House in Two

Here’s a slug I got on my newsreader 1The actual article didn’t read like this from Fox news:

Smoke Break May Have Saved Woman’s Life

Brenda Comer had just finished washing dishes Monday and stepped outside to smoke a cigarette when an 80-foot oak tree crashed through her roof, landing across the sink where she had been standing, splitting her house in two.

Two observations: (1) What was she doing splitting her house in two? And (2) thank heavens for cigarettes.

Footnotes

Footnotes
1 The actual article didn’t read like this

A Slight Hipocracy

Who is it that wants to negotiate with Syria and Iran even though those countries have no intention of yielding their positions on terrorism or nuclear activity or anything? Is it the same folks who will not negotiate with the President on war funding because they think the President won’t yield his position on pork and withdrawal?