(Tehran) Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, an Iranian mother of two, was convicted of adultery in 2006 - not by evidence, but by the decision of three out of five judges. The hearing was in Farsi, even though Ashtiani speaks Turkish. She had confessed to the “crime” after being lashed 99 times. (I think I would confess to anything short of killing JFK after that.)

Her sentence? She will be buried up to her chest and stoned with stones not large enough to kill her immediately, but large enough to cause her great pain for long enough until she does finally die.

Brought to you by the lovely Iranian government. I’m surprised they don’t still live in caves.

More on CNN: Human rights activist tries to stop death by stoning for Iranian woman

Update: Iran denying woman will be executed by stoning

“We have noted in the past that those who have been sentenced to stonings have gone on to be hanged.”

Oh, well that’s okay then.

Republican congressman Joe Barton actually apologized to BP for the US government holding them responsible for the largest offshore spill in U.S. history because they simply chose profit over safety.

Barton: I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation could be subject to what I would characterize as a shakedown. In this case a $20 billion shakedown.

Then Barton told BP’s Hayward: “I apologize.”

(Source: KERA)

After realizing that he was making himself seriously unpopular, however, he… apologized for the apology. People (his party, Joe Biden, and others) had to point this out to him, of course, because the idiot is so out of touch he couldn’t find his ass with both hands and even then his head might get in the way.

But let’s not stop at apologizing to BP, he’s also apologized to AT&T and Comcast now (he must be catholic).

Can’t get enough of Joe Barton’s apologies? Click HERE for more!

San Francisco pranksters rename Bush Street

Laughingsquid (my cool web host) has the photos

Thanks for the entertainment, George!

(For those of you who don’t recognize him - it’s John Cleese, of Monty Python, Faulty Towers, etc.)

Amazing comment on this on YouTube:

Minuteman091112
Yea, that’s really funny Jenifer! You can pull the race card on YouTube and accuse everyone that doesn’t agree with the Bobama as being racists and uneducated, cross eyed, inbred white trash crackers all you want!
You people are the ones supporting children born out of wedlock and abortion!
The Obama baby momma was a trashy white woman! His black daddy skipped out on paying any kind of child support!

Spoken by a true racist, uneducated, cross-eyed, inbred white trash cracker, I’d say.

And a dumb one at that:

MAC HATER SLASHED UP MY FACE
GOP GAL: MUGGER CARVED ‘B’ ON ME

Uh yeah the attacker actually took the time to carve a BACKWARDS B in her face. Hmmmm, seems a little ridiculous. That was done in the mirror. The black eye is another story though but hey if your crazy enough to carve a B into your face your probably crazy enough to punch yourself.

Update:Woman admits making up McCain sticker attack, police say

dog gone it.

PALINdrome

Commie faggott!

European socialist!

Sleazy scum of the earth.

Now that’s what I call eloquent

Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail

At a rally in Minnesota on Friday, a woman told McCain: “I don’t trust Obama. I have read about him and he’s an Arab.”

“And we’re all wondering why that Obama is where he’s at, how he got here. I mean, everybody in this room is stunned that we’re in this position,” another man said at Thursday’s rally.

Uh, you say that at a rally with… Sarah Palin??

“I’m mad. I’m really mad. And what’s going to surprise you, it’s not the economy. It’s the socialists taking over our country,” one said.

Makes me think of this song: