Taking a Dip in the Acid Pool

Tens of thousands of assault rifles and other firearms in Afghanistan are at risk of being stolen because U.S. officials have lost track of them…

Yes, we’re now arming the Taliban too!  30% cannot be accounted for.

Ten contractors hired by Houston-based KBR to make repairs at an Iraqi water plant in early 2003 say the company knowingly allowed them and dozens of National Guardsmen to be exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.

But it’s for the children…

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday won a constitutional referendum that lifted the limit on presidential terms, allowing him to run anew in the presidential election in 2012.

In other news, George Bush appointed himself President for Life yesterday…

The UK’s mobile phone networks are to start selling data about the internet sites visited by their customers to advertisers.

C’mon…. like it’s not going on here already…

Crude oil prices have fallen to new lows for this year. So you’d think gas prices would sink right along with them. Not so.

That’s because they’re fucking us.

But (Obama’s) programme for reinvigorating the economy is not (popular).  Indeed, it is a sign of the dislocation between politics and everyday life that while the $787bn stimulus package that Obama is expected to sign today is being hailed as a great victory, nobody truly believes it will work…

Ah, life in America.  And all over the (One) world these days…

Kansas has suspended income tax refunds and may not be able to pay employees on time, the state’s budget director said Monday.

Attention: This is your State.  I am bankrupt (moreso). Perhaps I need to apply for a handout too…

Global slump could throw 53 million more people into poverty

But…. Obama has a PLAN!!!

Special thanks to the nice people at Citizens for Legit Governement, where some of this really cool news comes from.