— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
Website Scrubbing A Sign For Pawlenty?
As with Palin in 2008, so with Pawlenty in 2012?
Gu Kailai’s Murder Trial Begins
Former PRC party boss’ wife and her aide charged in death of British businessman
Curiosity Rover Ponder Panoramic View, Self-Portrait
Treasure trove of pics coming back from Mars
POLITICS
Panetta Abandons Push For 2013 Base Closings
No budget request for BRAC as Congressional opposition to closings mounts
Census Bureau Wants To Reclassify Race, Ethnicity
Friends Say Petraeus Would Make Good VP, Even As Rumors Denied
Terrorism Expert May Tesify At Major Hasan’s Court-Martial
Hundreds Attend San Jose Vigil For Slain Sikhs
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Futures Mixed After Surging On US Stockpile Drawdown; NYMEX $93.35, Brent $112.14
PRC Reports Slowing Inflation
ROk Central Bank Pessimistic About Growth
Productivity Increases 1.6% In Second Quarter; 2011 Revised Upward
Declining Output Highlights Europe’s Weakness
HP’s Whitman Dismantles Hurd-Era Empire
Foreclosure Filings Drop In July, But New Foreclosures Rose
Freddie Mac Not Keen On Local Governments’ Plans To Use Eminent Domain In Mortgage Takeovers
Google Goes After Siri, Merges Web Search With GMail
Lenovo Rolls Out ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook, ThinkPad Tablet 2 For Windows 8
Ouya Kickstarter Ends With Over $8.5 Million In Funding
Samsung Investigating Child Labor Claims
US Judge Backs RIM In Patent Battle With Mformation
Android Dominates Smartphone Market
Metro Whining And Other Windows 8 Madness
SPORTS
American Girls Go Out On Top
Walsh, May-Treanor win third straight gold medal before hanging up the bikinis
Yankees Barely Manage To Avoid Blowing 12-8 Win Over Tigers
Dodgers Hold Off Rockies, Avoid Sweep
Stanton, Reyes Lead Fish To 13-0 Humiliation Of Mets
Johnson’s Debut For O’s A Beauty: 9 K’s In 9-2 Win For Sweep Of M’s
…And Then Some Other Stuff Happened At The Olympics
Gio Goes The Distance, Goes Yard In 4-3 Win Over Astros
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Buck Naked & Drunk: Randy Travis Busted Again For DWI
Also threatened police after being stuffed into police car
Another Fine Mess: Joan Rivers Arrested At Costco
WB Eyes Ben Affleck To Direct “Justice League”
Ryan Lochte Fielding Multiple Reality Show Offers
Super-Slim Jennie Garth Talks “Adult Adolescence” Post-Split
FOREIGNERS
Murder Trial Of Former PRC Party Boss’ Wife Ends Quickly
Rebels Pull Back From Parts Of Aleppo
Egypt Aims To Rein In Militants
Libyan Transitional Council Hands Over Power To National Assembly
Philippines Ramps Up Flood Relief Efforts
Underground Muslim Sect In Russia Charged With Child Abuse
Belarus Orders Sweden To Close Minsk Embassy
Taiwan, PRC Sign Investment Protection Pact
US Starts Agent Orange Cleanup In Japan
BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Camden Surrenders – City To Lay Off Entire Police Force
Rush Limbaugh: Obama Ad Claims Romney Is Murderer
Power Line: Has The Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
Moe Lane: Collusion Between Obama For America, Priorities America On “Their” Lying Soptic Ads
Viallainous Company: Apparently We Womynfolk Have Good Reason To Fear Mitt Romney
Allahpundit: Obama Campaign Now Pretends It Didn’t Know Details Of Soptic’s Story – After Featuring Him In Two Ads
Joshuapundit: Obama Claims “Romney Wants To Take Women Back To The Fifties
James Pethokoukis: The Anti-Stimulus Study The Washington Post Ignores
Jammie Wearing Fools: Massachusetts Mails Out 500K Voter Registration Forms To Welfare Recipients In Effort Led By Former ACORN Honchos
PJ Tatler: A Bill To Repeal Everything Obama Has Signed Into Law?
Lonely Conservative: The Expanding Welfare State – Over 100 Million On Some Form Of Federal Assistance
Fox News: Documents Show White House Told Police Not To Crack Down On Occupods
Veronique De Rugy: “Les Riches” Are Leaving France, And Recession Is Moving In
Well, if it is Pawlenty, I think we all know why he dropped out so quickly.
“I’m gonna be drunk and naked whenever,
Whenever I feel like,
Whenever, whenever,
whenever, forever,
Amen.”
Silly Randy, stay home if you’re going to get yer drank on…and for pete’s sake keep yer clothes on!
Apparently he still likes to get drunk and get loud; one of Hank’s rowdy friends that hasn’t settled down.
Off topic but OMG, OMG, OMG…
I am on FMJRA today?
I thought I was completely and utter-ly dissed. Now today is like Christmas, New Years, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
In my enthusiasm over getting FMJRA have to resist getting drunk and wandering around neck-ed–although being a cow the naked part is no big deal.
TMZ noted that Randy was not entirely naked. He was wearing a Longhorns hat. http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/08/randy-travis-paper-suit-arrest-naked-dui-drunk-driving/
Hey Wombat, you missed this news item:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/08/08/gay-rocker-supports-free-speech
Hank probably would have told him the same thing. “Dadgum Randy! Put yer clothes on dude!” lol
All I can say is he’s lucky he was not wearing a Sooners hat!
I don’t think the hat really mattered. No points were scored either way. I’m guessing it was a game of rock-paper-scissors between the cops as to who got to cuff him.
You mean the loser has to go approach Naked Randy?
@TheEBL:disqus Or the “winner” if one was into that sort of thing.
Maybe Randy believes that “anywhere you hang your hat is home.”
Keep in mind the FMJRA on the main page (chosen by Stacy) is not the same as the weekly FMJRA post, which has been delegated to Yr. Obdt. Servant. I will be happy to continue meeting your minimum weekly requirement for disdain and rules lawyering. 😉
As a serious Judas Priest fan, I am sorry to have missed this. Curse you, Memeorandum, for ignoring the important news of the day!
I can hear Hank Hill saying, “I don’t wont ta see that!”
I think they teach how to “sidle” in the police academies, right?
I mean, you don’t “walk” or even “mosey” up to arrest a drunk, naked man. It has to be sidling.
Totally! LOL! Dont forget Hank’s signature exclamation, “BAH!” I’m sure there’s a ‘dammit Randy” in there somewhere…
I think any cop whose ever participated in 4-H would know that move.
Rob Halford rocks!
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