| Worth Noting: Leaving Dog Poop Not a Crime
Stateline.org - infoZine - School-age pranksters everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. A former Democratic Party activist in Colorado was found not guilty of illegally using a noxious substance when she left dog feces on the doorstep of Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's office. Kathleen Ensz, who was the vice chairman of a state Senate district for her party, resigned from the job last fall. Ensz's lawyer said her prosecution was due to politics, telling the Rocky Mountain News, "She was the first person prosecuted in Weld County for leaving dog crap." A porn star's blog led to the firing of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. The woman, who goes by the name Barbie Cummings, posted video footage and a blog entry claiming she had oral sex with the 10-year-veteran trooper during a traffic stop, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, which posted an exclusive video interview with the woman.
Trapped in a Government Spending Spree
My excuse is that I was driven insane by the incessant noise from the sensitive Mogambo Economic Seismograph System (MESS), the recording pens noisily clicking and clacking, all the time clicking and clacking, clicking and clacking as they bang back and forth, erratically scrawling and scratching a frantic graph of financial desperation and doom across that rolling strip of graph paper. That said, I admit that cleaning a bunch of loaded and cocked weapons is not the smartest thing I've ever done, but (in my own defense) probably the most optimal in terms of preparedness, which is so important that the pithy phrase "Be prepared" is the motto of the Boy Scouts. But these are desperate times, prepared or not. For example, right before an accidental burst of bullets exploded the Total Fed Credit Seismograph into a spray of tiny plastic shards and miscellaneous bits of wire, I was suddenly alarmed that TFC had slumped by a surprising $13.4 billion last week, which is a big, BIG drop, which startled me and resulted in the, you know, unexpected ear-splitting gunfire.
Software AG Completes WebMethods Acquisition, Renames Business Line
Business infrastructure software provider Software AG confirmed on Friday the successful acquisition of business integration and optimization software company webMethods for USD 546 million in what can only be described as one of the largest pure software deals in the history of the European IT industry.This merger is a partnership for growth that fully capitalizes on the unique and complementary strengths of each company, said David Mitchell, president and CEO, webMethods, Inc.Our unique combination of scale, stability and best-in-class technology means that customers can choose the best solution for their needs without any compromises According to both companies, the new merger is set to create a new global leader in business infrastructure software with over 4,000 enterprise customers worldwide making it one of the largest independent players in the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) markets.
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