Bozeman Cop Watch

• 11/27: A man on East Main Street was cited for carrying an open container of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
• 11/28: A woman on Powder River Avenue had questions about evicting her mother and sister.
• 11/28: The woman on Powder River Avenue called back and told police that her mom and sister became upset when they were served with an eviction notice.
• 11/29: Two young men were in a grocery store on South 23rd Avenue at 3:10 a.m., looking at meat. They left without buying anything. They were caught eating stolen chicken wings in a back parking lot outside the store. They also had stolen lobster.

Green Google

Google's at it again. As part of their plan to take over the world* the company is planning on spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help end our reliance on coal and develop clean energy solutions that are cheaper than coal. They are planning on focusing on solar, wind, and geothermal systems. Sergey Brin, one of Google's cofounders has said that with Google's vast data centers all over the world, energy is a critical part of their operations. "We don't need to own this. We just need the problem to be solved."

We need more companies like Google. They have shown once again that they are out to achieve something bigger than themselves. This attitude in turn attracts more of the ridiculously talented and innovative brains the world has to offer. The company probably has more brainpower than any other organization in the world, including private companies, colleges and universities, and governments(that's kind of a no-brainer). They also have mounds of cash and capital that they are willing to put to work which will help free them from having to ask for funds from governments and special interest lobbyists that could potentially influence what they're doing. This company could in all reality probably solve any problem they decided to attack.

*Taking over the world has never been publicly stated as part of Google's business plan...but come on, lets be realistic here

Bozeman Cop Watch

• 11/19: A motorist was stopped and warned for a stop sign violation on Fallon Street. The deputy noticed a large number of eggs in the vehicle and warned them about what not to do with the eggs.

Is anybody actually surprised?

Scott McClellan has written a book that is supposed to allow him to wash his hands of the blatant lies he told while he was Bush's Press Secretary. The book is scheduled for release in the spring of 2008. This excerpt was released by the publishing company:

The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.


There was one problem. It was not true.

I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself.

Well that is very admirable of you Scott, but I've got to call bullshit. Of course you didn't know, it was your job not to know. But you and everyone else in the country knew. Luckily you've got a little somthing called plausible deniability. That wonderful little use of ignorance that lets you and everyone else in Washington sleep at night(well, that and the booze).

Beyonce & Sugarland

I'm usually a big fan of the inter-genre musical collaborations. For example, country duo Sugarland has done a couple songs with rocker Bon Jovi with pretty good results. But last nights countrified version of 'Irreplaceable' sung by Sugarland was...well let's just say humorous. It started out bad, and then Beyonce herself jumped on the trainwreck. Some songs just don't mix well with the twang of a mandolin. It wasn't all bad though, we did get to see Beyonce in tight blue jeans. If she would've thrown on a cowboy hat too, I probably could've looked past the musical faux pas.

Bozeman Cop Watch

Tuesday was a crazy day in Bozeman

• 11/13: A woman was running around in her underwear on West Villard Street. She was intoxicated and hysterical. An officer gave her a ride to a friend's house.
• 11/13: A person on West Dickerson Street told police that a man was outside making chicken noises. The man was gone when officers arrived.
• 11/13: A person on West Beall Street told police that someone put an umbrella, two lawn chairs, a stool and a bird feeder full of bird seed in the person's hot tub. The hot tub had to be drained and cleaned out.
• 11/13: A deputy offered a man walking along the frontage road a ride home. The man stated that we should all become liberals. He refused the ride.

Karma's a Bitch

Remember the judge who tried unsuccessfully to sue a drycleaner for $54 million after the cleaners lost his pants? Looks like he needs that money even more now that he's lost his job.

The sad news is that the massive legal bills incurred during the case, the South Korean family who owned the cleaners may end up having to file for bankruptcy.

Bozeman Cop Watch

• 11/5: A caller stated that a man was running down East Main Street wearing only cowboy boots.
• 11/5: A resident of Two Gun White Calf Road reported that someone had gone through his two unlocked vehicles during the night. All that was missing was $1.
• 11/8: A person on Doane Road reported finding a suspicious substance in a tea pot. The substance appeared to be buildup from hard water.

Thanks Mom!!

Those British mom's seem pretty cool. I know my mom never would have sent me a stripper for my 16th birthday. And I can guaran-damn-tee she wouldn't have sent said stripper to my school to wish me a happy naked birthday in the middle of class. I can almost see the exploding heads of James Dobson and the rest of the Focus on the Family folks if this happened in the US.

Florida has Shitty Drugs

Literally. Kids in Florida are using a new drug called jenkem to get high. Jenkem is a fermented combination of shit and piss that creates a gas that can be huffed for a hallucinogenic high. As if that's not bad enough, the drug apparently leaves a sewage-like taste in the mouth that last for several days after using the drug. Is this the best option to get high in Florida? I mean, you guys are one of the main hubs for bringing coke and marijuana into the US from the Carribean and South America and you decide to huff a drug that leaves the taste of shit in your mouth for days. I'm going to give you kids some advice: save up your allowance, sell one of your video games, or hell, give a blowjob in the alley, but it is well worth it to get real drugs instead of huffing sewage. If you're really that poor, grab mom's can of Pam and a couple cans of whipped cream and go to town with that, but for God's sake, quit using fermented sewage to get high.

Bozeman Cop Watch

• 10/30: A man on Hunters Way threw a piece of steak at a passing vehicle.
• 10/31: A caller on Sypes Canyon Road reported his cow missing. The cow was later found.
• 10/31: A man on West Main Street told police that another man threw orange juice into his car. The man who threw the orange juice said the other man swore at him. Both men were warned.