Why do we let him out of the country?

Bush continues to embarrass US.

This article is in the Sun. I suspect this image is also from a British tabloid. Now, these papers are roughly the equivalent of Germany's Bild, which one of my teachers at gymnasium referred to as "Zeitung der deutschen Analphabeten" (newspaper of the German illiterate.) So even the people in Europe who would probably tell you they're not very up on politics and world affairs are seeing this crap.

Way to represent us to the world, George HW Bush's asshole son.

P365r2, Day 62

Very strange bug
Originally uploaded by grundy12

My dad and I were cutting back some branches from the cedar tree next to the driveway this afternoon. I was making sure the ladder was stable while he was sawing away. Cedar debris was falling everywhere. I looked over at my arm and saw this little oddity. It's a bug with feathers on its ass! Fortunately, I had my bike right there, so I whizzed back up to the house to get my camera and document this entomological phenomenon. (Well, whizzed as fast as one can whiz while carefully holding one's arm so as not to lose the strange critter crawling on it.) And yes, that's a far too close-up of my hand.

Will update if I find out what it is. (Of course, if you know, you could tell me and save me the trouble.)
After spending some quality time with Bug Guide, I think this is a nymph of the Acanalonia genus, which are plant hoppers. (This one is the closest match I found, but I'm not sure if it's the same species or not.)