"Isn't this a nice dining room? Now let's see the master bedroom, but first I want to show you my Glock."

The headline is "25 per cent of Realtors armed."

On the face of it, that falls about 75 per cent short of the ideal number, but it's a start. Two problems exist, however:

A male house huckster is more likely than his female colleague  to be packing. That defies logical analysis of risk. And the survey counted carrying a knife as being armed. At least by TSA standards a fingernail clipper counts, so the the actual preparedness level of our crack housing counsellors is in question.

Too, I would listen with an open mind to a rebuttal centering on the notion that, as a class, they're too stupid and/or venal  to be trusted with lethal instruments. I mean, somebody persuaded the part-time Starbucks' baristas they could afford six bedrooms with an ocean view.

Actung! All laws haff been complied with. You vill now remoof your..

The Land of Wagner is having its own financial problems. Solution? Tax the free-lance hookers.

Germany's first "sex tax meters," from which prostitutes can purchase a ticket for 6 euros ($8.72) per night, will ensure the tax system is fairly implemented, a (Bonn) city spokeswoman said.


It isn't as though city fathers are insensitive to the Johanns' needs. Some of the proceeds finance official "consummation areas." 

Minitru in Canada relents

Canadian radio listeners may once again listen to a  pop song around for 26 years..

Canadian radio stations can resume playing Dire Straits' Money For Nothing* after a ban on the song was lifted.

The 1985 hit single was taken off the airwaves in January after a listener in Newfoundland complained about Mark Knopfler's use of the word "faggot".

His lyrics were deemed to be in a breach of a human rights clause in Canada's broadcasting code.

The offended Newfie bitched to official Ottawa censors. The Goodsing Committee sat around for eight months listening to the faggot song before deciding "faggot" was okay since it was meant as satire.  Besides, the word appeared only once  two or three times in an eight-minute piece, so it had "context."

I dunno quite how to interpret all this, but maybe you should check with your barrister  before tweeting a faggot to Ontario in 140 characters or fewer.

 Personally, I  like to toss a short faggot into the fireplace every once in a while.
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*No, Ben Bernanke didn't write it, but can you blame me for checking?

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h/t John of the GMA

And the world's tallest midget is...

The MSNBC weather guy just reported breathlessly, "Irene will be the costliest Catergory 1 hurricane in history."