Eep, bonny. Tons of ~ma to you and B-boy and the other residents.

Yikes, Bonny! I hope everyone is all right.

"the Parks Department warned humans that the green space was "open for wolves only," at which point a giant furry ran out and started doing yoga." I really wish I had seen that.

The pictures of the wolf made me laugh and laugh.

I was going to say something about while it's great the authorities caught the would-be NYC bomber so quickly, how did he managed to board a plane while on the no-fly list. However, CNN answered my questions. Good job, CNN.

I was in the grocery store last night and the family in front of me did a two part purchase, WIC and cash. Then in the parking lot they get into a newish Volvo. Even for a far lefty like me, that looks bad. Now it could have been a single mother and boyfriend, or maybe a family that fell on hard times post new Volvo. There are some perfectly reasonable scenarios, but it still looks bad.

Or maybe they'd borrowed the car from a friend to go grocery shopping.

Another perfectly reasonable scenario.

And IIRC, there's a much higher income threshold on WIC requirements because it stops when the youngest child turns 5 and only covers certain food items.

That being said, it sometimes pings me, too Gud.

Gudanov -- or a borrowed Volvo, given how hard it is to make a large grocery run if you don't have your own car. But still, it's not what you expect to see.

(Which reminds me of the time I asked the driver of an airport stretch limo to stop at an all-night Target on the way to the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. The airline had misplaced my luggage, so I bought pajamas & et cetera. Since it was all on the company's dime, he didn't mind.)

Should the people have to worry about how it looks when they go grocery shopping? Or just how it is? Because it could have been a brother taking his sister grocery shopping or any one of a hundred things, and I am not sure someone should have to think through how it "looks bad" before they accept a ride.

Also, I think almost no one would be on WIC to "beat" the system, because WIC is an enormous PAIN IN THE ASS that nets you milk, formula, cereal, cheese, juice, beans, peanut butter, eggs and fruit. With enormous restrictions on the size and type you can buy.

Should the people have to worry about how it looks when they go grocery shopping?

I meant it more as a commentary on me than on them. The power of the anecdote is strong even though there are, like you said, a hundred reasonable scenarios. If I was a righty instead of a lefty, I wonder if I would search for the reasonable or just take it as confirmation that government is wasting money on people who abuse the system.