***Spoilers for "Chuck"*******

Last night I was watching the premiere of “Chuck” NBC’s new comedy/action series.  It involves a “Geek Squad” type of computer help desk rep at a box store who accidentally downloads all of the Government’s National Security data into his brain when he opens an email from his old college roommate who has just been killed by terrorists.  The Terrorists, the NSA and the CIA all become interested in Chuck.

 

The punchline/premise of the show appears when  Gorgeous CIA Agent Sarah who would appear right at home on the arm of any of the incarnations of MI6’s most famous ’00 Agent attempts to retrieve the data sent to Chuck by trying to seduce Geeky Nerdy Chuck who still lives at home with his sister’s family.  Sarah finds that the info is implanted in Chuck’s brain and tries to keep him out of the clutches of the evil Adam baldwin from "Firefly" who wants to lock Chuck up at the NSA.

 

All this time Chuck’s brain has been processing information regarding a Terrorist Plot on an American General who is in L.A. giving a diplomatic speech.  Here is where the story loses me.  These terrorists that killed Chuck’s Buddy and now want to kill the General are from:

 

A.     al Qaeda

B.     Iran

C.     Syria

D.     Libya

E.      Serbia

If you guessed "E " Serbia you are correct.  Serbia seem to be the villian of Choice in Hollywood these days from the "Sum of All Fears" to "Behind Enemy Lines" to "The Hunting Party" it seems to be OK to show Serbs as Terrorists.  Can't show anyone from a known Terrorist Sponsoring Country as a Terrorist or CAIR will complain.  Since there were no anti War rallies against the Bombing of Belgrade by you know who I suppose the Network execs think its safe for them to use Serbs as the bad guys though I can't recall a single attack anywhere by Serbian Terrorists outside of the former Yugoslavia.

The MSM carried a AWP picture from Iraq on the Yahoo News with the Following Caption, "" An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house [emphasis added] following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. ."

The only problem is both of the bullets are unfired.  I know the Army has ridiculous rules of engagement over there but are the troops now forced to THROW their bullets at the Enemy?????

  http://tailrank.com/2424363/Terrorist-Propaganda-Picture-of-the-Week                              

 

There was an article today in the Charlotte Observer noting that it is getting so hard for the Court Systems to find perspective Jurors that a Judge was having a Sheriff in Sanford approach people at Random in a Food Lion parking lot with a summons to appear in Court in 1 hour or face a contempt citation.  The article went on to note that in North Carolina Jury Summonses resulted in "qualified and available" jurors just 23% of the time while a further 33% of all Jury Summonses were undeliverable.

That got me to thinking "Why are 33% of the jury summonses in the state of North Carolina reported as undeliverable?" I went to Charmeck dot org and looked into the jury Selection process. "At least every two years, a Master Jury List is prepared by a Jury Commission composed of three private citizens from Mecklenburg County. The Master Jury List is composed of the names of registered voters and licensed drivers in Mecklenburg County. These are the two sources, as required by law, from which jurors names are drawn. Names are then randomly drawn from this master list for each court session".

So the jury pool is selected from the Drivers License and Voter Registration Lists? No wonder only two thirds of the Summonses are being delivered. North Carolina is already notorious for giving adrivers license to anyone who shows up at the DMV. Hundreds of Illegal aliens and criminals come down to NC to get a drivers license with no questions asked using a fake in state address. In Charlotte we've also had ACORN come to town to 'register' new voters. Since some of these newly registered voters have been found to be transients with a bogus address or are just simply bogus to begin with, it’s no wonder that the Court cannot deliver its Summons.

Perhaps to eleviate the problem with the Jury Pool the state legislature can pass a law suspending your driver’s license or your voter registration if you fail to appear for jury duty. This would probably help compliance quite a bit and help identify bogus voters and drivers.

Cindy in Charlotte

Antiwar Activist Cindy Sheehan was a no show at a Charlotte Anti Bush/Pro Socialism Rally yesterday when Police failed to clear Bryant Park of Counter Protestors from the "Gathering of Eagles" group.   Today Sheehan accuses Charlotte Police of siding with the Counter Protestors.  She wouldn't have to worry about that in Havana or Caracas where people who disagree with her and Hugo are free to be silent.

Ah, look at all the loony people
Ah, look at all the loony people

Cynthia Sheehan picks up a sign where a protest has been.
She's quite Extreme.
Wait's at the window hoping the Reds or the Muz will prevail one day.
Hugo take her away!

All the Loony People
Where do they all come from
All the Loony People
Where do they all come from

Cynthia Sheehan said she would run against Nancy Pelosi someday
Impeach don't delay
Cynthia Sheehan goes online logging in to find herself at a loss.
She's banned from Kos!

All the Loony People
Where do they all Come from
All the Loony People
Where do they all belong?

It appears that all the muss and fuss over global warming is causing the price of beer to go up.  In an effort to cash in on Government subsidies for the production of Ethanol and Bio-Diesel(made from vegetable oil) farmers aren't growing enough barley to make hops an essential ingredient of Beer.

This is especially impacting Germany where the price of a liter of beer is expected to rise to nearly $10.80 by Octoberfest.  Hardest hit are small family brewer's who are paying more and more for hops almost $500.00 a ton up from $270 a ton two years ago.  Many may be forced out of business by the rise in prices and Germans may see many of their favorite brands disappear.

Gott im Himmel!!!

In a similar note Farmers in Mexico are negatively impacting the Tequila supply by burning their agave plants to replace them with maize for use in the production of Ethanol.  Farmers are expecting to produce nearly 30% less agave this year than last.  Less agave means less Tequila for consumers and higher prices.

Thank goodness Climate Change fear mongering won't amount to much as we won't even be able to afford to get drunk as the World ends.

  The Apex, NC  Town Council banned Home Shepherding this week after complaints resulting form the arrest of David Watts on 33 Counts of Animal Cruelty.  Watts was arrested after Police found several sheep grazing in the town cemetary.  Tracing the Sheep back to Watts home in Downtown Apex, Police found 77 sheep living inside the house and in the backyard along with several chickens.  Conditions were so bad that verterinarians had to Euthanize many of the sheep and officials were lead to investigate another flock kept by Watts in Chatam County.

Neighbors were angry that it had taken so long to get the town to do something about the smell coming from Watts Urban Sheep Farm.  Neighbor Trish Creta asked, "''I don't understand why it's gotten to this level. I think I deserve answers because I haven't been able to use my backyard.''   An unnamed town official replied that "Watt had basically 'Pulled the Wool' over their eyes claiming all the sheep were pets.

Watts, 47, was being held at the Wake County jail in lieu of $30,000 bond and was to appear in court Wednesday afternoon.

Remember that though Home Production of wool and mutton is not very lucrative, If Sheep are Outlawed, Only Outlaws will have Sheep.


http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770404007
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770328037

A jilted boyfriend broke into his ex girlfriend's house in Beaufort, SC wielding  a Three foot long sword.  Before he could do any harm he was confronted by the woman's roommate who was a sword collector.  The Roommate fought off the attacker with a sword of his own wounding the assailant as the woman called police.  It shows before you break into a home you should make sure  a  relation of Don Diego de la Vega isn't living there.

http://www.charlotte.com/115/story/37606.html