Nibble Nibble Nibble at the News

Have I mentioned praeternatural? I’m finding it fairly interesting. wordcandlemage, you in particular might like it.

Cattiness from Mark Kleiman:
Given the President’s documented capacity to pack enormous numbers of words into tiny amounts of meaning, he will probably have exhausted sixty minutes by the time he finishes answering the question, “Where did you go and what did you do immediately after hearing the news of the second WTC crash, and for the rest of that day?” which will leave him no time to answer the next question: “Who authorized the evacuation of all bin Laden family members and other prominent Saudi citizens from the United States before the FBI had a chance to interview any of them?”

And a lovely bit from dindin in dot_sex_snark:
That one just had me too confused to cat. It was as if someone had one of those wand thingies in front of me and just twirled it around and around while I swatted at it until I fell over backwards.

More from the horror at Abu Ghraib:
One civilian contractor was accused of raping a young male prisoner but has not been charged because military law has no jurisdiction over him.

Fine, then. Charge him under Iraqi law. That should apply, right?

Archbishop fires abuse victim advocate

Cyn is Rick's wife, Katie's Mom, and Esther & Oliver's Mémé. She's also a professional geek, avid reader, fledgling coder, enthusiastic gamer (TTRPGs), occasional singer, and devoted stitcher.
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