Fly the Scary Skies
I don't know about anyone else, but my freakout meter just went up another notch. Air France, in response to specific threats, has canceled six flights between Los Angeles and Paris over the next three days. This comes on top of tough security measures already in place at LAX.

Well, that's all fine and dandy for now, but what have we accomplished in the longer term? If no one has actually been arrested, what's to keep these people from getting on a plane next month instead? Or rebooking their flights out of San Diego?

What makes this most recent Code Orange alert different from others we've had since 9-11-01 is that previous warnings in Turkey and Saudi Arabia have proven to remarkably prescient. Western intelligence services have obviously refined their techniques over the past year. That should give this latest report of "increased chatter" more credibility.
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Bad Moos
The once secure American beef industry has been rocked by news that a case of "mad cow" disease has turned up in Washington state.

No word on what Rosie O'Donnell was doing in Washington state in the first place.
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Send in the Clones
Texas A & M has announced that it has successfully cloned a whitetailed deer.

Jesus H. Frikkin' Christ!!! Don't we have enough damn deer as it is?!? You see the remains of the stupid things littering the sides of highways like beer cans, and now some geeky scientists are wasting valuable time and resources to make even more of them? What are they thinking?

These people should be cloning something worthwhile.... Like more Paris Hiltons.

I know I wouldn't mind having one of those around.
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On Alert
The nation continues at Code Orange for terror attack even as it celebrates a beef-free Christmas Eve. Overall, most people seem to be dealing with the heightened risk of fiery death and utter destruction in a cool, calm, and collected manner.