Rick's Cafe Americain

With the wars going on in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon (not to mention the multiple border wars, tribal clashes and coups going on in Africa), the militaries of most of the world are stretched pretty thin. Fortunately Brazil has maintained a force that allows it to deal with real emergencies:

Brazil is staging a military operation involving a Hercules transport plane and Navy ships — all to return four dozen wayward penguins to the icy waters of Antarctica, authorities said Wednesday.

For the love of all that is holy, won’t anyone else think of the penguins?

I think it’s a nice change of pace for the Brazilian infantry; I mean, shooting homeless kids all day has to be pretty monotonous, no?

Dickwad?  You portly bastard.

Aw, that’s the kind of story that fills the last few minutes of the news here in the UK.  Let’s hear it for the penguins !