Inflatable Street Art, Porcelain Pistols

UPDATE: From Debka: Iran is recruiting Somali pirates to help it replenish supplies for it's terrorists Hamas in Gaza via the Persian Gulf, Suez Canal and even Sudan. Also, will entrepreneural innovation blossom during the recession? Jeff Cornwall at Belmont University thinks so.

Garbage bags become amazing street art in New York. There's a metaphor here about taking the lowest form of stuff and making something beautiful out of it, in a place and way we least expect. Giving a new meaning to blooming where we're planted.

Meanwhile, Boo Hoo! Can you imagine a grown man---or someone masquerading as one---wants to have the world take away all references to Gone With the Wind because it reminds him of slavery? The 'demandingness' of the political correct class has reached new sub-prime lows. Is the Political Correctness Bubble about to burst too? Or does it need to inflate a little more?

Finally, the porcelain pistol. More of these fabulous pieces at Yvonne's. How would you like your tea, with or without heat?