While You Were at the Bar 6/26

News you can cruise:

Kermit Love, the designer of Big Bird's costume on Sesame Street, died this weekend in New York at the age of 91. Love also design the costumes and puppets for other Sesame Street characters, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. Oh, and he also designed the scary ass Sunggle bear. That one, I could do without.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that child rape is not punishable by death due to the fact that murder is not involved. The Court decided that death is too harsh of a punishment for child rape, no matter the circumstances of the crime. Therefore, a man in Louisiana who raped his EIGHT YEAR OLD stepdaughter and challenged his sentence, will not be put to death. Interestingly enough, both Barack Obama and John McCain disagreed with the ruling.

Pressure is mounting on Zimbabwe to cancel its presidential election scheduled for Friday. Current president Robert Mugabe is accused of using violence to threaten and scare his opposition, which lead to his opponent pulling out of the race. Many countries have declared that the election would have no credibility.

News you can booze:

The Brothel Bus that cruised Miami Beach offering drinks, lap dances and oral sex for a fee has been stopped in its tracks. Get this: the suspected operator of this whole shebang is a 29 year old woman!

Sword of the Day:

Testing: A basis for evaluation or judgment

I am just testing you to see who is actually reading and paying attention.