“In Lemmingham did Kubla Khan
A sacred pleasure dome decree
Where Alph the sacred river ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.”
(With apologies to Coleridge)

Via the Bellingham  Herald–

Feds uncover opium poppy smuggling operation at Bellingham discount store

Six men were arrested Wednesday, Sept. 1, on suspicion of intending to smuggle into Canada opium poppies that they allegedly picked up at a Bellingham discount store.
Immigrations and Customs and Enforcement agents tailed a vehicle containing four of the men as it drove to the Dollar Plus store in the 4100 block of Meridian Street.
Several of the men left the car and brought empty hockey bags into the store; a short while later they exited the rear of the store with full hockey bags, which they began to load into two vehicles, according to a police report read at the suspects’ first appearance in Whatcom County Superior Court….

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…and don’t forget to shave your scrotums, men.

So, who’s going on assignment to cover this?

Addendum: It suddenly occurs to me that if we could get enough fingers/friends of fingers to attend, we could have our very own “BJ Face” competition.  We stand in the crowd and make BJ faces while somebody takes pictures for later posting/judging.

This Saturday, 3:00-9:00pm, a BENEFIT for LYNSIE RAINFORD, a local teen now being treated for leukemia in Seattle, will be held at the EAGLES HALL , 1125 North Forest Street, Bellingham.

Live Music: Rock Lock & Load & Marion Weston

Food: Spaghetti Feed

+ Silent Auction!!

Thanks to Sweeneyfinger for sending this along–

VH1 Reality Show Bus Crashes In California Causing Major Slut Spill

This is what constitutes an airport emergency these days.

Some guy walks through the wrong door, and the entire airport is shut down, people are hauled off planes, everyone is forced to go back through the screening process, flights are cancelled, passengers are panicked, and the entire air transportation system goes into cardiac arrest.

Because one guy walked through the wrong door.

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Investigation Launched In Videotaped Police Beating

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department launched an investigation into an arrest earlier this year in which three officers are seen on camera using their fists, batons and a flashlight to subdue a man they said was resisting arrest.

Police said Daniel Saunders was mistakenly released from the King County Jail. Officers were going to arrest Saunders when they learned he was attempting to collect property in the evidence room on June 6….

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