Texans to drill for oil at the World Heritage Site in Sicily.

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Quick, someone call UNESCO! To the BatCave!

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This sounds like a good way to collect the email addresses of the lefties around the world and spam them with donation requests from The Nation or A-I. Personally, I'm thinking of starting a petition to prohibit the vicious sport of "Mexican Cat Juggling" -- surprisingly, that hasn't been the focus of Friday Catblogging yet.

Say, what's the update on Pinyon Canyon?