Geez; did Reuters think it was a slow news day or something? First, we have this Reuters story:
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich may have been ridiculed for saying he had seen a UFO, but for some former military pilots and other observers, unidentified flying objects are no laughing matter.
An international panel of two dozen former pilots and government officials called on the U.S. government on Monday to reopen its generation-old UFO investigation as a matter of safety and security given continuing reports about flying discs, glowing spheres and other strange sightings.
“Especially after the attacks of 9/11, it is no longer satisfactory to ignore radar returns … which cannot be associated with performances of existing aircraft and helicopters,” they said in a statement released at a news conference.
While I don’t discount all things UFO-related as nuttery…I can think of a few more tangible things that taxpayer money could be spent on (if it must be spent to begin with…).
And then, over in the sidebar of the article, I saw a link to a different article that I just couldn’t resist checking out (and sharing), due to the “Eh?” factor:
More Australian voters would like to see Labor Opposition leader Kevin Rudd naked than their current prime minister, John Howard, a poll showed on Sunday just two weeks out from a hard-fought general election. [...]
The survey found 34 percent of respondents wanted to see Rudd, 50, with his gear off, more than double the 16 percent who said the same thing about Howard, 68.[...]
“No one wants a prime minister who doesn’t look good naked,” Zoo editor Paul Merrill was quoted as saying.
Naked politicians? Ewww!
