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I love British names: the Chief of Air Staff for the Royal Air Force is Air Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.

So, Billy Bob, you think gunning down Bambi with an AK-47 and watching NASCAR makes you macho: read about a twenty-something English woman, Ellen MacArthur, who makes you look like a wuss. Make note of the fact that her family is not wealthy and she earned what she has gained.

After the oil runs out, your next power plant may use turkey manure. I guess my Grandfather was ahead of his time. Oh, turkey manure is dryer that what chickens put out, so there’s more heat when it’s burned.

The explosives that the French police lost during a training exercise at a Paris airport and were probably sent to the US, haven’t turned up. The French say that they are not dangerous because there was no detonator with the explosives. Oh, the French didn’t bother to find out whom the bag belonged to, just in case there was a problem.

This means that our ace baggage inspection system missed the explosives when they landed and came through US customs. But when the TSA inspectors lost their test bomb during a training exercise at Newark airport, they could say they didn’t use real explosives, although they avoided saying anything about the timer and detonator.

I guess it’s okay, after all how many Americans can read French? The owner of the bag would never figure out what plastic explosif means, right. It’s not like we have construction sites with detonators all over that work with plastic and have large signs warning people what they are and why they shouldn’t touch them, right?