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Adolf Hitler found time amid the bloodiest war in history to crack jokes with his cronies. Hitler the comedian is one side of the Fuhrer painted in a new memoir called ‘The Last Witness‘ by one of the Nazi leader's bodyguards. Comedian: Hitler often cracked jokes according to his bodyguard Hitler, the mass killer, “had a small fund of jokes,“ recalled Misch, who is now 90. “The boss was said to be particularly fond of a couple jokes and told the best ones over and over,“ he said. While Misch did not divulge Hitler's favourite jokes ahead of the book's...

(Click "Download Now" if the page seems confusing). http://www.whysoserious.com/happytrails You can also see the new trailer on the official website, which has finally been updated. http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/ This trailer is awe-inspiring; even moreso than the last one (which I also thought was spectacular).

Excerpt.... And bloggers like Scottykazz on Superman homepage says "I hope his reportedly insane work as the Joker didn't put him over the edge." A blogger named Ojacko points to The Internet Media Database's Batman Returns entry: “Ledger found the role extremely difficult, and suffered insomnia as a result.” 'It is a physically and mentally draining role (his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy”......“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,” he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.”

LONDON (Reuters) - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them. The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards. The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary. "As adults we make assumptions about what works for...

There are two places you can view the new trailer: From the official website or this alternate site.There's also a YouTube version.

Sweet poster, IMO. Clever way of conveying both Batman and the Joker in one image.Also, the big story going around is that last night, the much anticipated 6-minute IMAX prologue for the "Batman Begins" sequel premiered in New York, with a personal introduction by Chris Nolan.Here's an article from MTV.com, but I'm going to give you a big spoiler warning; don't click unless you don't mind a few spoilers.But here are some good excerpts:'Dark Knight' Opening Scenes Reveal 'Radical' New Joker"NEW YORK — If the opening frames of "The Dark Knight" are any indication, Batman will have his hands full...

It’s been the way of film advertising lately to release a small snippet from the movie in advance to the movies release....it looks as if Batman the Dark Knight will be screening a 6 or 7 minute trailer this December...(There's more at the link but most of it's irrelevant.)By the way, this was recently confirmed to be true, although I couldn't find a link. There WILL be a 7-minute prologue to "The Dark Knight" this December, and it will premiere ONLY in IMAX theaters before the Will Smith movie "I Am Legend."

After releasing a teaser site for the "Batman Begins" sequel, "The Dark Knight," WB has launched a guerilla campaign for the film.First they launched a teaser picture that will start a mock campaign for "Harvey Dent for D.A." Harvey Dent, who eventually becomes Two-Face, will be an upcoming D.A. in the film and will be played by Aaron Eckhart. The picture can be found at Ibelieveinharveydent.com.However, soon an alternate site that is supposed to be "The Joker's Website" appeared, called ibelieveinharveydenttoo. It starts with a defaced version of the "Dent for D.A." pic, which slowly fades into a ghostly image...

Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken, a Democrat, announced today his campaign had raised more than $1.3 million in the first quarter of the year, finishing the period with over $1 million in the bank. Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live'' performer and more recently a liberal radio talk show host, raised the money since announcing his candidacy on Feb. 14. The campaign is still finalizing its numbers. The filing deadline is April 15. Franken and fellow Democrat Mike Ciresi are hoping to take on GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, although Ciresi has not yet filed a statement of candidacy. Coleman's campaign...

Staff Sgt. Chris Conner, platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, interacts with a local child in Barwanah while conducting clearing operations in the city. BARWANAH -- Marines here are bringing peace and security to the innocent, and taking the fight to the enemy. The Marines of Golf Company, call sign Joker, a part of the California-based Battalion Landing Team 2/4 with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit , continue the search for improvised explosive devices and weapons as well as securing the city. Sweeping through the city, a place that has been relatively quiet of insurgent...

Batman Sequel Title & Casting Confirmed! Source: Warner Bros. Pictures August 1, 2006 As a follow up to last year's blockbuster Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight, written by Jonathan Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, Christian Bale will resume his role as Bruce Wayne and Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been cast as The Joker. The announcements were made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. Christopher Nolan...

This shocking announcement has been made from "Batman-on-film.com." I am kind of disappointed, to say the least. Personally, I was pulling for Australian actor Lachy Hulme, and he seemed to be the one most likely to get the role.I'm still not 100% positive this news announcement is true, but the editor of b.o.f. seems to think it's a done deal.Heath Ledger was in "Brokeback Mountain," "The Patriot," and "A Knight's Tale."

Dear : Earlier today, I voted in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee against the nomination of Dr. Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State. This vote is an expression of my determination that we hold the Bush administration accountable. Dr. Rice is a principal architect, implementer, and defender of a series of Administration policies that have not made our country as secure as we should be and have alienated much-needed allies in our common cause of winning the war against terrorism. Regrettably, I did not see in Dr. Rice's testimony before our committee any acknowledgment of the need to change course...

So there's another Bin Laden tape out, the first in a long while. This could be seen as an attempt by Bin Laden to influence the election against Bush; his mocking comments towards the President certainly make it come off that way. But I don't think it will work, because of a theory I'll call "The Batman Effect". Batman is constantly trying to put the Joker out of business for good. But if you haven't noticed, he generally never quite manages. The Joker is never, ever truly vanquished; he'll always be back for more. But when the Joker's on the...

From LIttleGreenFootballs.com... Separated at Birth? John Edwards ... ... and the Joker?

I single handedly won the cold war, and I double handedly won the hot war. That is to say, I am a supercalifragalistic, ultra megamagnificient war hero, and I've got the medals to prove it !!! The entire process was easy as squeezin' ketchup! But I'm too busy right now flip-flopin' my presidential campaigh... otherwise I'd lay it all out for you so you could drool over the simplicity of it all. I call it ... KERRyORISM !!! Warning: I recently filed a patent on "KERRyORISM"... so don't think you're gonna steal my technique for screwing America, the stupid American...

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny . . . what great fun you are to watch. Sincerely, I thank you for all the great belly-laughs these past weeks. Y'know, Johnny, I've been watching political campaigns for well over 40 years and I've seen some really stupid ones. Yours is quickly rising right up there with the top four or five silliest, too. Of course, you don't realize that yet, do you Johnny. But, Johnny, it's really your own fault. It's a leadership thing and leadership is something you know very, very little about. That will become rather obvious if you just look around...

JO hn KE rry = JOKE Coincidence??? I don't think so.

<p>The following is a transcribed excerpt from FOX News Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003.</p> <p>CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS: In just six weeks, voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the Democratic presidential nominee. For some pundits, the outcome seems almost certain already.</p>

OTTAWA (CP) - Some of the first patients to smoke Health Canada's government-approved marijuana say it's "disgusting" and want their money back. "It's totally unsuitable for human consumption," said Jim Wakeford, 58, an AIDS patient in Gibsons, B.C. "It gave me a slight buzziness for about three to five minutes, and that was it. I got no other effect from it." Barrie Dalley, a 52-year-old Toronto man who uses marijuana to combat the nausea associated with AIDS, said the Health Canada dope actually made him sick to his stomach. "I threw up," Dalley said Monday. "It made me nauseous because...

The Iraqi "deck of death" is such a hot seller that U.S. playing card companies are fighting one another for a piece of the action. United States Playing Cards of Ohio recently sent cease-and-desist letters to a dozen competitors that raced to reproduce the U.S. military's deck of the most-wanted Iraqis. They even hired Pinkerton detectives to enforce the orders. Liberty Playing Cards of Texas recently had to destroy 70,000 decks of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his henchmen after inadvertently infringing on the Ohio company's trademark Hoyle joker. At stake is a claim to the biggest thing ever to...

A high ranking Patriotic Union of Kurdistan official has announced that the former Iraqi Information Minister, Mohamed Saeed Al-Sahaf, nicknamed, 'Hama Saee' and 'Uluj' in Kurdistan, is ready to surrender to American forces, the Iranian newspaper Yasenu reported.The paper said that Al-Sahaf's surrender is conditional, quoting from an unnamed high ranking official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, without referring to Al-Sahaf's hideout.Al-Sahaf was the Information Minister during the war in Iraq.He became the face of the Iraqi regieme during the war and gained fame for his misleading infomation as well as denial of the presence of American forces in...

CNN just reported thatBaghdad Bob is alive and is being protected by a Kurdish group. It turns out that Baghdad Bob's wife is a Kurd.