Crazier Than a Shithouse Rat

All climbers have a screw loose somewhere, but this guy takes the absolute cake:




He has no concept of how selfish he is.  When he gets killed, and he will be, somebody else is going to have to clean him up.  It'll probably be Yosemite and the taxpayers who will pick up the tab when he is scraped off the valley floor.

News Briefs

This is the latest about the search for the two missing Mount Hood climbers:

The massive search effort to locate a pair of stranded climbers high on Mount Hood stretches into its fourth day today with no sign or clue of the young man and woman.

Volunteer searchers are convening about 7 a.m. for their first meeting of the day. They are expected to review the weather forecast for the mountain and decide whether to dispatch search and rescue crews up the mountain to find Katie Nolan, 29, of Southeast Portland; and Anthony Vietti, 25, of Longview, Wash., who headed toward the summit early Friday morning and were never seen again.

Unlike the past three days, when the Black Iron Grill in the Wy’East Day Lodge was filled with mountain rescuers, this morning it is empty. Outside a steady snow continues to fall at Timberline Lodge. The lack of activity marks a significant change from the past few days.

Officials with Portland Mountain Rescue and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office are expected to make an announcement at 10 a.m. about future search efforts.

Suffice it to say it doesn't look good.
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What kind of deal, if any, was cut for Senator Lieberman to do a complete turnaround regarding expanding Medicare coverage for those 55 and over?

And if a deal is cut, then there is no doubt at all it will benefit the Republican Party, which yours truly has NEVER written off as irrelevant or on the fringe. A bad penny always returns, you know.
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Whether or not Obama cheated on his own report card, my grade for his first year is hovering around a C-minus overall, and a flat-out "F" for education.
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There's been a big deal made out of a case of a frustrated teacher who cut a first-grader's braid after the girl was playing around with it.

The teacher will be disciplined by the school district, but no, there will be no criminal charges brought.

She was fined $175 for disorderly conduct.

More is here.

Miscellaneous News

I can't believe the situation is so bad economically, people resort to turning their horses loose in the wild, where they will almost certainly die.
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A woman dies in a climbing accident on Mt. Shasta in California.
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For less than $100K, you can actually buy a house in the Bay Area.
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Phil Spector's lawyer doesn't have a lot of good things to say about his client.
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