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JOURNAL OF THE ABSURD:
ALL THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Transcript: Reagan's Children Deliver Remarks at Service
RON REAGAN JR.: "Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man. But he
never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians wearing his faith on his
sleeve to gain political advantage. True, after he was shot and nearly killed
early in his presidency, he came to believe that God had spared him in order
that he might do good. But he accepted that as a responsibility, not a mandate. And
there is a profound difference."
Iraq war fabulous!
"The invasion of Iraq has gone fabulously well, exceeding everyone's
expectations..." --Ann Coulter
Boy's
'Violent Poem' Conviction Is Appealed
SAN FRANCISCO-The California Supreme Court appeared inclined to overturn the
felony conviction of a teenage boy whose violent poetry was deemed a criminal
threat. Prominent writers who are supporting the boy's case including Nobel
Prize winner J.M. Coetzee.
Richard
Perle admits occupation of Iraq a failure
LONDON, England-One of the ideological architects of the Iraq war has criticized
the U.S.-led occupation of the country as "a grave error." Richard
Perle, until recently a powerful adviser to U.S. Defence Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, described U.S. policy in post-war Iraq as a failure.
'I
Was Never Angry with the French,' Says Bush
PARIS (Reuters) -- "I was never angry with the French. France is a
long-term ally," Bush told the weekly Paris Match.
Prosecutor
faces sex accusations
Defendant in drug case taped bedroom encounter with Hardin County prosecutor
Robert W. Stevens, her lawyer says.
Officer's
Taser is used on girl, 9
A veteran South Tucson police sergeant is under investigation for firing his
stun gun to subdue a handcuffed 9-year-old girl.
Urinates
in holy water
A homeless man was convicted of urinating into fonts of holy water and shoving a
priest at a Roman Catholic cathedral.
FBI
apologizes to lawyer held in Madrid bombings
Offering a rare public apology, the FBI has admitted mistakenly linking an
American lawyer's fingerprint to one found near the scene of the Madrid train
bombings, a blunder that led to his imprisonment for two weeks.
[I doubt anyone
missed that one, but I record it here in the spirit of historical redundancy.
--JS]
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