Monday, August 6, 2007

From Today's News: Aug. 6, 2007

President Bush said today that he is confident that Pakistan will help bring al-Qaeda terrorists there to justice if there is good intelligence as to where they are hiding. If al-Qaeda members can’t be found, Bush said, we’ll just have to get some gooder intelligence.



In El Paso, Texas yesterday, a 71-year-old woman’s Ford Ranger went over a cliff, falling 150 feet. Miraculously, she received only minor injuries. It was several hours before she was found because she didn’t have her cell phone. There’s Murphy’s Law, huh?

The woman may have set a world record. Not for surviving the fall. For being the first civilian to ever drop an airborne Ranger.

In fact, surviving a 150-foot fall to the ground in a pick-up truck is so unbelievable, it has already been bought as a plotline for next season on Desperate Housewives.



A group of young children in a Stanford University study thought food wrapped in McDonald’s packaging tasted better than the exact same plain-wrapped foods. Children were recruited by calling it a “Happy Study,” which comes with games and puzzles on the application and a free toy at the end.

Incidentally, the children’s parents were shown TV commercials that tricked them into thinking that any movie ever made by Disney was worth owning on DVD.



The FDA approved the use of a new drug for HIV patients to prevent or slow the onset of AIDS. Early concerns are the side effects, as the drug can cause liver damage, heart problems, and, ironically, AIDS.



The new edition of the Journal of Pediatrics says that videos aimed at babies may actually slow their progress in speech. The research may be wrong. I mean, I watched videos when I was a baby and I can say…a lot of… words that… mean… stuff.


In the small country of Estonia, police pulled over a driver whom they thought was drunk, and discovered he was blind. They immediately arrested the man. I bet he never saw that coming.

How did this guy expect to be able to drive? Opent eh car door and use his hand to feel the bumps on the road?

Police became suspicious when they saw the white cane sticking out of the driver's window.

The cops asked him why he was the one driving the car, and the man said it was beause he needed the seeing-eye-dog to read the map.

The driver is already out of jail because he was able to post Braille.

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