Friday, October 21, 2011

Top Ten Cloves: Possible Reasons Moammar Gadhafi Is Not Being Buried At Sea

News Item: Gadhafi body stashed in shopping center freezer


10.  Secret plan to just dump him in Zuccotti Park, and blame OWS crowd


  9. Can't find a Sea that will take him


  8.  Libya doesn't have a Navy anymore


  7.  Not sure if there were enough Front Page Death photos to warrant it ...


  6.  Conflict with the World Series


  5.  Everybody too busy reading new Bio on Steve Jobs


  4.  Waiting to see if Groupon issues a discount coupon for it


  3.  Negotiating with Will Ferrell to just do a cheap dramatization of it


  2.  Talking with the Head of The Charles Regatta, to see if they can handle it


  1.  President Obama has already used up his "Frequent-Burial-At-Sea" miles for the year


 


Bonus Riffs


BBC: Row over Muammar Gaddafi's body delays burial plans


Mary Hockaday: The challenges of reporting Gaddafi's death


Craig Silverman: The Story of the Gaddafi Story - How news of the Libyan leader’s demise spread on Twitter


Top Ten Cloves: Possible Places Muammar Gaddafi Is Hiding


Top Ten Cloves: Possible Disney Navy Seal Team 6 Movies To Be Release


Top Ten Cloves: Things Ex-President Hosni Mubarak Might Do When He Steps Down



Thursday, October 20, 2011

Straighten Up and Fly Right

Perhaps, a great many of you have seen, or, at minimum, heard, about the tragic events that have taken place this week, in Zanesville, Ohio.


 


Due to human greed, and ignorance, as well as Ohio's lax laws regarding the ownership of exotic animals, fifty-plus animals were slaughtered.


 


Tragic, sad, and utterly depressing.


So, here's a "Shout-Out", to all those wonderful animals, that if only they could have lived out there lives as mirthful as this tune ...


Nat King Cole - Straighten Up and Fly Right





UPDATE


Photos, Video: Surviving Ohio Exotic Animals Settling In At Zoo, Details On Owner's Death