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US soldiers are lampooned, policemen are shown as buffoons and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is irreverently cheered by penguins... Iraqis are turning more and more to You Tube to express their dark-edged humour. The main butt of send-ups posted by Iraqis on the popular Internet video site is, as one might expect, the US military. With around 160,000 troopers scattered across the country there is clearly no dearth of subjects -- nor lack of innovative video makers. One video shows a large-mouthed soldier repeating Arabic phrases told to him by a group of locals. "Bring us back to our family,...

Once again, it slaps us hard in the face and then holds up a mirror so that we can look at ourselves; and we do, ignoring, of course, the bruising and welts that are forming from being slapped so hard. Once more, our nation must gaze into its collective soul and not, as President Bush once did, gaze into Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul that, as it turned out, is a really dark and terrifying place. No, our nation must gaze into its soul to see what kind of a people we truly are and if we are as open-minded...

Here's a fun exercise for conservatives: Spend some time just listening to your liberal friends. Don't bother to say anything at all. You'll be amazed. I've certainly been wowed every time I've tried it. Libs believe the darndest things. They're not as cute as the things kids come out with, but having millions of adults who are stuck in false beliefs puts our society at a lot greater risk. Among the pearls of political wisdom I picked up from ordinary, friendly, prosperous and apparently intelligent lib friends were the following: 1. Christians. Believing Christians are scary folks, sort of proto-fascists,...

The Democrats still blink. Debate moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Dennis Kucinich if he would try to knock off Osama bin Laden with a missile even if it would kill some innocent civilians. Kucinich said, "I don't think that a president of the United States who believes in peace and who wants to create peace in the world is going to be using assassination as a tool." The rest of the Democrats crawled into a hole of vacillation.

Phin has the final word on the bikini v-log: Intertubes Rule # 1,876: If you're going to post a video of yourself covering politics whilst flailing about in a bikini expect some knucklehead to mute your voice and put in background music. WooHOO!

1. A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs - and I was in the wrong one. Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX. 2. At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall. "Big breaths," I instructed. "Yes, they used to be," replied the patient. Submitted by Dr....

What should be the minimum wage? A. Whatever the worker agrees to work for so small employers will be more willing to take chances on marginal job candidates B. $5.15 per hour — the existing federal rate to which Pennsylvania subscribes and lets first-time workers have higher incomes than their greedy employers would otherwise give them. C. $50 per hour so everybody can be rich. D. $50 per hour so businesses resort to independent contractors who set their own price. E. $50 per hour so businesses automate everything and nobody has to ever work again.

It was only a small taste of freedom. David Mulligan, 21, served 25 days for drunken driving, and was released at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities allege he stole a van three minutes later. A man who lives a block from the Lemon Creek Correctional Center had left his 1997 Dodge van running to warm up. When he came out of the house, it was gone. Two hours later, the owner called police on a cell phone, saying he was following the stolen van in traffic. Police responded, and said they found Mulligan alone in the van. He now faces up...

MEDIA MEGA-MOGUL Rupert Murdoch is offering himself as a lunch date on eBay. Bidders have will until November 10th to secure lunch in a private executive dining room at News Corporation’s world headquarters in Manhattan with one of the world’s most powerful men.

Chippendales pelted with eggs11/09/2005 18:09  - (SA)    Johannesburg - Dancers from the Chippendales were pelted with eggs, had the tyres of their vehicle deflated and were robbed of costumes and merchandise in Bloemfontein on Saturday night, their promoter said on Sunday. Leanda Bond told SABC radio news that the group had laid charges of theft and vandalism against certain individuals after a series of incidents while the men were performing. "We had an incident where some varsity students let (out) the air in our tyres as well as pelting the dancers with eggs," she said. "We have had theft of costumes...

I also caught Ken Mehlman on Fox and Friends this morning commenting on Howard Dean's most recent outburst. Mehlman is so calm, collected, and above the fray it's almost ridiculous. Running the clip of Dean right before the mature, respectful response from Mehlman would be a great commercial for the RNC. Whether Democrats like it or not, Howard Dean is the DNC Chairman-- the face of the Democratic Party. Ken Mehlman, thank goodness, is quite a different face to put forward. I say run the comments of the two back-to-back in a TV spot. Nothing dirty; you wouldn't even have...

RUSH: We have audiotape, ladies and gentlemen. Some of the protesters that were gathered along the parade route, the media made sure to find these people yesterday and as such, we can play some audio for you -- and you can't have a kook protest without some good chants. So we got a montage here, which gives you a sampling of some of the kook causes that were represented at the anti-Bush inaugural protest, which all the networks covered so thoroughly and seriously as a vital part of American democracy. VOICES: US out of Iraq! Bring the troops home! No...

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia (formally known as California). White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language. Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock. Baby conceived naturally . . . scientists stumped. Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage. Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon). Iraq still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels. France...

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WASHINGTON—The dream has become a nightmare. Not only did George Bush win, but he captured the presidency by a margin of what now looks like 4 million votes. That's a clear mandate and a big green light for the right wing to push ahead with an ideological program. Barring an almost mathematically impossible outcome in Ohio, there will be no suprise win by John Kerry, no swooping in by a centrist Democrat to vanquish the specter of a modern American theocracy. Bush will have no meaningful opposition, with a fully Republican Congress at his disposal. Even Tom Daschle, the Senate...

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2004-07-21) -- Former Clinton national security advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger today returned the orginal copy of the U.S. Constitution to the National Archives. "It was an honest mistake," said Mr. Berger, who until this morning was an advisor to Democrat presidential hopeful John Forbes Kerry. "I accidentally wrapped the Constitution around my left leg and mistakenly secured it with rubber bands." A spokesman for the National Archives said he was pleased to have the Constitution back."Until Mr. Berger returned it," said the source, "our prime suspects were all in the federal judiciary."

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. * Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals, dying of nothing. * I know you may think you know what I said, but I'm not sure that you realize that what you think I said is not really what I meant. * Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population. * Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. * People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to...

I got this stuff in emails... hope you enjoy! +++++++++++ My Aunt died this past January. Citibank billed her for February and March for their monthly service charge on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge...the balance had been $0.00 and now was somewhere around $60.00. I placed the following phone call to Citibank: Me: "I am calling to tell you that she died in January." Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply." Me: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections." Citibank: "Since it is...