Weird news and odd events from around the globe.

The clock's ticking down to the Democratic convention and the party finds itself where it usually does every four years, acting like a bunch of crazed hamsters escaping their cages only to put their fuzzy little heads upon the Republicans' chopping block.

The Russians have Georgia on their minds and are showing it by reenacting Sherman's March to the Sea. The war puts former Cold Warriors toe to toe and demonstrates the Cold War isn't dead, it's just hibernating like an grouchy bear for the winter.

Weird news and odd events from around the globe.

John Edwards carefully cultivated an image with more than a passing resemblance to John F. Kennedy. He seemed like a golden boy, but he had a secret.

I have a fairly strong stomach when it comes to blogging. I write more days than I miss, but sometimes I take a day off because the unrelenting crapstorm our country has become is simply too much for me, and my rapidly rusting iron stomach, to digest.

Depending on which McCain ad you see, Johnny Walnuts thinks Obama is either a rock star or Charlton Heston wannabee. But, McCain seems to think the ability to talk to the masses is somehow a failing in a potential president.

McCainiacs have pinned the Messiah label on the O-Man. Rightly or wrongly it's easy to see, and that's why recent talk about his campaign's insularity is troubling.

Weird news and odd events from around the globe.

Walmart executives were accused today of trying to pressure their workers to vote Republican in the fall. In fact, Walmart is already searching for replacement workers. An ad in today's Huffington Post advertises Walmart jobs and includes photo of an attractive Muslim woman smilings for the camera.