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I still think that this is your Darwin Award&#153 winner, but this guy has to at least receive an honorable mention:

A suspected copper thief whose flesh melded on a utility pole after he was hit with about 7,000 volts has died.

James Buster McKay, 51, died at about 11 p.m. Saturday at Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed today. He had been listed in critical condition. A Dallas Fire-Rescue official said Mr. McKay had suffered third-degree burns and was burned on about 50 percent of his body.

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When crews arrived, they found cut wires on the ground and Mr. McKay stuck between transformers on the pole, police said.

Dallas Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sherrie Lopez said the man had been hit with about 7,000 volts, possibly twice. The rescue was hindered because his flesh had adhered to the metal components on the pole. Much of his clothing had either “burned off or blown off,” she said.

Along with what little brains he had.

Idiot.

If I’m Aaron Rodgers, my agent is on the phone to Packers coach Mike McCarthy, GM Ted Thompson and president Mark Murphy right now screaming&#160 for a trade.

Warshington Deadskins 30, Indian-Hapless Dolts 14
(Hall of Fame Game, Canton, OH)

Jason Campbell threw a touchdown pass to Antawn Randle-El following a failed Dolts onside kick to start the game, and the Deadskins got a pick-six off a Jared Lorenzen pass late to provide the ‘Skins with their margin of victory.&#160 Few regulars played for either team – meaning, of course, it was a pile of slop – but it was live football, and that’s what counts.

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Yippee.&#160 Ha-ha.&#160 Whee.

Brett Favre’s back:

Favre, who retired in March, has been reinstated and will be added to Green Bay’s roster today. The latest indication is the Packers will make him Aaron Rodgers’ backup for the moment with the intent of putting the starting job up for grabs.

That’s only one scenario in a saga that seems to change minute by minute — and it could merely be posturing by the club, which in the past has said emphatically that it is moving forward with Rodgers as its quarterback. The team resumes practice Tuesday.

Okay, anyone who really&#160 thinks this is going to be a totally fair competition, raise your hands.

(crickets)

Yeah, that’s what I thought.&#160 But this is not even the kicker, as you’re about to see:

Another possibility is Favre will accept payments from the Packers totaling more than $20 million to simply stay retired, eliminating the possibility of his winding up as quarterback of the NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings.

Nice work if you can avoid it.

Puh-leeze.&#160 Favre’s good – okay, fine.&#160 I get that.&#160 But with training camps already open, cutting him and having him hook up with another team (the scuttlebutt is Minneha-ha, which opens the season at GB in what would be the Irony Bowl&#153) is problematic at best.&#160 Chemistry doesn’t happen overnight, and Favre’s gonna have trouble developing it with this new edition of the Pack, let alone anyone else.

And all this after all the hero’s worship, accolades & adulation following Favre’s retirement announcement.&#160 Never mind that he’s pissed away a damned hefty share of his NFL street cred by this little six-month soap opera – starting with a new&#160 team means getting buried (for the time being) on a depth chart somewhere.

And you came back for this, Brett?

What a damnfool.&#160

The PFW returns Thursday for Week 1 of the preseason.&#160