*US says Iran top terror sponsor; Iran smiles and says, "We like mushrooms, especially the nuclear kind!"
*US war costs could hit 811 billion dollars; war with Iraq: 811 billion dollars, paying to get Dick Cheney VP by Halliburton: 250 million dollars, bankrupting the treasury and the federal budget with a war on Iran: priceless....
*US sprinter charged with fraud; he could run fast, just not from authorities.
*US radio pundit on drugs charge, Rush Limbaugh has been charged with fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs; decides to go doctor shopping to states other than Florida.
*Poor nations block key UN reform; "oil for food" program to be changed to the "how to cook oil as food" program if a compromise isn't made by this June.
*Dylan opens New Orleans jazz fest; people enjoy his singing, but still can't tell exactly what words he's singing....
*Left-wing leaders of Bolivia, Cuba, and Venezuela have signed a three-way trade agreement aimed at countering US influence in Latin America; neo-cons have a fit and then light up a few real Cuban cigars.
*European Parliament inquiry has found that the CIA carried out as many as 1,000 secret flights through Europe since the 9/11 attacks; CIA racks up massive frequent flyer miles.
*Congress, states look to tax oil firms' profits; oil companies say, "Lobbyists, plus the VP and the president, we put into the White House, dream on...never gonna happen."
*GOP Moderates rebuff lobbyists; then woo them, smack them on the hand, say a few harsh words, and then get utter the words, "SHOW ME THE MONEY! Check, please."
*Prostitution allegations surface in a congressional bribery case; apparently, Duke Cunningham and 6 other GOP congressmen enjoyed the services of strippers at the Watergate Hotel regularly.
*In leak cases, new pressure is on journalists, criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws; constitution: RIP, era of McCarthyism is back in town.
*Juror looks up word and finds trouble, the juror found the definition of "aggravating", judge gets mad and orders jury to decide; slow-cooked (life in prison) or deep-fried (the chair) for Moussaoui.
*Bush meets with mother of kidnapped Japanese girl, "It is hard to believe that a country would foster abduction," Bush said; ironic quote coming from the king of human rights abuses.... Oh, the irony!
PoliticalCorrectness? out....
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