Turkeys attack Mass. Win.

Going with the central theme of this Blog (ie, strange sh$* happening all over the place, mixed in with the occasional thoughtful well written "message"), I stumbled across this gem.

Turkeys have apparently grown so numerous in parts of Massachusetts (Taxachusetts for those living there), that they are apparently posing a threat to the civilian population!

For example:

The turkey eyed Jean-Felix. Jean-Felix eyed the turkey. It gobbled. She gasped. Then the turkey proceeded to follow the Dorchester woman over the Green Line train tracks, across the street, through traffic, and all the way down the block, pecking at her backside as she went.

Now, I'm sure a few of you got a nice little chuckle out of that, but I for one will not mess with no turkeys (and no, not in a "Mr. T" vernacular)!

Them birds are Mean!!! There are quite a few of them that like to take over a portion of my grandparent's lawn everyday and they are not scared of some Steely McBeam imitator let me tell you...

I say, call out the National Guard, but I think most those units are still stationed somewhere in the Sunni Triangle.

5 Years in the making...

In a pretty much expected move (though about 5 years late by my guess), Turkey appears to be at the brink of an invasion of Iraq.

I'll let that sink in a little bit.

Yes Turkey, our psuedo-allies in the region and quite possibly the most interesting democracy in the world (Google: "Tears of Ankara") has been sitting by for a long time waiting for some sort of resolution in their own issues with one of the "big 3" ethnic groups in Iraq. Now it appears imminent that they will invade after receiving approval from Turkish Parliament today.

Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a possible cross- border offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, although the government appears willing to give diplomatic pressure on the U.S.- backed Iraqi administration more time to work.

Lawmakers voted 507-19 in favor of empowering the government to order the military to cross into Iraq over a one-year period. Turkish leaders have stressed that an offensive against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, would not immediately follow the expected authorization.

I'm guessing this could complicate matters just a bit more for the region, but honestly, how could it get any worse?

Maybe we should just let Turkey annex all of Iraq?