We’re starting to see the wisdom in Orrin Hatch’s plan to put the kibosh on inflating military records:

Gov. Jan Brewer said in a recent interview that her father died fighting Nazis in Germany. In fact, the death of Wilford Drinkwine came 10 years after World War II had ended.

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Sarah Palin lies about “drill, baby, drill” [Media Matters]

President Obama finally announces plans to investigate and prosecute those who led our nation into a criminal war with Iraq and violated the Geneva Conventions in our handling of prisoners:

But our responsibility doesn’t end there. We have an obligation to investigate what went wrong and to determine what reforms are needed so that we never have to experience a crisis like this again. If the laws on our books are insufficient… the laws must change. If oversight was inadequate to enforce these laws, oversight has to be reformed. If our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims…

What? Oh. Fuck. Never mind.

Remarks by the President After Meeting with BP Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairs [White House]

Ladies and gentlemen, your candidate for the Republican nomination for Alabama treasurer:

Yes, Young Boozer is my real name. I was named after my father who first made his name as a football star for the University of Alabama. My father was named after his father who served as Mayor of Samson, Alabama.

Which makes him Young Boozer III. And his son — we’re not making this up — is Young Boozer IV.

Oh, and guess who he’s running against tonight?

Alabama Treasurer GOP Primary: Young Boozer Vs. George Wallace [TPM]

• If you’ve ever wanted to take a dump in the ocean, now is your chance.
• We are very upset that Operation: Top Kill has failed. We are running out of cool names for these things.
• Flying Rand Paul in to consult. Evidently he’s an expert at keeping black out of places.
• The oil leak was caused by a natural gas explosion, or sea fart, which is now having silent but deadly consequences.
• Due to public outcry, our “Spill Or Be Spilled” flash game will be taken off our BP Kidz Klub website. “Smack the Greasy Manatee” stays.

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No, this is not a concept sketch for Roland Emmerich’s next disaster-porn spectacular:

This photo just posted to the Guatemalan Government’s Flickr feed shows a spontaneous sinkhole (“hundimiento”) 20 meters deep and 15 wide that appeared today in Zone 2 of Guatemala City, after overwhelming saturation of rains from tropical storm Agatha. Local press reports that it swallowed an entire 3-story building.

Guatemala also endured a volcano eruption last Thursday, which killed a reporter on the scene.

Guatemala: First, volcanic eruption; then, devastating tropical storm [Boing Boing, via Sully]

“Fences have been known to make good neighbors and everybody knows we could use a lot more of those around here. So if the fence keeps McGinniss on one side and the Palins content, why would the ‘Today’ show or ABC care? Finally, those who are fond of Joe McGinniss might remind him (if he doesn’t already know) that Alaska has a law that allows the use of deadly force in protection of life and property.” [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, via Political Wire]