J Begs to Differ

I mentioned the New World Disorder piece on "cowboy poker" to J, my Very Significant Other. I should first point out that the come-on blurb for this article is:

"Mr. Polhamus operates an annual rodeo in La Crosse, where one of the most popular events is "cowboy poker," a contest in which four volunteers from the audience sit at a card table as a Mexican fighting bull is released into the ring."

That's the part that caught J's attention, so I jumped on ahead to the original Washington Times article.

When I got to this part ...

"During a recent Saturday night show, a capacity crowd of 5,500 watched as four cowboy poker players faced a 750-pound bull named Klingon."

...she stopped me and said "That's a Mexican fighting calf! He would have horns only about this long!"

Now, J is a farm girl and has reason to know Stuff About Large Animals, but since the length indicated by "this long" was about the same as our best steak knives...

Jane's offers real security warnings

Forget that nonsense you get from the national news conglomcos. If you want to do a better job than the FBI, go over to Jane's International and make your own security asssessments. Link

"Thought Leader" - That's an Orwell coinage, isn't it?

It's entirely possible that William Grosso is a nice guy, and since he's an O'Reilly regular, I'll take that as the default setting, but why is it that everyone who uses the term "thought leader" seems to wear a tie instead of a t-shirt?