it comes in pints?

Oh good grief

Here is what takes up a large portion of today's new bulletin from the Sackatomatoes Bee:

They changed boats, they rotated whale sounds, they adjusted volume. But after a day of trying Thursday, veterinarians and biologists were unable to entice a mother whale and her calf to leave the Port of Sacramento.
New Video: View the whales and the efforts to help them get back to the ocean.
Vote in our poll to name the whales
Fiction: Help us write a whale of a story
Interactive map of whales' journey

On the names, I wanted to vote for Tweedledum and Tweedledummer but those choices weren't listed:

Here are your choices:

1. The inspirational: Delta Dawn and Sunny, for both their motivation and destination.

For motivation and destination, "Suicide" and "Landfill" might be more appropriate.

2. The locational: Callie, short for California, and Poppy, for our state flower.

Maybe we should have a state cat food.

3. The pop cultural: Wanda and Willy, for the movies "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Free Willy."

"Dumb" and "Dumber"

4. The alliterational: George and Gracie, for not only their shared consonant, but after the two similarly imperiled humpbacks in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."

Since when are "George" and "Gracie" alliterative?

5. The navigational: Marco and Polo. 'Cause, well, duh.

For navigational, I should think that "Wrong Way Corrigan" is more appropriate.

Honorary mention goes to Moby Dick and Moby Jane and "This-A-Way" and "That-A-Way" for creativity. There's just no way we could fit them in a headline.

Okay, Moby Dick and Moby Jane is kind of amusing. Aside from that, I want to vomit.

Interesting quote

In light of recent events, I find this quote (courtesy of KSFO) to be rather interesting:

A misplaced moral squeamishness should not stop the president from talking about assassination. ... If we can kill [him], we should. ... What's unlawful and unpopular with the allies is not necessarily immoral. ... The president would no doubt pay a heavy political price if the operation failed but he would be a huge winner if he succeeded.

Hit the link to see exactly why it's interesting (note: I didn't link to the original article because the filthy money-grubbing swine charge for it.)

UPDATE: Rob of SayAnthing saw it too.

Rat's Ass Patrol

Does anyone actually give a rat's ass about Pat Robertson?

Does anyone actually give a rat's ass about Jesse Jackson?

Does anyone even remotely give a rat's ass about what Jesse Jackson says about Pat Robertson?

UPDATE: Brian B goes (somewhat) against the flow. I think his question is fairly easy to answer, though. We are not at war with Venezuela. If it were proven that Venezuela was harboring/aiding Islamic terrorists, then the situation would be different - potentially, Venezuela could become a legitimate theater of the war and Chavez could become a legitimate target.

UPDATE 2: I think Rat's Ass Patrol would be a great name for a rock band, as well as a new category. Reminds me of Christopher George.