Most Beautiful Goat

Qahr won during the Mazayen al-Maaz competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Doesn't the audience look pleased?

Pirates: Not Just In Pittsburgh Anymore

It's tax free, and about the only way to make any money there.

As of today, the Somalia Shilling is worth 0.00069 U.S. Dollar.

Early Voting, Las Vegas Style

The ballot box and the nickel slot.

Ivanka Trump's Birthday

Happy 28th today. You came to earth on a golden parachute.

World Series Needs A Neutral Site For Games

Might I suggest The Ballpark In Arlington? The home team never uses it in October.

Bay Rays Find Room At The Inn

Game 5, World Series, game tied 2-2, raining cats and dogs in Philly and MLB designated idiot Bud Selig decides to suspend the game until tonight. One minor problem: Tampa Bay had earlier made plans to fly back home after the game and now needed 87 hotel rooms on short notice. And MLB's Basic Agreement guidelines called for "first-class accommodations." So the team's traveling secretary called 20-21 hotels before finding enough at the Hotel du Pont 25 miles away in Wilmington, Delaware.

Jeff Ziegler, the guy with the headache responsible for finding the place, reportedly heard the woman answering the phone say, "I think I got a prank call." Ziegler told her, "I'm dead serious. Turn on the TV and you'll see I'm not kidding."

Stock Market Crash

Black Tuesday, October 29, was 80 years ago today. The New York Times remembers. Plenty of links.