It’s Saturday folks, chew on these:

• The Taliban killed a 16 year old boy in Afghanistan. His crime? Teaching English to his classmates.
• Take a guess how many earmarks there will be this year. Try around 8,000.
• Turns out the border fence is a severe threat to the environment. Well, Mexico thinks so anyway.
• This would be embarrassing.
• Who are Iran’s Revolutionary Guards?
• Along with the increased security in Iraq comes increased oil production. That’s good news.
• Why does this never happen to me?
• Here’s an All American safety tip: Don’t talk on a cell phone when driving, especially over railroad tracks.
• So, if Hillary wins, I can scratch New Zealand off my list of countries to move to.
• “…it is clear that the lives of more than 300 million people of the former Soviet empire are better today than they were under communism”

And now the non-political stuff:

• 7 Incredible Natural Phenomena you’ve never seen [w/ pics and vids]
• Cheerleaders suspended for spelling out mascot name…on their butts. (video)
• Here is an alphabetical list of Band Name Origins, or “How they got that name.”
• Apparently in the UK, you can’t have sex with a bike. It’s illegal. Who knew? Not this guy.
• Can we zap our trash away? This MIT guy says we can.
• Emergency crews saved the life of a man when his jaw stayed open following a yawn.
• Pretty diabolical watermelon carving.
• Ah, 1977.
• In comic books, nobody stays dead forever. Except Bucky.
• What a waste.