political nonsense

Oprah and Obama are going on tour together.

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China and France signed a bilateral pact to fight against climate change together.
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The UN Committee Against Torture has determined the use of taser stun guns can be a form of torture and violate the UN Convention Against Torture. Four men in the United States and three in Canada have died after being shot with tasers in the past two weeks.
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96,000 pounds of beef were recalled.

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Australia’s new Prime Minister pledged to sign the Kyoto Protocol, leaving the US as the only major economy which still opposes the agreement, scientists warned that poor people will bear the brunt of climate change, and Oxfam found that more than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, in a study Sunday that largely blamed global warming.
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The Bush administration threatened to lay off up to 150,000 civilian workers at military bases in mid-December if Congress does not approve unrestricted Iraq funding immediately, around 60% of all foreign militants who entered Iraq to fight over the past year came from two of America’s allies- Saudi Arabia and Libya, a former top US commander in Iraq has come out in support of withdrawing most combat troops by the end of next year, and Al Qaeda insurgents disguised as members of a Sunni alliance council attacked the council’s headquarters outside Baghdad leaving at least 18 people dead.
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Nearly all Democrats and more than six in 10 Republicans think the country is going in the wrong direction.
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Swedish women were fighting for their right to go topless.
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It was discovered that blondes make men dumber.
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OPEC’s members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves into a currency other than the depreciating U.S. dollar, referred to by the President of Iran as a “worthless piece of paper.”
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Santas in Australia were told not to say “ho ho ho” because it may be offensive to women. Sydney’s Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say “ha ha ha”, the Daily Telegraph reported.

[ho ho ho?]
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The House approved a war funding bill ordering President Bush to withdraw most troops from Iraq by the end of next year.
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One-fourth of all men are ashamed of their naked physique.
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It was reported that UK newspapers report on climate change 3 times as much as the US, and they did it more accurately.
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Fifty-five percent of Americans believe President Bush has committed impeachable offenses.
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It was revealed that US snipers would kill Iraqis that picked up fake guns they had planted as bait regardless of any further indication they were insurgents, the US contested that the quantity of Iranian bomb-making components being found in Iraq is increasing and 20 Iranian-trained agents are still operating south of Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced amnesty for detainees who had been “deceived” into joining the insurgency in Iraq, and the head of police intelligence in Iraq’s Kerbala province was detained after roadside bombs and other weapons were found in a raid on his house.
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Scientists found a planet.
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A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people, including five MPs and several children, in northern Afghanistan.
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The United Nations called on Israel to stop its daily air violations of Lebanese airspace.
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Scientists found that a woman who has a sexy walk is unlikely to be ovulating.

[not fertile]
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