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[theweaselking]

The US Forestry Service has responded to court challenges from environmental groups to block increased logging with the kind of mature, sensible argument that we've come to expect from officers of the United States Governmen: "Oh yeah? Just for that, we're cancelling Christmas!"

London to open a bar where everything - seats, art on the walls, glasses - is made of ice.

British advertising:

"Warning: Florida residents can use deadly force," says one of the adverts. Another reads: "Thinking about a Florida vacation? Please ensure your family is safe. In Florida, avoid disputes. Use special caution in arguing with motorists on Florida roads.".

The failures of the American education system: 20% of 12th-grade students (That's one in every five, for any victims of the American education system) fail the "graduation exam" that tests 8th-grade math and 9th-grade English. Worse, the discussion is mostly geared towards offering "options" and "alternatives" instead of "education" and "teaching things you should have known TO GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL".

Amusing anecdote from the New York Daily News: Trying to give away free New York Yankees baseball caps outside Fenway Park.

Comments

[red-pen-theory.livejournal.com]

are people in britain really so stupid as to believe theyre going to be shot if they come to florida

i mean even for "gun control" that's retarded

[ilenebook.livejournal.com]

I am thinking that florida/gun is an awesome symbol of what is really wrong with that state.

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

The thing is, that they *could* be shot, legally and without repercussions.

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

Wow, so does this mean Florida has surpassed Southern California as the place where crazy people shoot one another due to road rage? Awesome.

(I'm going to Florida for vacation soon. I hope I don't get shot!)

[thette.livejournal.com]

The ice bar: I've been to the original ice hotel. The one where there's not just a bar (where I had a blue drink in an ice glass) and hotel rooms where even the beds are made of ice, but where there's an ice church and an ice theater. Amazing place. Worth travelling 300 km in a cold car (when it's -25 C outside) for.

[cmseward.livejournal.com]

You should probably get your car's heater fixed. :)

[thette.livejournal.com]

I don't drive.

My parents' car, however, happened to be a Volkswagen Beetle (the new version). Without heating in the back seat, and with gigantic windows. Clearly, not climate tested.