IF YOU'RE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU'RE WITH THE TERRORISTS

I don't see how anyone could possibly write satire with stuff like this out there.

In an audio tape obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden criticised George Bush, the former US president, for rejecting the Kyoto pact and condemned global corporations.

"This is a message to the whole world about those responsible for climate change and its repercussions - whether intentionally or unintentionally - and about the action we must take," bin Laden said.

"Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury - the phenomenon is an actual fact."

This is like a great big Dagwood sandwich of riotous disinformation. I love it! (Thanks to Vyz.)

CALIFORNIA SAYS CRAP ON THE MOON A HISTORIC RESOURCE

The absurdity never stops. And when I say "crap on the moon," I'm being literal. Part of the (non-existent) lunar treasure trove includes "bags filled with human waste." I say it's equine waste.

California is poised to become the first state to register the items at Tranquility Base as an official State Historical Resource. If the State Historical Resources Commission approves the idea at a meeting in Sacramento today, it would be a victory for scientists who want to build support for having Tranquility Base designated a United Nations World Heritage Site in advance of what they believe will be unmanned trips to the moon by private groups, and even someday by tourists. Proposals to place the items on historic registries in Texas and New Mexico are planned for later this year.

How can you have "unmanned flights" by private groups and tourists? (Unless, of course, they're using the word "unmanned" to connote something too painful even to contemplate.)

Minor semantic quibbles aside, Dave McGowan must be laughing his ass off.