Congrats to the New Orleans Saints on their upset victory Sunday night in the Superbowl. We were in NOLA last year and saw how the city loved their team, so it was good to see some positive stories come out of that abused city. But more on that tomorrow.

Speaking of abuse, prior to the big game, some headline seeking jackwads circulated warnings to parents that “in the interest of public safety” that Pete Townshend of The Who was going to “at large” in the Miami area but that he “is not expected to establish residency”. All this due to Townshend’s arrest on accessing child porn.

So Pete, wag that he is, turns up to play halftime looking like this:

Remind you of anybody?

The only abuse occurred near a vocal mic, Roger Daltery, looking every bit like his character as a chorus director on That 70s Show, couldn’t sing to save his life, even with backing tapes. But Pete made rude guitar noises, and really, that’s all you want out of The Who anyway.

WHO DAT!

Bestiality ban to cut video source

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.

Sex with animals had been legal in the Netherlands, as long as it could be proven the animals were not injured.

I guess if I wanna see pig fucking, its back to CSPAN.

Dalai Lama to meet Obama at White House this month

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will welcome the Dalai Lama to the White House this month for a meeting sure to enflame tensions between China and the U.S.

China, which believes that shunning the exiled Tibetan monk should be a basic principle of international relations, was quick to denounce the meeting.

About time they met. And oh yeah…fuck the Chinese.

Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India

The last speaker of an ancient language in India’s Andaman Islands has died at the age of about 85, a leading linguist has told the BBC.

Languages in the Andamans are thought to originate from Africa. Some may be 70,000 years old.

I guess the last few years had to be boring for the guy, with nobody to talk to, don’t ya think?

License to Kill? Intelligence Chief Says U.S. Can Take Out American Terrorists

The director of national intelligence affirmed rather bluntly today that the U.S. intelligence community has authority to target American citizens for assassination if they present a direct terrorist threat to the United States.

According to U.S. officials, only a handful of Americans would be eligible for targeting by U.S. intelligence or military operations. The legal guidance is determined by the National Security Council and the Justice Department.

Actions that threaten Americans is your criteria? Um, there’s a couple of guys who illegally invaded sovereign nations a few years ago, leading to an increase in terrorist activity targeting Americans. You might want to look them up, they give motivational speeches and hiss out lies on Fox these days. Can’t miss ‘em.

Italy Seizes Bank of America, Dexia Assets Amid Probe

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) – Italy’s financial police are seizing 73.3 million euros ($102 million) of assets from Bank of America Corp. and a unit of Dexia SA as part of a probe into an alleged derivatives fraud in the region of Apulia.

Prosecutors allege that when the banks arranged swaps and created a fund that invests money the region set aside to repay the bonds in 2023, they misled the region about the economic advantages of the transaction. Banks skewed the swaps to their advantage to hide fees, the prosecutor said.

Funny, they robbed us blind and lied in this country too, yet here we let them elect a president and give them cash for their trouble. Hmm.

Man and Groom

On November 3, in a close vote, the voters of Washington state appear to have approved Referendum 71, creating civil unions for same-sex couples with all the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage. The name “marriage” was left off only for purposes of reassuring the timid. Proponents wanted, desperately and insistently, to win a statewide vote on gay marriage after losing 31 statewide votes across the United States, and as Liberty goes to press it seems they have done it.

Eventually same-sex marriage will come to all 50 states. Two things make it inevitable. The first is the social acceptance of openly gay couples. The second is their adoption of children. Marriage follows. It is taking time because of older people’s discomfort with homosexuality, but younger people are much more accepting of it. They see the question as one of fairness and tolerance, and also as a practical matter of specific legal rights that adults and their dependent children need. Over time, their views will prevail, in liberal places first and conservative places later.

Not a day too soon either.

Why Has the FDA Allowed a Drug Marked ‘Not Safe for Use in Humans’ to Be Fed to Livestock Right Before Slaughter?

While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer.

How does a drug marked, “Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask” become “safe” in human food? With no washout period?

Why indeed? Because someone makes money doing it. Pure and simple. Our health is secondary to their profit margin.

Of course, they didn’t say a word when Bush did it, but nobody expects anything but pandering and “no” from these losers:

Senators push legislation to pull funding for civilian 9/11 trial

Washington (CNN) — Several senators announced legislation Tuesday that would cut off funding for the federal trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accused accomplices, saying the five should be tried in a military court.

“The law enforcement model being used by the Obama administration should be rejected,” Graham said. “We’re not fighting a crime, we’re fighting a war.”

Actually, you’re not fighting a war, since none has been declared since 1941, but whatever.

Is this the best office gadget? A lavatory paper machine

Instead of sending shredded documents to a recycling centre, incurring expense and energy, office managers will soon be able to feed them into a machine and turn them into lavatory paper.

The manufacturers of the White Goat machine estimates it costs about 10c (6p) to turn the waste paper into loo paper – equating to about six times cheaper than a roll of Andrex White Toilet Tissue, which usually retails for about 38p.

Just have to watch out for staples!