Friday, May 7, 2010

Florida & Fauna

1. A law proposal in Florida prohibiting the act of bestiality has failed to pass the Florida congress for a second time. And for a second time, Florida congressmen meet after for a drink and awkwardly ignore the elephant in the room... the very frightened elephant in the room.

2. Sarah Palin this week is seeing a backlash from her tea party supporters after she endorsed California conservative Carly Fiorina for the US Senate. "Please rethink your position and support Chuck Devore... the Tea Party Express supports him and you should too," wrote one Facebook user. Palin finally sees that no matter what side of tea bagging you're on, no one's happy.

3. Another less publicized law was passed in Arizona recently that prohibits anyone from "intentionally or knowingly creating a human-animal hybrid." Proponents say the law tries to establish ethical standards in the field of genetic research. Local minotaur retirees were split on the issue.

4. Today, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed the first Arab-friendly domain names in what's being called a "significant change to internet domain names." But too bad if you're late to the party, as "dieUSA.com" and "killinfidels.com" are already taken!

5. Two former Real World cast members have announced they are running for political office. Kevin Powell of the first season is running for a Congressional district in Brooklyn and Sean Duffy from Real World: Boston is running in Wisconsin. No specifics yet on where they stand on the issues, but critics say both candidates are taking money from Big Hot Tub.

High five.