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Real reality television:

Sao Paulo, Brazil -- In one murder after another, the "Canal Livre" TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim.

Too uncanny, say police ... who are investigating the show's host ... on suspicion of commissioning at least five of the murders... [AP]

"Cash for Clunkers Pays Ten Times Market Rate for Greenhouse Gas Reduction" -- Truthaboutcars.com. (ht:Viking Pundit.)


Hotels, like airlines, have always been big into price discrimination -- finding ways to learn exactly how much people will pay for what. But are things getting a little extreme?

For their one-and-only family getaway this year, the Billingtons checked in to an upscale San Diego resort on Sunday with many of the usual vacation accessories ... they also brought flashlights, sleeping bags and an inflatable mattress because the pool-side room they booked for just $19 comes with a tent where the beds normally would be. They even had to pack their own toilet paper.

... the hotel's deeply discounted promotion lets patrons trim its standard $219-per-night rate on a sliding scale of deprivation, lowering charges with each amenity stripped from the room.

The most basic version: a room for $19 with no bed, toilet paper, towels, air-conditioning or "honor bar," and only a single light bulb in the bathroom for safety. The next level up adds in a bed -- sans sheets -- for $39 a night. For a bed plus toiletries and toilet paper, the rate is $59 ...

Herman Billington, 39, a personal trainer who owns his own business, says it's the only vacation he, his wife and their two sons, aged 9 and 10, plan to take this year as they concentrate on "keeping it lean."

"The boys get to feel like they're camping, and I get to go to the spa," said their mother, Erica Billington... [Reuters]

Don't be an "angry protester" about health care reform. Upbeat signs for town hall meetings...

"I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN HAWAII!"

"HEY, HOW CAN I GET TO SIT ON ONE OF THESE DEATH PANELS?"

"IF THE CANADIAN SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM IS SO GREAT WHY DON'T CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS HAVE MORE TEETH?"

... from Angry Drunk Bureaucrat