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Bush, the whompee, made nice with his whompers at the State of the Union Address. He told Nancy Pelosi her father would be proud. Nancy didn't speculate on 41's feeliness.

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Well, at least somebody isn't running for president.  Evan Bayh dropped out.

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Ever since Saddam took the hanging gold medal on style points the Iraqis have continued to tweak their technique.

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti lost his head when his weight to drop length ratio was miscalculated.

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Suicide bombers have further cause for humiliation. Art Buchwald's obit video is much funnier than theirs.

If you prefer, here's a print version.

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The president is having a hard timing keeping his own party from the exits for the final act.

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A Cleveland Clinic doctor induced a brain aneurysm in a dog for a medical sales demo.  The presentation was fatal to man's best friend. 

In addition to medicine shows, the highly self-regarded institution treats Cleveland Browns players, also known as "Dawgs" around here. The team is suffering a staph infection epidemic.

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Margaret Carlson makes a conventional observation in Bloomberg that "Bush went general-shopping to
come up with one who would agree with him".

Bush isn't the only customer at the general store.  Lincoln bought and sold several generals. According to Kingfish historian, T. Harry Williams, "Lincoln had to personally reorient even Grant's objectives".

I will grant that our friend Mencken is more Mencken than Bush is Lincoln.  But Bush has made a change in strategy.  Daniel Henninger takes a serious look at the Petraeus plan in today's WSJ.

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Steve Jobs and Apple are in trouble for backdating.  Backdating is a complex financial prodecure requiring Mr. Jobs to call old girlfriends.

According to Holman Jenkins of the Wall Street Journal it is a perfectly legitimate business practice.  A special 2 man committee, including Apple director and Internet inventor, Al Gore, investigated Jobs and cleared him. 

Since executive options come out of the existing shareholders' hide you'd think they'd be pretty steamed about the whole backdating thing. Not. Apple stock rose to record highs.

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Ohio State quarterback, Troy Smith's, Heisman trophy failed to ward off the Florida gators in the school night national championship game.

Running away only provoked the flesh eating gators, some of whom play without helmets and can easily outpace any human in short bursts.   

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Winters in Northeast Ohio where I live are usually brisk.  I often build a hockey rink in my backyard.  My kids are too old to use it much but I still enjoy standing in the cold late at night with a wet hose in my frozen hand. I've been denied my peculiar pleasure the past 2 years because Ohio now enjoys a Mediterranean climate. 

I'm sure my brother-in-law, the biologist, would tell me it's because of man-made global warming.  Maybe it is but I haven't heard from him. He lives out West. Maybe he'll drop us a line, if his avalanche transponder has email capability.