Traveling bloggers, and today's items

Heading to the Middle East:
Jeff Emanuel and Academic Elephant are on their way to Iraq, and Judith and Mary are on the way to Israel.

Saturday afternoon I had a delightful time with Mary and Judith. Among the topics we discussed was the Vanilla Jesus (read the comments). Thank You Mary!

Does Al know that Greenland just had a baby? Or is the baby a reincarnation?
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3 TRACTOR TRAILERS, 4 BUSES, 6 CARS - and ONE SHEET, along with 12 bottles of Grolsch beer, 6 bottles of "local" beer, and a bottle each of "good Australian Cabernet" and "good Merlot."

Lord knows a "bad Merlot" can ruin one's carbon footprint.
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Speaking of drink,

The Beeb says, When rulers die, Russians keep shopping. At least now there's merchandise in the stores.
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From Larwyn,
Cartoons Condemning the Terrorist Attacks in Algeria and Morocco

Road to Nowhere from the Dem Cong.

What Would It Take for Joe Lieberman to Fire Harry Reid? If he can find him, that is.
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After all this talk about the Dem Cong, I made an appointment for a facial
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Bob has the post on Alec Baldwin.
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When I first met Ed, I hugged him - which is a capital offense in some parts.
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In other news,
"Would you like another schnitzengruben?"
Man cuts off his own penis in busy restaurant
And he didn't leave a tip:

The paper reported that police subdued the man with CS spray and recovered his severed penis, which surgeons at St Thomas's hospital in south London attempted to re-attach. It was not known if the operation had been a success.

{{shudder}}