I wonder...

You know, on a normal day, a lot of things strike me at odd. Sometimes oddly wonderful, sometime oddly annoying, sometimes just downright odd....

SO here a few of the things I think are odd today...
Ran across this YouTube blurb that reveals Ann Coulter basically calling a Democratic candidate for President John Edwards a fag. Its a nicely worded barb, but the thing is...I didn't see any humor in her when she said it, and that's what bothers me. Of course, if there enough of a stir she'll do the rounds and perform a dismissive mea culpa; and probably without pausing to draw another breath tell us all to get over it. Look, I don't give a crap about this stuff for the most part, but its the sort of mean-spirited polarizing commentary that has really disaffected many voters. You want to claim its a joke making a parody of the overly-sensitive nature of our society (thanks to liberal pussies no doubt) by throwing a reference to the black guy from Grey's Anatomy who had to go to "rehab" for calling a co-worker a "faggot" that is fine, but watch the clip...I don't see any dark humor behind her eyes, like I might with an actual comedienne.

Oh well, how about this story about a U.S. expert on Russia Intelligence getting shot in his driveway just days after appearing on Dateline NBC and claiming the Russian government has a underground campaign to silence critics of Vladimir Putin. Ummm, guess its not so underground anymore....

Talk about a Japanese two-step, I haven't a politician dance like a cat on a hot tin roof this well since William J.
On Thursday, Japan's PM Shinzo Abe said "The fact is, there is no evidence to prove there was coercion." He was referring to the Japan's abuse of hundreds of thousands of women during World War II, when the Imperial Army furnished what were known as "comfort women" for its troops abroad.
Today his special advisor was jumping through his ass to control the damage. "Though there are many definitions of coercion, Prime Minister Abe has said ... that he will stand by the Kono statement,'' said Hiroshige Seko, special adviser in charge of Abe's public relations, referring to a 1993 statement issued by then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono apologizing to the victims of sex slavery. The Kono statement also acknowledged many women were forced into prostitution and that the military government was involved in some cases.