Kiryat Gat man is first West Nile fatality in Isra…

Kiryat Gat man is first West Nile fatality in Israel

Well, thank God they don’t have anything going on there that might distract them from fighting it.

Background/ Sharon and Arafat: star-crossed nemese…

Background/ Sharon and Arafat: star-crossed nemeses?

Or possibly, the New New Odd Couple.

Bush administration asks appeals court to strike O…

Bush administration asks appeals court to strike Oregon assisted-suicide law

Of course. Remind me again: doesn’t the GOP platform come out in favor of states rights? Oh, right, that only counts when the states want to do something like make it hard to get an abortion or kick everyone off welfare or set criminals on fire.

Epilepsy drug helps prevent migraines And helps…

Epilepsy drug helps prevent migraines

And helps you lose weight. Of course, there’s the nausea, fatigue, and nervousness, but that’s a small price to pay. Believe me, if you’ve never had a migraine.

Actor Nick Nolte Checks Into Drug Treatment Clinic…

Actor Nick Nolte Checks Into Drug Treatment Clinic

I certainly didn’t see that coming, did you?

allAfrica.com: Commonwealth to Review Zimbabwe’s S…

allAfrica.com: Commonwealth to Review Zimbabwe’s Suspension

Because, as we all know, Mugabe’s changed his ways. I mean, there’s been so much progress there.

Arab League Calls on UN to Halt Israel Siege of Ar…

Arab League Calls on UN to Halt Israel Siege of Arafat HQ

Ha! That’s a good one! What’s the UN going to do, vote on another resolution? That’ll show them! (”This is a very special resolution. It is the 5000th UN resolution against Israel!”)

Okay, let’s get this straight. The UN is a joke. The General Assembly has less power than a middle-school student council. And the US owns a Security Council veto. Appealing to the UN is pointless. Call Washington, and hope you get put through to someone important.

State congressmen pull in higher-ed dollars Ah,…

State congressmen pull in higher-ed dollars

Ah, delicious pork!

Alabama ranks third, behind much larger Florida and California, in the amount of money distributed to universities by Congressmen without normal review. Third!

Last year, U.S. Rep. Sonny Callahan, R-Mobile, predicted that Alabama would not suffer when Congress and the president attempted to reign in federal spending.

“Somebody might get hurt, but it’s not going to be Alabama,” Callahan said then. “We might narrow the size of the overall pie, but Alabama will just take a bigger slice.”

Yes, we’re basically mugging the rest of the country for education funds! We’re a rogue state! There’s an enormous new building going up across town at the University of Alabama. Guess who it’s named after? Senator Richard Shelby! You paid for that! The entire state of Alabama is on welfare! The largest employer in Birmingham is the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The largest employer here is Tuscaloosa is the University of Alabama. I’m not sure what the largest employer in Huntsville is, but the city’s main industry is federally-funded aerospace.

And we’re still desperately poor. Gosh, I guess the GOP is right about welfare breeding poverty.

And crime. Give me your wallet, I’m setting up a scholarship fund.

Ananova - US Embassy house was target of Jakarta e…

Ananova - US Embassy house was target of Jakarta explosion - police chief

The biggest thing we have on our side is that our enemies are completely incompetent.

From the Ichthypundit ‘Virgin births’ puzzle sh…

From the Ichthypundit

‘Virgin births’ puzzle shark experts

Yes, in Minneapolis, the Shark Messiahs have been born.