Sunday, January 11
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Robert Fredericks is the guest editor today. |
“The
foreign media have been denied entry into
Zimbabwe Introduces New $50 Billion Note
“When
the government issued a $10 billion note just three weeks ago, it bought 20
loaves of bread. That note now can purchase less than half of one loaf.”
By Benjamin Weingarten.
Taliban Running Parallel Courts in Swat
“About a week ago, the faces of two people were blackened on the orders of a similar court in Hangu district and they were paraded on donkeys in a market.”
Immigration Officer Arrested in Child Porn Case
“Michael
Clifford, a 44-year-old immigration agent, was arrested today after a grand
jury indicted him on a charge of possessing child pornography…Clifford
allegedly picked up the child late at night at an outdoor café in Rio de
Janeiro while there on official business…”
TSA Threatens Freedom of Flight
“In general, the TSA has taken the security procedures it inflicts on airlines and their passengers and applied them to privately owned and flown airplanes.”
Grenada Enforcing Ban on Off-beach Bathing Suits
“The
Texas to Reconsider $6M Steriod Testing in Schools
“Headlines
of steroid use by professional athletes fueled concerns it had trickled down
to high schools. Two years later, Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a
testing program one of his top priorities.”
The Latest Reported Bankruptcy: Mainstream Economics
By
Robert Higgs.
Ron Paul on the Gaza Strip Conflict Resolution
(video)
Touching,
heart-breaking, nauseating. (Video)
Hands-In the Virtual Hole: Sex Gets Even More Awkward (NSFW)
“In
the rapidly developing area of teledildonics, a variety of Japanese
electronics companies are stepping forward to make sure your sex life remains
a source of shame and humiliation.”
Roland Burris Asks for Refund on Bribe
Satire.
By
Liam Lynch
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