with a felony for carrying a pocket knife onto the campus:
“Um … good thing he wasn’t carrying a pencil sharpener …”
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2007/09/04/knife_0905.html

7. On a Detroit man who attempted to steal electricity by hooking up jumper cables to a power line … and dying:
“From the ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Ingenious Plan’ department …”
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070905/NEWS01/709050329/1001

8. On German security services foiling a plan by Islamist militants to carry out "massive bomb attacks" against U.S. installations in Germany and arrested three suspects:
“Now, why would you want to go and make the Germans mad … haven’t we learned anything from history?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070905/ts_nm/security_germany_suspects_dc;_ylt=ArQCa5QGWfsDtT0Wj1440vms0NUE