May 27: Transgendered Bushes, Global Warming Update, and Don't Hold Your Breath...No, Really, Don't

• actual Laura Bush“You’re out of uniform, Mister!” And that’s a problem for a pre-op transgender Navy veteran in Virginia Beach:  Larry Bush wants to continue serving local VFW as “Laura” Bush and be permitted to wear women’s clothes to meetings.  Post Commander Joe Brady says Larry is absolutely welcome as always, but insists (apologies to The Godfather) that he …dress like a MAN!  As of Wednesday, matter remained unresolved among Joe, Larry and Laura who showed up for most recent meeting looking very “Naval” in blue blazer, woman’s necktie, gray skirt, lipstick and pumps.   
• Global…what?   Headlines from midweek:  “Cold Temps Keep Sierra Snowpack at 167% of Normal.” “Utah: Latest Spring Snow Ever Recorded.”  “Record Low of 32 Degrees Set at Spokane.”  And finally, from New York Times – “Fears Turn to Doubts About Global Warming.”    Hello, Al?   …Al?    …Green Earth to Al?
• Unintended consequences:  Illinois officials lace a 2.5-mile stretch of the Little Calumet River with Rotenone, a heavy-duty poison, in the fight against the dreaded Asian carp.  Poison worked dramatically.  Killed 100,000 pounds of fish.  Everything but Asian carp.  Not one.  And there is no plan B.  Other than to call Janet Napolitano, Ken Salazar and Admiral Thad Allen.  That’ll work.
• “This is OnStar Emergency Alert.  We have a report of an idiot at the wheel.”  Four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time required for their car to travel a third of a mile were hurt when the driver passed out…and drove into a boulder.   Unconfirmed report youngster at controls was named, “Beavis.”
• About those supplements you’re taking… New York Times reports a congressional probe of herbal supplements turned up lead, mercury and other heavy metals in some products.  16 of 40 supplements tested contained pesticides.  And 9 products made claims that were “patently bogus.”  About like congressional investigations themselves, come to think of it.  Never mind.
• “Vienna Tops ‘Quality of Living’ List.”  Austrian city ranked number one “best place to live” among 221 locations graded by global consultancy, Mercer.  Baghdad, Iraq ranked dead last. Number 221.  Mogadishu residents rejoice.
• “Chicago Couple up for Housekeeping Award.”  For single worst house on planet.  Couple were rescued from their South Side residence in which they had literally become buried to the point of being immobilized in their own trash.  Man and woman actually had to be hospitalized after they were dug out, because they’d been stuck so long beneath several FEET of god-knows-what.   A “cautionary tale” for Fox Business News’ Dagen McDowell?  this guy is insanePerhaps…
• Joe Biden’s Brussels Spout.  Obama administration’s gaffe machine blows hole in American Exceptionalism concept…declares in speech to European Parliament that Brussels, Belgium has better claim to title “capital of the free world” than does Washington D.C.   Expected to be asked to prove legal U.S. residency, show papers, on arrival back at Andrews Air Force Base.