Breaking news.

Khyber pass, back when it was just a few farmers transporting their poppies
Bandits criss-cross the
Khyber, GIs sit and watch.
Superpower stunned.
Supremes to DC: Handguns for everyone!

Justice Scalia,
Can you help? I can’t decide:
Glock or Beretta?
(courtesy of patrick cyrus gilman)
Spam – now environmentally friendly!

dead fish in china wishing bush would just read his email
Climate change and cash
From a Nigerian. All
Spam to the White House!
Dirty tricks to halt
The Clean Air Act. Anything
Goes at the White House!
America’s next top bottle (blond)

tyra and her little friend
Tyra, your choices
Amaze. That Emmy win? Fierce,
But not for best hair.
Read: 2008 Daytime Emmy Awards
A to Zimbabwe

Voters hopes ignored.
Democracy in tatters,
Mugabe – till when?
Kung pow!
mmmm
Ox tripe in chilis.
No matter how you say it,
It is still ox tripe.
Bean curd made by a
pocked marked woman. Dee-lish! I
will order double.
Another 18!

elin and bizarro-elin. don’t ask me which is which.
Tiger Woods, forces
another playoff. Eagles
and birdies sing praise.
One more day of golf!
Joy for Woods, advertisers,
and my father, too.
A great loss

A mourning cry from
all who watched on Sunday morn.
Goodbye, our old friend.
The elections won’t
be the same without you and
your red, blue, whiteboard.
Musings on rice

One whole paddy field
Was planted ere I moved on
From that willow tree!
(courtesy of Basho, 17th century Japanese poet)
There is no stopping in the red zone
very expensive luggage (saddleback leather company)
Fuel costs rising, and
passengers getting fatter.
Failing airlines fret.
Fifteen dollars a
bag. Soon we will be paying
charges per kidney.
Read: United Joins American in Charging $15 for First Checked Bag