But we don’t recall him illustrating it.

[via Political Wire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5TPx_m3-U

Our story begins, as all good stories do, with a Golden Retriever guarding his companion’s bike on a Chinese street. When the companion returns from his errands, he gets on the bike, the dog hops on the back — and then Li Li barks to signal that he’s ready to ride.

Followed by the sound heard ’round the Internet: Awwwwww.

But golly, that’s an awfully thin rack Li Li’s squatting on. So Jeff, an expat Midwesterner living in Bangkok, reposts the video and launches a website to raise money to buy him a proper platform.

Once more, with feeling: Awwwwww.

And then, the twist: YouTube pulls his video.

Say, what?

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“KABUL, Afghanistan — President Obama made a surprise trip here on Tuesday to sign a landmark strategic partnership agreement between the United States and Afghanistan in a midnight ceremony meant to mark the beginning of the end of a war that has lasted for more than a decade.” A televised address is scheduled for 7:30 pm ET. [NYT]

“Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, has resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives.” [WaPo, via Political Wire]

Daily Mail:

Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.

BuzzFeed:

The frustration — or, even anger — within the SEAL community is real, and has been brewing for months, particularly among a politically conservative core of operators.

The Daily Mail story was promoted by Drudge. The BuzzFeed writer suspects a Swiftboating a-comin’. The 2012 General Election has begun.

Our guest plaintiff is Henry Wolf, who accuses the defendants of “Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress”.

Plaintiff was riding his 1993 BMW motorcycle equipped with a Corbin-Pacific seat. The ride lasted approximately two hours each way to Plaintiff’s destination, after which Plaintiff developed a severe case of priapism (a persistent lasting erection). Plaintiff alleges that this condition was caused by the ridge-like seat on his motorcycle, negligently designed, manufactured and/or installed by defendants.

Plaintiff now suffers from priapism (a long lasting erection), and has been experiencing continuing problems since his motorcycle ride. He is now unable to engage in sexual activity, which is causing him substantial emotional and mental anguish. Plaintiff is distraught and distressed because of this. Defendants, and each of them, are liable to Plaintiff due the their negligent design, manufacture and/or installation of the seat on Plaintiff’s motorcycle.

Wolf v. BMW [PDF]

Uneasy Rider Sues BMW [Courthouse News Service, via Yahoo]

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