• The Write Jerry has launched a new site, Bent Sense. The new site is dedicated to news stories, products, celebrities and anything else that defies common sense. Stop by and check it out during the launch!



• MSNBC / Newsweek have posted a story advising Hillary Clinton's political opponents on the best ways to beat her. Of course, considering the source, it's no surprise that the story is really a pro-Hillary puff piece. The last piece of advice is to be grateful just to compete against her. After all, if you're gracious, she might invite you to the White House while she's president. Isn't that cute!
  
  I will be the Queen of Scotland before Hillary Clinton will be POTUS.



• Don Imus might be back on broadcast radio this September.



• MCF directed me to the following video: What would happen if Hitler's Xbox Live account were canceled? I apologize in advance for the language. It shouldn't be a surprise, though… after all, it's that a**hole Hitler.
  




• Oh No! Rapper Remmy Ma has been arrested for attempted murder!
  

  At her arraignment on Sunday, Remmy Ma pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other counts and a judge granted the prosecution's request for bail to be set at $250,000, according to The Associated Press. She was released from New York's Rikers Island prison after her manager put up his home as collateral, according to New York's Daily News.

  
  As you might imagine, after reading that shocking story I sat here asking myself "Who in the HELL is Remmy Ma?"



• From the "There Must Be A Better Way To Amuse Bulls" department:
  

  MADRID, Spain—Two American brothers were recovering on Friday from their serious injuries after they were gored during the bloodiest day yet at the San Fermin (Running of the Bulls) festival in the northeastern city of Pamplona.
  
  Lawrence Lenahan, 26, of Hermosa Beach, Calif. and his brother, Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, Pa. were gored Thursday by a bull who strayed from the pack, turned around half way and charged the wrong way during the daily morning bull run. Thirteen people in total were injured and seven were gored, including the Lenahan brothers and other two men very seriously.
  
  Michael Lenahan, a sales executive for General Mills, was injured shortly before the bull ring—the end point of the daily runs—after the bulls horn entered beneath his skin in his right shin, causing him to recoil back, jaw open. The moment, caught on film, made the front page of several Spanish newspapers.

  
  
  Look, I recognize that everybody needs to get an adrenalin rush from time to time. Fine. I get it. But this is just dumb. I have a hard time feeling a lot of sympathy for people who get hurt doing something this dumb and dangerous. I get the impression that the Lenahan brothers weren't actually running, though. It sounds like they were just hanging out in close proximity to one of the most reckless, dangerous and stupid displays in human history.
  
  Are people so desperate for adrenalin that they've actually kept this stupid tradition alive this long?
  
  There is a less dangerous alternative: Every summer, usually toward mid August, I get the chance to engage in an annual festival while mowing my lawn. The festival is called "The Running Of The Hornets". Once a year I manage to push my lawnmower into a nest of hornets in my back yard. This always takes me by surprise, since I'm dumb. And since I'm always surprised, I always get a nice adrenalin rush as I dart away from the lawnmower, waving my arms and cursing and running to my basement door.
  
  Yeah, it's painful … but it's a lot better than a bullhorn through the gizzard.



• Go without checking the Onion for a few weeks and who knows what kind of wonderful things you'll miss:
  
  John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By 2011
  

  AMES, IA—In an effort to jump-start a presidential campaign that still has not broken into the top Democratic tier, former Sen. John Edwards made his most ambitious policy announcement yet at a campaign event in Iowa Monday: a promise to eliminate all unpleasant, disagreeable, or otherwise bad things from all aspects of American life by the end of his second year in office.
  
  "Many bad things are not just bad—they're terrible," said a beaming Edwards, whose "Only the Good Things" proposal builds upon previous efforts to end poverty, outlaw startlingly loud noises, and offer tax breaks to those who smile frequently. "Other candidates have plans that would reduce some of the bad things, but I want all of them gone completely."

  
  
  This is the Onion, so it is satire. I think. I'm not sure, though … after all, this is the same candidate who really promised Americans that if they'd elect John Kerry in '04, quadriplegics would be able to walk again.

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