Heh. If only the factory workers had something on hand to extinguish the fire . . . .
Even the product description is contradictory. It says: “Chimfex sticks are indispensable as your first line of defense for controlling fires.” But then: “CAUTION: ALWAYS CALL YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRST!” So I guess the sticks are your “first” defense after you call the fire department.

I came across this CIA’s Online ‘Personality Quiz’.
I didn’t think it could be as bad as described, so I went ahead and tried it. Found out two things:
(1) The quiz determined I’m a “curious adventurer,” and
(2) If that website is indicative of the type of recruiting the CIA is doing, then it’s no surprise if American intelligence is in bad shape.
Not only is the quiz silly (what kind of superpower do you want?) but the results don’t make a connection to anything. So I’m a “curious adventurer,” so what? I didn’t see a link to any related CIA careers. Or if there was one, it wasn’t obvious enough for me to see it. What’s the point? It appears to be a weak PR tool.

Based on the campaign commercials I’ve paid attention to the past few weeks, illegal immigration is apparently the top issue Tennessee voters face in November.
If I were a campaign consultant (candidates: get your offers ready), I imagine a negative TV ad as follows:

Candidate X thinks border security should be treated like this [show footage of volleyball match]. A vote for X is a vote for open borders. Vote for Y.

That ought to stir a few of our culture warriors up.
On a thinly related matter, but this reminds me of the multicultural volleyball experience I had a few weeks back. Usually I play recreational volleyball one night a week at my church. One week a bunch of players from an affiliated Hispanic group unexpectedly showed up. Somehow I found myself on a team consisting of a Hispanic/American guy (who speaks English and is a regular), and four other people who, as far as I could tell, didn’t speak any English. Fortunately, a basic game doesn’t require much communication, so I managed not to make a fool of myself. But needless to say, we didn’t attempt to implement much strategy.
The funniest part may have been the appearance of the team. Not trying to get into ethnic stereotypes here, but there was a distinct pattern. I’m 5’10”, if I stand on my toes. There was one other guy about my height, and the rest of the players were at least 4 inches shorter than me. It was odd being the “tall” guy on the team, as if the universe had tipped off its axis.
But what those guys lacked in stature, they made up for with hustle. Quite a feisty bunch, who didn’t want to give up on points. It was refreshing to watch.

What’s the greatest issue Congress faces today?
If you guessed “World War III,” terrorists killing every American, Social Security, Medicare, skyrocketing health care costs, education, illegal immigration, crime, energy, threats to the environment, or the outsourcing of American jobs, you guessed wrong.
According to Ms. Musgrave, it’s gay marriage.
Alert to one-man-and-one-woman married couples: the gays are out to get you! Vote Republican to quell this threat.

As Atrios notes, it’s lame that Fox News is trying to make a political (tax cut) issue of the stock market rally when the all time high was reached months before Bush took office.
But that wasn’t the lamest Cavuto I saw yesterday. The show had a segment featuring a caption which attempted to make a tie-in to 9/11. I had the volume down and didn’t catch most of it, but the an oft-repeated theme on Your World is that if we are good Americans who support Republican tax cuts and pay lots of money for stocks, then the terrorists won’t win.