Bits and Pieces for the Week of October 21 - 27

Faux foe: FEMA holds a press conference (on the Calif. Fires) with itself! (Mike)

Advice for blacks: Just don't buy a home in a disaster-prone area. (Mike)

Hey, it's National Magic Week! (Mike)

The defecation has hit the rotating device on the Turkish and Northern (Kurdish area) Iraqi border. (7 of 6)

Ecuador demands fair play: If U.S. wants to keep its military base in Ecuador, then Ecuador wants a base in Florida. (Mike)

Hillary says something to which I would like to hear every candidate for U.S. President agree. (Mike)

"A new report by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reveals that student loan defaults are a far larger problem for some groups—particularly students of color and those who leave college with a lot of debt." (Mike)

Before moving to AZ, I lived in CO for 14 years. Following the Colorado Rockies since they became an expansion team has made me a huge Rockies fan. I dislike huge salaries paid to win championship after championship and to compete against the Yankees. So in this World Series between the Rockies and Red Sox I'll be rooting for my team, the 2 - 1 underdog Colorado Rockies. Winners of 21 of their last 22 games, and 2 of 3 in Boston this year. (7 of 6)

Iraqi leaders may ask U.N. to restrict U.S. military. It's pretty f*cking bad when the inept Iraqi government has to try and do the job that the Democrats will not do! (7 of 6)

"The truth is, I never thought I'd be running for President on a platform of restoring the Constitution and America's standing in the world or something as elementary as honoring the oath of office we take." - - - Senator Chris Dodd (Mike)

Knowledge News has a great background summary of the developing and dangerous Kurdish/Turkish situation in Northern Iraq. (Mike)

Here's a special Google Map that shows locations and summaries of current brush fires in So. Cal. (Mike)

How cool! New 3-D petri dishes for tissue growth in science research. (7 of 6)

When I lived in Colorado I always heard of State employees getting the best ballgame tickets and hunting tags. Now I realize how this could happen. "Super-fast computers normally used only during emergencies were to be staffed Monday so state employees could buy Rockies World Series tickets online." Get in line like everyone else, boneheads! (7 of 6)