Primitive as can be

Published 9:23 pm Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Not a single luxury — even “Meet the Press”: An upcoming reality show on Discovery takes two U.S. senators, one a conservative Republican, the other a liberal Democrat, and maroons them on a remote South Pacific island.

The senators say they hope the show inspires their colleagues to work together and get things done — which could happen, if Congress decides to devote itself to fashioning loincloths from palm fronds.

It’s a beautiful day, we’re giving this record away: Apple has released a tool that lets you remove the new U2 album that was sneakily inserted, spam-like, into about 500 million iTunes music libraries.

The Irish supergroup was widely criticized for the move, but the Association of Low-Cost Viagra Sellers plans to give them a special citation for outstanding achievement.

Too easy: A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed about 100 structures in the Northern California town of Weed.

You may insert your own “smoking Weed” joke here.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff