GAHH, here’s an insane joke from ancient oil baron George H.W. Bush about how he ran into “one of the ugliest, angriest women I’ve ever seen,” some lady who loved abortion, the punchline being that he would never in a million years have fucked her. Then Bill Clinton speaks — they were doing one of their little field trips together? — in awe of Bush’s ability to get away with that kind of humor, because, uh, George Bush Sr. never cheated on his wife (heheheheh). [YouTube]

So, Pentagon, Defense Department and, well, Canada: Are you trying to make us giggle at the war in Afghanistan? Really? You want Americans to have to stifle laughter at the thought of our troops and allies finally securing the lawless southern regions? Because you just named your offensive “Operation Mount and Thrust,” and there’s no way there wasn’t someone out there in Crystal City with a mind as immature as ours to tell you what you were doing before you got the press releases and commemorative t-shirts printed up. MORE »