More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
New Zealand care-givers complain that their company was trying to make them perform
stress-relief handjobs on disabled patients.
Nelson Mail
Recession hits Wisconsin bank robber: couldn't
afford a mask? Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee)
Various federal agencies gave at least $5B in contracts targeted to
"small businesses" that long ago outgrew smallness, and it's been a chronic problem, apparently. (Bonus: The real scandal, though, is that even when the gov't properly applies its criteria, "small business" ain't Joe The Plumber. They're
huge small businesses.)
Washington Post
Iran's getting nervous again about what they assume is omniscient U.S. spy technology. Just as last year, they're complaining about
"spy pigeons," i.e., actual birds that turn up in the neighborhood of their nuclear complex, wired with "invisible string" and metal rings.
Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
News to drive the proprietors of
WeirdUniverse.net nuts: Thanks to sensors and computer algorithms, there's a
houseplant on a store counter in Japan that is creating a daily blog, and you know damn well it gets way-more hits than we get.
Daily Telegraph (London)
Update: By the way,
The Smoking Gun posted the mug shot and police report of our
car-wash vacuum guy from yesterday.
The Smoking Gun
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