Thursday Linkage

Damn cold again here. Hot coffee helps, but spring would be better.

Wandering pile of manure finds a home

UFO blamed for wrecking wind turbine after 65ft-long blade is ripped off

Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases

USA TODAY: No proof Washington said 'so help me God' — will Obama?
George Washington myth bites the dust: There's no eyewitness documentation he ever added "So help me God" to the end of his constitutionally prescribed oath of office.

Shopaholic pensioner dies in her home after being buried under mountain of unopened items

N.Y. man demands estranged wife pay him for kidney

Home-grown cannabis flourishes in Sweden

NYT: Hard Times Find Replica of White House for Sale
The replica of George W. Bush’s desk still sits in the Oval Office beneath the Iranian and American flags. The seal of the president of the United States still adorns the floor mats across the hall from the zebra-skin rug. And the porch overlooking the 75-car parking lot is still called the Truman Balcony.