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Welp, they can't say Obama didn't keep all his campaign promises - President Barack Obama plans to dispatch additional U.S. troops plus hundreds of civilian advisers in hopes of turning around a faltering war in Afghanistan and will recommend increasing aid to neighboring Pakistan so long as leaders there confront militancy, people familiar with the forthcoming plan said Thursday. Full Story

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! - Speaking in Brasília at a joint press conference with Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, Mr Lula da Silva told reporters: “This crisis was caused by the irrational behaviour of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing.” - Full Story

I knew this kid didn't father that little whore's baby - It is understood the family of Alfie Patten - who caused an international media storm when it was revealed he became a father at age 12 - is taking a British tabloid to court after it reported the results of a DNA test that showed that he was in fact not the father of Chantelle Stedman's baby girl. - Full Story (until its removed)



First Russia, then China, now the U.N. - Conspiracy Theory #665 coming to fruition - "A new Global Reserve System -- what may be viewed as a greatly expanded SDR (Special Drawing Rights), with regular or cyclically adjusted emissions calibrated to the size of reserve accumulations, could contribute to global stability, economic strength and global equity," the panel said. [WTF??? Are they talking money or a new Mercedes engine?] - Full Story

Finally Paterson sees his way to doing the right thing - New York’s drug sentencing laws, imposed during a heroin epidemic that was devastating urban areas nearly four decades ago, helped spur a nationwide trend toward mandatory sentences in drug crimes. But as many other states moved to roll back the mandatory minimum sentences in recent years, New York kept its laws on the books, leaving prosecutors with the sole discretion of whether offenders could be sent to treatment. Full Story

Rain of Fire: Israel's Unlawful Use of White Phosphorous in Gaza Video

Obama making sense in 2004: Decriminalize not Legalize