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Chuck Norris is a Jerk Department
So Chuck Norris, after capitalizing on his internet mythology to publicly whore himself for Huckabee's Presidential campaign, is now suing Penguin books for publishing a collection of those myths, because they infringe on his right to.. I'm not sure.

Sorry Chuckie, but the boat on that really sailed when you decided to become a public figure and join the Huckabee campaign. If it hadn't already.

Source: Reuters

Putin Corrupt After All?
Time made it sound like he was an honest dictator surrounded by Plutocrats, but the issue may not be so clear-cut.

There are allegations emerging that Putin has in fact swindled the Russian people out of forty BILLION dollars. As for being a competent dictator, it seems that he is all that is holding his government together and can't retire because two rival factions beneath him are at war with one another.

No good guys to root for there, btw. You have old KGB hardliners versus modern oligarchs.

Source: The Guardian

Maybe History Really is Cyclical
So it seems that J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to permanently detain people he disliked politically, using war as a convenient cover, and sham trials to justify their detention. Wow.

Great minds think alike, I suppose. Cheney and Hoover even look a tad alike.

I wonder if this means that Cheney has dresses in his closet in front of the skeletons...

Source: Raw Story

I Want My Obituary to Read
At least, in part: "Authorities have yet to find the head."

Source: Casey and Andy

Pleo Takes Over the World?
New robot toy is a cross between Furby and the Robosaurus. Plots our collective doom.

From cuteness.

Source: The Washington Post