- Joe Lieberman was for the expansion of Medicare in the health care reform bill before he was against it.
- South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond fulfilled a pledge to be tasered as a sign of support for the weapon. She rated the pain 9.5 out of 10.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il must rest every other day because of chronic laryngitis and other maladies caused by excessive smoking and drinking.
- Joe Lieberman may run for reelection in the Senate as a Republican in 2012.
- New York Senator Chuck Schumer may have referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she told him he must turn off his cell phone for departure.
- By a voice vote, the House voted to halt the abrupt volume changes often experienced between a television program and its advertisements.
- Male prostitution is now legal in Nevada. It was not illegal before; it was just that prostitutes were required to undergo regular cervical exams. That is no longer required for men.
- Islamic militants, associated with al-Qaeda, forced Somali villagers to watch the executions of two men. One was shot for murder; the other stoned for adultery.
- It took only a few short hours for liberal pranksters to shut down the Republican Party’s URL shortener by linking in sites like the Communist Party and a sex toy in the image of Barack Obama.
- The German city of Ratingen is billing Google $30 a kilometer to take pictures of its city for Google Street View.
