Bravery, Beer, and Barack: President Obama awards 23-year-old Marine Dakota Meyer with a Medal of Honor after fulfilling Meyer’s one request: to have a beer with the Prez.
In Heavy News: Cut off from international aid, Somalians face severe famine and disease. Tens of thousands are already dead — when will the rest of the world intervene?
When A “Poke” is Bad Thing: The Mexican drug war adds a new platform to its playing field: social media
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He’s Baaack: Five years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore returns with a 24-hour global screening of a shorter, more straight-to-the-point climate change awareness film.
Stalling the Race: Considering race a factor in a death row inmate’s initial 1997 trial, Texas officials delay his execution date.
Out of This World: For the first time (aside from in Star Wars), scientists discover a planet that orbits two suns.
A License to Love (I know, ridiculously cheesy): After Followers of Christ-related baby death, Oregon considers reinstating midwifery licenses.
Just Diggin’ Around: Six-year-old Emily Baldry unearths a 160-million-year-old ammonite fossil at a water park. WHAT.
Other Large Shelled Creatures of the Day: Giant African snails invade Miami! That is all.
Amish Rebels: These guys were arrested for not putting orange reflector triangles on the back of their buggies. Note how RIDICULOUSLY TALL these guys are. Ten bucks say top right guy’s been here before.
- FOR SHAME
Uh… not tall. Those are total inches. 66 does not equal 6’6″. It’s 66 inches, or 5’5″.
GOOD MORNING, ALEX! GOOD MORNING, RSI! HOW ARE YOU?!? I WAS ALSO THINKING WHAT ROCKSTARIVY SAID, THESE DUDES ARE SHORT. NOT TALL. THEY’RE ALL FAP-BAIT FOR SHMITTEN KITTEN.
Good money says the top left guy is your ringleader.
IF THE LENGTH OF THEIR BEARDS WERE APPLIED TOWARDS THEIR TOTAL HEIGHTS, THESE WOULD BE SOME AVERAGE-TO-TALL-SIZED FELLOWS.
GOOD MORNING! THANK TINY BABY JESUS IN HIS BABY CRIB IT’S FRIDAY!
THE SHIRE-FOLK HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF THE IRON-FIST OF THE LAWS OF MAN. THEY SHOULD BE FORGIVEN AS THEY ARE A GENTLE PEOPLE AND KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND DAMN YOU GRAHAM FOR BEATING ME TO SUGGESTING THAT ONE WOULD CONSIDER MASTURBATING TO THESE MUG SHOTS OF PETULANT AMISH GENTLEMEN.
YOU’RE ALWAYS BEATING ME.
The mugshots for the Amishfolk looks like the inside CD cover for the next great indie-rock band to come out of PDX.
YEAH: BAND NAMES—
REO SPEEDBUGGY
THE HOEDOWN SLOEDOWN
OLD WORLD RAMBLERS
AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THIN WHEELS
GROWING PUMPKINS
DEVENDRA BANHART
BUSTED BELLS
BAND OF HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
AMISHTAR
MONAGAMISH
LUDDITE OF MUDD
CHURN TO SHINE
BARNRAZOR
LOS BEARDOS
CREED
AMISH REBEL BUGGY CLUB
BLITZEN TRAPPER
FOUNTAINS OF GINGHAM
MENNONITERANGER
I say throw the book at them. Sew them into SpongeBob costumes and drop them in front of Hooters on Hollywood Boulevard.
Those guys actually show very good taste by not wearing moustaches.
How did you guys miss this news story?
2 guys drive around with dead buddy and use his ATM card to pay for beer and strippers.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/…
Surly-looking bunch. “English-only? We’ll kick your frikken asses!”
THEY HAVE BIZARRO GRAHAM FACIAL HAIR.
ZZ Tarp
Buckskin Underpants and the Itchy members
Iron and Wine
The Beardcemberists
Bulit to Spoil
REO Speedbuggy FTW!