Wonkette

No snark possible on that first one. God rest their souls. It's too bad the Bushies don't care.

Right, no snark on the Iraq War deaths. Let's hope it doesn't appear in print too closely to the Malthusian story, which is especially interesting given that Heritage Foundation and other fundies have been circulating a film on the dangers of underpopulation. It's called "Demographic Winter: the decline of the Human Family."
[www.demographicwinter.com]

mmmmmmmmmm i love good news on a monday morning.

So, after 12 years in power Republicans have just now decided that they're fat and lazy? Evidently they forgot ugly and disrespectful, and need a turkey pot pie.

So basically the "overpopulation experts" are predicting the world will be like taking the Metro at rush hour? I hope at least there will be recorded announcements.

"Please refrain from cannibalism. Thank you."

Which one of the seven signs of the apocalypse is this that gawd fearers talk about?

You sure this wasn't a combined double secret UN covert NorthKorean-Iraqi-Iranian nukluler weapons site located in Bill and Hillary's backyard of Arkansas that 'merican forces didn't just neutralize with precision air strikes, smart weapons and special forces?

What are you hearing on x-ian radio?

What color is the alert level?

Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

[www.nytimes.com]

March 23, 2008

Authorities: Ark. Meat Factory Explodes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 4:39 p.m. ET

BOONEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A meat packing plant exploded Sunday afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people and forcing homes to be evacuated because ammonia gas leaked into the air, state officials said.

Flames poured out of the Cargill Meat Solutions plant just after 2 p.m., witnesses said. It wasn't immediately known how many homes were evacuated in the western Arkansas town of 4,000, emergency management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said.

A hazardous materials team from Sebastian County was heading to Booneville, Preslar said

Meredith Voges, 22, of Connecticut, said she heard the explosion while staying at a hotel just behind the plant. Voges, a member of a film crew shooting footage for a television program about a Booneville school principal, said hotel staff and police urged everyone to leave the area.

''The whole factory was ablaze with black smoke flying into the air, plumes of smoke,'' Voges said.

Cargill Inc. has about 2,000 employees in Arkansas, according to its Web site. Mark Klein, a spokesman for the Minneapolis-based company, said the plant was closed Sunday, but about 20 contractors and a few other employees were at the site at the time of the fire.

Klein said the plant, which produces frozen ground beef patties and steaks, uses ammonia in its refrigeration system. The plant employs about 800 people.

Booneville is about 90 miles northwest of Little Rock.

Wait till the H5N1 super bird flu pandemic hits and wipes out our overcrowded cities and overwhelms everyone's healthcare systems. We'll have plenty of grain, room and water then so suck on that Malthus!

Meh. I eat crackers in SOUP.

From the "Politico" article:

"After twelve years of being in power, you tend to get fat and lazy, and in some cases arrogant with respect to your positions," said Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican party. "There is no doubt that we have had people who have gotten caught up in both illegal activities and immoral activities and none of that helps the party as a whole."

Michigan Republicans are nothing if not pragmatic. You can slide if you get caught in either illegal or immoral stuff but if you get nabbed while doing both then you might have a problem.

Smart guys. Probably why the Democrats have both U.S. Senators plus the governorship in Michigan.

@oneninesevenfour: I say start putting birth control pills in the water supply.

Perhaps they should change the name to 'Beer Steins' to make the deal more...palatable. :p

Also, overpopulation? Various countries have zero pop growth. It's the third world's fault. I doubt overpopulation will be the real problem. Oh no, it'll be Zombies/Flu/Global Harming/Pandimensional Demonic Butt-munchers from Planet Fubar/Crop circles gone wild or somesuch.

Or perhaps the Scientologists are right and Xenu will enslave us all, the fuckers, and I for one am not looking forward to kissing John Travolta's ass.

@terrymct: There is one man who will be very generously rewarded for his efforts (by Haliburton) and will live fat and happy evermore:

Mr. Cheney, did you know the war casualties have now reached the 4000 mark?

"So?"