The Muslim Brotherhood certainly does not have as one of its goals to impose sharia on the Western world. They're not a terrorist organization, they're not affiliated with al Qaeda -- the organizations actually mostly hate each other, and don't share similar theological underpinnings. Sure, it's a lie that Abedin is a member of Muslim Brotherhood, but it's also a lie to state that they want to impose sharia on the world. They are nationalist organization. In Egypt, by the way, both under Sadat and Mubarak, sharia is in the constitution as THE source of the law -- which illustrates the variation in interpretation of sharia, what with alcohol sales, gambling, etc. in Egypt. Naysayers and Islamophobes feel free to chime in, but please believe me when I tell you that I know what I am talking about. And Stranger, you might want to rewrite that part of your story.

It's a damn good thing that Kinder eggs are being kept out of the country, given that this is the way they advertised them in England:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W--6KM27…

Hey July, we are done with you. You can go ahead and leave 5 or 6 days early. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. Worst month of the year so far!

Rest in peace, Chris (J.P. Patches)! I loved your show on KIRO!
Gertrude, too!

@6: Yeah, there's a lot of batshit craziness going on!
I agree: what's up with that? Can somebody put a leash and a muzzle on Michele Bachmann, and castrate Shitt Romney and Batman bizarre lunatic, James E. Holmes too, while they're at it?
At least this insane month ends with my birthday.
I 'm already planning on getting comfortably numb.
MAYBE I'll make it to August 1st.

1: Sorry! [His girlfriend] should've gotten brackets, taking it out of your moth and shoving it in mine. (With no previous mention of Gertrude, I thought she needed a slight introduction.)

2: That's not a pull quote, it's just a quote. And what's "witty" about calling someone a girlfriend?

3: Thanks, a line about that being Bachmann's perception was dropped. Fixing.

(Confidential to myself: Remember all this stuff for the 2012 Regrets issue.)

Out of your mouth, not out of your moth. (The regrets list keeps growing..)

You're welcome. In all of the reporting I'v seen on this issue, nobody seems to care to point out that the Muslim Brotherhood is not any kind of threat to the US.

No byline? How regrettable.