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Then see the Condensed Lord of the Rings. It doesn’t have Orlando Bloom, but you can watch it and still have time to go out that evening.

Jacques Verges, a French lawyer notorious for defending Carlos the Jackal and Klaus Barbie, will now add Saddam Hussein to his client list.

In other news, expect Freedom Fries to make a comeback very soon.

The Pope says we shouldn’t play sports or see entertainment on Sunday.

There are apprently no limits set on which days are ok for molestation, the subjugation of women, and persecution of homosexuality.

I’ve never been a fan of Dubya’s job performance (big surprise), but I had always thought he was a decent guy, one who you could go out and drink a few beers with–that is, if he wasn’t a complete teetotaler.

Until now.

At a Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner, Bush joked around during a slide show. When a picture of him looking under furniture came up, he said, “Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere.”

600 dead soldiers, an ongoing war based on a lie and misinformation (faulty Machiavellian reasoning aside), and the President of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, makes a joke.

I am sick to my stomach thinking about how little class and compassion the “compassionate conservative” showed our departed soldiers and their families, especially considering he chickened out of fighting a war himself.

This is vile, insidious, and gut-wrenching. For someone who considers Jesus his favorite politician, Bush has made some awful decisions.

Executives from odious media conglomerate Clear Channel have donated more than 20 times as much to Bush’s reelection campaign than to Kerry’s run for President. In addition, 77 percent of donations from the company’s political action committee have gone rightward, as well. The company denies any political leanings, despite the gross disparity in donations and claims from Howard Stern and others that the shock jock was pulled from the airwaves due to his reversal on his stance towards Bush.

In Funnier News
The RIAA’s site has been down for five days! Don’t mess with hackers (mess with the best, die like the rest).

Looks like the Minnesota Twins are running into a problem the Yanks faced a couple years ago: trying to air most of their games on their own network–one that is not available to most of their viewers.

Too bad for Victory Sports One. On the other hand, I don’t feel so bad that they didn’t hire me when I applied last summer.

She answers a question about cashflow here.

Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman) was arrested again for possession of obscene material.

Looking back at his show, it’s really not hard to believe.

Jack Kelley, a Pulitzer Prize finalist from McPaper, is being investigated for plagiarism and fabrication in his stories.

I think the kind of creative license taken by Jason Blair, Mike Barnicle, Kelley, and others is much more common than previously assumed. Just like college athletes going to strip clubs on recruiting trips or little boys being molested by priests, I bet this is one of those things that is pretty standard within the industry, known by the general public, but “shocking” once it is actually proven.

Who the hell sues over something as inconsequential as half a nipple (the other half being, er, “shielded”)?

Furthermore, who the hell waits six weeks before doing so, and then declines to give a reason?