06.30.09 ‘SCAT IS THE NATURE WORD FOR POOP’
This video nearly makes me speechless. Cleveland’s Fox affiliate did an investigation on a black bear in a suburban neighborhood, only nobody got a picture or a video of the bear, so the reporter has to rely on eyewitness testimony. Eyewitness testimony, and a CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF A BEAR. And then the camera zooms in on the cardboard cutout, and the reporter says — I swear to God this happens –
“This is what the bear probably looked like. Except real.”
YES. I love it. With just a little more fear-mongering, we could actually see the formation of the nation’s first Bear Patrol.



[via @RainnWilson]

Hey marine, it’s Eliza Do-little on a new computer. I just wanted to point out to everyone that today is the day we’re removing troops from Iraqi cities (though not the country, sadly). We can debate for hours what this means in terms of lingering instability in the region, about al-Qaeda taking the opportunity to re-ignite secular tensions, and so on. But as for me, I’m just going to take today and celebrate that for the first time in 6 years, we’re taking steps towards bringing soldiers home. I hope you’ll join me tonight in raising a glass for those 131,000 who have to stay behind. And as always, take a moment to remember those who will never come back.
-E