Happy to see that law enforcement can still be level headed on occasion. From The Register on the case of the 3 cell phone buying entrepreneurs¹ come terrorists:

The FBI said Monday that it had no information to indicate that the men in custody had any ties to terrorist organisations, the Associated Press reports. Nevertheless, the local police and prosecutors seem persuaded that they’ve foiled a dastardly plot, and appear prepared, for now, to go through with the prosecutions.

Wait, what?

¹ Oh come on, you know you’d be the first to set up an eBay store if you found out this scheme could be profitable!

No, I’m not talking about the Dateline interview with Britney Spears.

And its not the Jay Leno show where he booked Ann Coulter and George Carlin back to back.

Its my new (again) hero Stephen Colbert interviewing the Congressman from the Georgia 8th District Lynn Westmoreland. He’s the man that co-sposored a bill to display the 10 Commandments in Congress, and when put on the spot by Stephen he can’t name more then 3 of them! As usual crooks and liars has the video. Its a must watch.

So take 5 minutes out of your day, regardless of your political leaning, and have a laugh (or maybe a good cry).

Sometimes it takes so little to make me laugh.

$260,000 sunk into a state slogan —tossed.

Elaborate contest where you too can write the new state motto takes place and a new motto found.

But wait just a second!

N.J. Scraps New Slogan; It’s Been Used

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey officials had said the new state slogan — “Come See for Yourself” — would highlight the Garden State’s true beauty.

But it turns out that at least one other state already had the same idea.

State tourism officials say they have canned the slogan because some states, including West Virginia, have used it in the past.

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UPDATE: Fark is on the case