Toilet Snake Will Cheer You Up!
Today marks the first anniversary of the earthquake in China that killed a whole bunch of kids in poorly built schools. [ New York Times ]
The US government says we killed about 50 Afghan civilians last week in a big battle against the Taliban; however, Afghans put the number around 140. [ Los Angeles Times ]
California is just so screwed, budget-wise, and a May 19 ballot will determine just how screwed. [ Reuters ]
Secretary of Defense Bob Gates fired our main military commander in Afghanistan and replaced him with a special ops guy. [ Christian Science Monitor ]
A "combat stress clinic" couldn't stop a freaked-out soldier from killing five of his comrades in Iraq. [ Washington Post ]
And if all this news makes it sound like most of the world is going to have a pretty bad day, well, just be glad you aren't that guy in Taiwan who got bitten on the peen by a toilet snake. [ Reuters ]