political nonsense

Iraqi Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum was suspended from his post after publicly objecting to the Iraqi government’s decision this month to raise petrol prices threefold.”I object to the decision of putting me on leave and the mechanism by which it was done after I objected to the government’s decision to raise fuel prices,” Mr Bahr al-Uloum told reporters late on Friday.
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Prebiotic organic molecules–which are found in DNA–were discovered in constellation Ophiuchus, 375 light-years from earth.
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Violence increased across Iraq after a short lull following the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections, with at least two dozen people killed in shootings and bombings mostly targeting the Shiite-dominated security services.
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Retailers have recognized that December has 31 days.

Armed with gift cards and a zeal for bargains, shoppers returned to the nation’s malls and stores Monday for a second round of the holiday shopping season.

“I wouldn’t pay full price today for anything,” said Misty Watters, who snapped up discounted Nike sweat pants and T-shirts at McCain Mall in North Little Rock, Ark. “We’re looking for anything on sale,” said Jennifer Westfall, of Charleston, W.Va., who brought her mother and 7-year-old daughter to the local Charleston Mall. “Only cheap-o markdowns.” “I’m just here to see if there’s a bargain,” said Pamela Porterfield, who purchased discounted bowling ball coffee mugs.
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In California, a jury awarded $172 million dollars to over 110,000 current and former Wal-Mart employees who were illegally denied lunch breaks.
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The Iraqi military announced that they had captured Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, but accidentally released him.
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revirgination is really big right now.
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The Pentagon launched 1-800-CALL-SPY, a hotline that allows U.S. citizens to report suspicious activity directly to the military.
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It was revealed that the U.S. Army was writing positive news stories about the Iraq war, and was then paying to have the articles translated into Arabic and published in Iraqi newspapers. Abdul Zahra Zaki, editor of the newspaper Al Mada, said that if he had known the stories—with titles like “Iraqis Insist on Living Despite Terrorism” and “More Money Goes to Iraq’s Development”—were written by the Army he would have “charged much, much more.”
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it was discovered that terrorists take meth before they kill people.
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The U.S. Transportation Safety Administration decided that screwdrivers under seven inches long and scissors with blades under four inches long will again be permitted on airplanes. Box cutters, crowbars and hammers remain off limits.
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Saddam Hussein refused to appear in court to defend himself against war crimes, complaining of a lack of clean underwear.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said that human-rights abuses in Iraq are “the same . . . and worse” than they were under Hussein.
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Among the developments most worrisome to the White House has been a pronounced erosion in the positive public view of the president’s personal integrity, a characteristic that Mr. Bush had made the backbone of his political appeal.
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Saddam’s half-brother suggested the court just get it over with and execute them. “Why don’t you just execute us and get rid of all of this?” he asked.
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The German intelligence officials who interrogated “Curveball,” an Iraqi who provided intelligence that the Bush Administration used to justify the war in Iraq, said that they repeatedly warned the United States that Curveball (who may have been lying in order to obtain a German visa) could not be trusted. Said an intelligence official, “We had always told them it was not proven.”
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The House approved a $50 billion budget cut that will increase Medicaid fees and reduce funding for student loans and food stamps
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