By the way, the “more expensive” link above looks like it’s broken.
Apologies if someone’s already shared it, but Lawrence of Cyberia is in the midst of an apparently neverending series (22 entries so far) based around those IDF T-shirts that have been making the rounds. The first one’s here.
And then if you need it, a chaser here.

Posted by: Quin | Mar 25 2009 11:35 utc | 3

“b”,
I just want to say thanks. I read every day, but don’t often make a comment. Your site is my first stop each day.

Posted by: Buckaroo | Mar 25 2009 14:34 utc | 5

Okay, so it’s not actually Agent Orange (it’s another broad-spectrum herbicide), but the principle is the same.

Posted by: Cloud | Mar 25 2009 15:47 utc | 7

d.13
your guns-and-nuts post sounds like somebody in the government has realized that all those firearms out there could lead to some serious problems in the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster in the USA.

Posted by: ralphieboy | Mar 25 2009 17:52 utc | 9

Tim Geithner seems really prone to screw things up. Sending the dollar down 1.3% in 10 minutes is not a easy feat:
Geithner Remarks on IMF Roil Foreign-Exchange Market (Update1)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent the dollar tumbling with comments about China’s ideas for overhauling the global monetary system, only to drive it back up by affirming that it should remain the world’s reserve currency.
Geithner was initially asked at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York about proposals from People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan for a new international reserve currency. He said “as I understand his proposal, it’s a proposal designed to increase the use of the IMF’s special drawing rights. And we’re actually quite open to that.”
The dollar slid as much as 1.3 percent against the euro within 10 minutes of news accounts of Geithner’s remarks. The U.S. currency was down 0.6 percent at $1.3553 as of 12:31 p.m. in New York.
Roger Altman, who worked with Geithner as deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, later asked Geithner whether he wanted to “clarify” his remarks.
“I’d like to ask one final question, in effect on behalf of the market,” said Altman, founder of Evercore Partners Inc. “Let me ask the question this way. Do you see any change over the foreseeable future in the basic role of the dollar as the world’s key reserve currency?”
‘Strong’ Dollar
Geithner responded by saying that “I think the dollar remains the world’s dominant reserve currency.” In an interview with CNBC broadcast after the event, the Treasury chief said that a “strong dollar” is in “America’s interest.”

Posted by: b | Mar 25 2009 19:39 utc | 11

Quin-
Sad, sad, sad; the depravity of humanity knows no bounds…

Posted by: d.13 | Mar 25 2009 21:59 utc | 13

d.13 I’ve been told (by the local preacher) Obama’s coming for my guns, but I just laugh at such talk. Anyone who wants my weapons will have to help me get rid of several thousand rounds of ammo first.

Posted by: Jim T. | Mar 26 2009 2:45 utc | 15

d.13 8) H-1388 GIVE Corps – Who is “The Corporation”? e.g. “The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal share of…”
and
“To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications submitted by predominantly Black institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and community colleges serving predominantly minority populations…”
What, Asians aren’t minorities?
“‘(A) IN GENERAL- The term ‘eligible partnership’ means–
‘(i) one or more community-based agencies that have demonstrated records of success in carrying out service-learning programs with disadvantaged students, and that meet such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish; in combination with;
‘(ii) (I) one or more local educational agencies for which–
‘(aa) a high number or percentage of the students served by the agency, as determined by the Corporation, are disadvantaged students; and
‘(bb) the graduation rate for the secondary school students served by the agency is less than 70 percent;
So to get GIVE funding, you have to be “successful” with disadvantaged students, provided you are not so “successful” you’ve graduated more than 3/4th’s of them? And the “Chief Executive Officer” can waive all those standards at his whim?
Who is the “Chief Executive Office” who can waive all these requirements? Brown’y?

Posted by: Anonymous | Mar 26 2009 3:27 utc | 17

@ralphieboy –
especially once all those guns in Mexico start drifting across an already porous border, one that could cease to function entirely if things go South…
The guns used in Mexico’s drug fights come from the U.S. – no need to smuggle them into the U.S. – to use them as you do to stir up fear in the U.S. is quite some bullshitting.
U.S. Guns Behind Cartel Killings in Mexico
U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Gangs; Second Amendment to Blame?
U.S. shares blame for Mexico drug violence, Clinton says

In candid comments aimed at reassuring a sensitive neighbor, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted Wednesday that the United States shares blame for Mexico’s drug violence, and promised more equipment and support to help the country’s war against traffickers.
Clinton said the U.S. has a duty to help since it is a major consumer of illicit drugs and a key supplier of weapons smuggled to cartel hit men.

Posted by: b | Mar 26 2009 11:29 utc | 19

Oops, I meant Cincinnati, damn need caffeine… must have coffee… coffee…

Posted by: d.13 | Mar 26 2009 11:39 utc | 21