Thursday’s Briefing: Surprise, Sarcasm, And Yes, More Poop

by Contributor | June 5, 2008 11:02 am

Isn’t it a glorious day? The absurdly long, Bataan-death-march of a primary season is finally over. Now we can spend the next six months enjoying Bataan-death-march-2: The General Election. Yes, just glorious. On to a mishmash of news from elsewhere:

Wednesday morning, good government groups ripped Gov. Paterson a new one[1] for not instantly reforming government. Wednesday afternoon, he proposed a package of reforms[2]. Say Republicans in the Legislature: Forget it.[3]

There’s more push-back on the gay marriage issue, coming soon to a radio near you[4].

The Gov ordered state agencies to cut their budgets. Here’s what 23 agencies will cut[5].

While state lawmakers were busy cutting money to the state’s public university system, they were quietly NOT cutting money to private colleges and universities[6].

High gas prices are forcing more of us onto public buses. Those transit agencies want state help[7].

And the state wants you to know that your next campfire could kill us all[8].

The New York State Bar Association wants to investigate wrongful convictions[9].

The NY Times visits a paper mill in the North Country[10] and finds a comeback story worth telling.

Apropos of not-very-much:

Combine teenaged hormones with cell phone cameras and what do you get? The latest threat to civilization[11].

You know that when the defendant is named “Tommy Shots” that you’ve got a Mob roundup[12] on your hands.

Speaking of crime: Crimefighters say poker faces will help[13].

The US Military Academy will sing in a strictly gender-neutral way[14] from now on.

From the Art Department:

The Secret Service cannot be accused of subtlety of thought. They see the words “assassination” and “Barack Obama” and “Hillary Clinton” and figure they’d better have a “chat” with the artist[15].

Meantime, a Buffalo artist’s new exhibition is made up of the stuff the government seized[16] from him in a failed bioterror investigation.

Your Daily Constitutional:

State lawmakers consider dog poop[17].

And I’m not sure what’s worse: That there’s a unit of New York City’s Sanitation Department that prowls the streets looking to ticket people who don’t pick up after their dogs[18] or that the New York Times sent a reporter and photographer to spend an entire day with them. And whadda ya call these “investigators”, anyway? Poopshoes?

And finally:

My favorite T-shirt slogan of all time is this one: American Sarcasm Society. As if we care what you think. (Well, it’s really my second favorite. My favorite was on a really large gentleman. It said, “I Beat Anorexia”. But I digress…)

Now I know why that T-shirt makes me laugh[19].

What did we miss? Drop it in the comments. Like I care….

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