- The Obama administration is holding a meeting on government openness. Unfortunately, the meeting was closed to the public.
- Fidel Castro’s son was elected as one of the three vice-presidents of the International Baseball Federation.
- Did Sarah Palin leave college in Hawaii because she was uncomfortable being around a lot of Asians?
- A candidate in Taiwan’s local elections lost his seat narrowly, got drunk and carried a gun to his victorious opponent’s celebration party where he wounded the sister of his rival.
- Health and safety rules forced employees of the Lancashire County Council’s Guild House in the UK to hire a van to move their office across a 12 foot wide street.
- Referring to Switzerland as “the mafia of the world,” Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said that the Swiss minaret ban is an invitation by al-Qaeda to attack Europe.
- Rasmussen conducted a generic ballot test between the Democratic Party, Republican Party and mythical Tea Party. Guess what? The Democrats polled 36%, Tea Party 23% and Republicans 18%.
- General Petraeus admitted that he has not voted since 2002 because he wants to serve whomever is President impartially.
- In an appeal to a higher court, Canadian anti-gay rights activist Rev. Stephen Boissoin has successfully overturned an Alberta court’s lifetime ban on his mentioning anything about homosexuality.
- Noranside Prison in Scotland will be closing for Christmas week. The prisoners will be sent home and expected to return by the end of the year.
