Obama Appoints Mormon GOP Gov. Ambassador to China

1. Obama appoints GOP LDS Gov. of Utah Ambassador to China -
Gov. Huntsman is a Mormon with seven kids, who also backs civil unions for Gay Couples, has done his best to get the ridiculous alcohol laws in his state reeled back in , and speaks fluent Mandarin.  That’s called range my friends.  Some thought he would be a strong challenger to President Obama in 2012.  Instead, he’s off to Shanghai.  Best of luck to him.  Your neighbors to the north (Idaho) will miss your moderate ways sir… thanks for eliminating the Zion curtains.  (From the NY Times, Hot Air, and Salt Lake Tribune… and by the way, they prefer the terms LDS or Latter Day
Saints over Mormon.)

2. Bee Deaths linked to Pesticide - Imagine that, something that kills insects, killing insects.  All morbid and sarcastic bee jokes aside, if you like eating anything that comes out of the ground this is pretty big news.  No Farms no food right?  Right.  No bees no farms.  DDT eat your heart out.
(From Salon.com)

3. Do you love you Wife? – Scientifically speaking of course.  So… do you?  Okay, think about your wife.  Naked.  And stick your head in this MRI machine.  Let’s find out what’s going on in there.
(From Esquire)

4. German Car Maker Katze Fight - Volkswagen vs. Porsche in verbal slap fest over merger talks.  Call 911!  Volkswagen might pass-at and jetta-son this deal!  (From the London Times)

5. 17% of people have peed in a pool – You folks are nasty.  (From ABC News.com)  I believe the stat though.  If you’ve ever seen the waste reservoir from a public pool, the combined skin cells/hair/pee/poop/vomit sludge that they have in a holding tank and empty a few times a year looks something very similar to: