The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

Out on a Limb
“Positive Outcomes Not Guaranteed in Libya”–headline, Commentary website, Oct. 20

With Sandbags on Loan From God
“Thailand Floods: Rush to Protect Bangkok From Rising Waters”–headline, Daily Mail (London), Oct. 18

That’s Easy for You to Say
“Australian Bishops to Issue Toowoomba Statement”–headline, Catholic News Agency, Oct. 19

News of the Tautological

  • “The NATO Council meets every Wednesday and received a regular Libya update yesterday, which is now outdated given today’s events.”–ABCNews.com, Oct. 20
  • “New Steve Jobs Biography Reveals Personal Details”–headline, WSJ.com, Oct. 21

Bottom Story of the Day

  • “Gang Members Arrested for Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy”–headline, Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), Oct. 19
  • “Moore: Occupy Wall Street Inspired Me to Make Another Documentary”–headline, RealClearPolitics.com,Oct. 20

Two Left Feet
“A rain-soaked day did what the city couldn’t: clean out Zuccotti Park,” the New York Post reports. But “the sprint for safety for the protesters was made easier with the 4,000 free pairs of shoes donated by a sympathetic Long Island retailer”:

Robert Yeganeh, owner of LoveMyShoes, sent truckloads of footwear over the past three weeks to give comfort to the huddled masses in the lower Manhattan park–but the donations backfired when his customer base lashed out. . . .

The delivery can’t come quick enough for Luis Daniel, 31, a protester who was limping around barefoot in the rain.

“I was asleep and my shoes were stolen. I need a pair, but the comfort station doesn’t have any,” said Daniel, who has been jobless since he was fired from Dunkin’ Donuts in 2007.

Meanwhile, MRCTV.com has video from Occupy Toronto, where a guy complains: “This man was in my tent sniffing my girlfriend’s feet.” The alleged hoof-huffer, who was also reportedly “trying to get other protesters to drink urine,” was arrested by Toronto’s finest.

How does that old adage go? I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no girlfriend.

For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”