Wow...

The day before the 4th of July and fireworks have been going off intermittently for the last couple of days. A holiday of explosions and drinking...what could be more quintessentially American?

And a newsitem that I think is absolutely worthy of a story:

ABUJA (Reuters) - The price of machetes has halved in parts of Nigeria since the
end of general elections in April because demand from thugs sponsored by
politicians has subsided, the state-owned News Agency of Nigeria reported.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0246874220070702