Bits 'n Pieces

• "FREE BOB!!!" "We want the moose to be loose."
• "No-Duh" science via Bourque
• Of course they are, you "Anus of National Security"! They'd be criminally negligent if they weren't planning. 'Course, then you procreate the evil spawn of the foolish feeder frenzy, just as a bonus.
• Definition: "sour puss"
• "shriveled Sheehan-Sheen left that's in effect urging on American failure in Iraq"
• "Math Games with Cockroaches" "Let's see the little buggers do fractions."
• It's "obvious who will own the U.N.'s human rights agenda: Membership "shall be based on equitable geographical distribution and seats shall be distributed among the regional groups as follows: African Group 13, Asian Group 13, Eastern European Group 6, Latin American and Caribbean Group 8, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 7." (The United States is in the WEOG group.)
  Which brings us to the candidates that have put themselves forward. First out of the gate for the African group is Algeria. And throwing their hats into the ring for the Asian group are China, Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, among others. The Latins? Cuba to start." ............... "Feverish vote-swapping among regional groups is now in full swing for the secret-ballot election to the council, and one can be sure the horse trading has nothing to do with protecting human rights "..................... countries standing for election can choose to make a public pledge that they will eventually protect human rights. In the words of the secretary general, "states wishing to be elected to the new Council will put forward their pledges and commitments to protect and promote human rights. It will be up to their fellow member states to evaluate these promises." The U.N., however, for reasons that became clear as soon as the Algerians and Cubans made their pledges, has decided not to translate these pledges, but to make them available only in their original language, thus impeding evaluation of their worth. So far, only 15 of the 42 declared candidates have made such pledges. While the U.N. budget for 2006-2007 anticipates that the organization will translate 582,781 pages (one-fifth of the cost being borne by American taxpayers), the 15 pages of pledges won't be among them." My bold.

Updated ... somewhere in the midst. It's Sunday.