Monday, July 21, 2008


Gitmo Case
The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo has begun with a not guilty plea from a former driver for Osama bin Laden. The Bush Administration is charging him with aiding terrorism, the Democrats are charging him with not using a hybrid vehicle.



Obama in Iraq
Barack Obama has arrived in Iraq where he is talking with U.S. troops. The meeting began on a bit of a sour note when Obama made it clear that he didn't approve of their use of handguns.



Iraq Pullout
The Iraqi government says it's hoping for a U.S. troop withdrawal by 2010... as long as we take them with us.



Icahn is In
After months of bashing the company, Carl Icahn has just been given a seat on Yahoo's board. It turns out you can get those computer geeks to do anything if you promise to stand on line for them when the next iPhone comes out.



Dark Knight Record
The Dark Knight shattered box office records, raking in more than $155 million in its opening weekend. Of course with what movie tickets cost now, $155 million at the box office means only about 100 people saw the film.


Dark Knight Record II
The Dark Knight shattered box office records, raking in more than $155 million in its opening weekend. The other movie studios are responding by producing their own superhero movies and casting as many suicidal drug addicts as possible to play the villains.




Mamma Mia! Record
The new film Mamma Mia! broke the opening weekend box office record for a musical, making $27.6 million. It also broke the record for attracting the most men who really wanted to see The Dark Knight but decided they'd better see Mamma Mia! if they wanted to still get lucky with their girlfriends.



Roche Buying Genentech
Swiss drug maker Roche is paying $43.7 billion to buy New Jersey-based Genentech. Roche figured than any company that can make something out of the gene pool in New Jersey must be worth its weight in gold.

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