Topical Chat, January 11, 2008

60 degrees in January???? Wait ‘til February!

1. On a report that liquor wholesalers have been throwing money at state legislators in a largely successful effort to maintain their government-enforced monopolies on the distribution of alcoholic beverages:
“I’d boycott this, but I like to drink too much …”
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124327.html

2. On a report that telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time:
“Why do I get the sense that these phone companies are going to be audited come tax time?”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgPRrAOa7_9-xd_LD8Ogt3ZXZ8JgD8U34BGG1

3. On a rumored sex tape that is said to show a shaven-headed Britney Spears performing sex acts on two women and a male companion:
“The good news is that her kids were there …”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article672589.ece

4. On the British government ruling out the possibility of allowing elephants to be kept as pets:
“No word on if they are still allowed to be spouses …”
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2238479,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

5. On Cops following a trail of dog poop to find a drunk driver:
“Who knows what they would’ve found if they followed the bird poop …”
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080110/NRSTAFF/306956515

6. On a masturbate-a-thon coming to Copenhagen:
“Seriously, how can I possibly improve on this story???”http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080110-111467/Masturbate-a-Thon-coming-to-Copenhagen

7. On a student in Norway who posed as a 13-year-old boy turning out to be a 33-year-old woman on the run from police investigating a child abuse case in the Czech Republic:
“Even Inspector Clouseau thinks these cops are bad …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080110/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_norway_fugitive

8. On Indian car-maker Tata launching the Nano - the world´s cheapest car, costing around $2,500:
“Man, where do they get the gerbils that cheap?”
http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0801/tata-launches-the-nano-the-worlds-cheapest-car.asp