- Doug Hoffman, who almost won the 23rd Congressional District in New York, has “revoked his statement of concession” despite needing to win 80% of the remaining uncounted votes in order to win. Hoffman is alleging that ACORN and labor unions stole the election from him.
- Speaking of ACORN stealing elections, 52% of Republicans think that ACORN stole the Presidential election.
- Sweden’s female soldiers are growing impatient. After being told that fireproof underwear and bras would be available in the spring of 2009, the soldiers are still waiting. Female soldiers have argued for thirty years that they should have fireproof undies like the men.
- Former Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana will spend 13 years in prison on bribery charges, but he is still eligible for $50,000 in retirement benefits for his 18 years as a Congressman.
- Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy said that if we capture bin Laden “we don’t need to interrogate him.”
Why is Sarah Palin’s photo on the cover of a runner’s magazine okay, but on a newsmagazine it is sexist?- The UK is considering a Pirate-Finder General position with unlimited powers to appoint militias and fine or place in jail those who engage in online infringements on copyright laws.
- The famous 18½ minute gap in the Nixon Watergate tapes may finally be revealed. Experts at the national archives believe that they can determine the contents of missing notes that Nixon’s aide Bob Haldeman took of that meeting. Some pages from the notepad were “lost” but hyper spectral imaging may be able to determine what those notes were about by looking at other pages on the same pad.
- Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak has introduced the Online Age Verification and Safety Act which would require all pornographic sites to verify that a viewer is not a minor or face up to 10 years imprisonment.
- One of the transsexual prostitutes involved in the downfall and resignation of the governor of Lazio, Italy, the area around Rome, was found dead after a fire in her apartment.
- Brazil’s welcoming of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad undercuts Brazil’s rising prestige and prominence in the world.
- The Philippines has classified Hentai as virtual child porn and banned it.
- There is a movement afoot in the U.S. for the right to hang one’s laundry.
- Afghanistan is the worst country in the world to be born, as it has a infant mortality rate of 257 deaths per 1,000 live births.
