Beer Break
Just as his jobs bill was being defeated in Congress, President Obama joined four unemployed construction workers for a few beers in Florida last night. But there was an embarrassing moment when the President thought it was a fundraiser and he asked each of the guys to pick up the tab and pay $36,000.



New Report
Senate Democrats have released a report showing that a 2004 deal to repatriate foreign profits with lower corporate taxes did nothing to create jobs. Luckily for the GOP, the report was conducted by the same Democrats who put together the Stimulus, so the study does say the plan SAVED 200 million jobs.



New Job
Oakland's police chief is resigning and taking a new job at Harvard. After years of dealing with the brutal "Crips" and "Bloods" gangs, Harvard figured he was the man to finally stop the fighting between the "Tweeds" and the "Plaids."



Detroit's Top Teams
The success of the Detroit's Lions Tigers is rejuvenating a city that has been economically suffering for decades. Because if there's one thing that unemployed people need, it's trying to buy playoff tickets for $500 apiece.



Posey Improves
Injured San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is showing improvement and should be able to return to the team next season... when he will then be beated almost to death by a bunch of L.A. Dodger fans.






October 12th


539 BC: The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon... and they get away with it because they knew how to remove the security tags without damaging the item.


1823: Charles Macintosh, of Scotland, sells the first raincoat... giving Scottish flashers an edge on all international competition.


1999: Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. All the previous coups in Pakistan had also been chickenless.