Ironic Times

 NO. 257 "Expect the Ironic" AUGUST 15 - 21, 2005 

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PRICE OF OIL KEEPS CLIMBING
Most Americans can no longer afford trip to gas station.
WORLD NEWS
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
President Musharraf promises weapon will not be used except in self-defense “as long as I am president.”
Iran's Resumption of Nuclear
Program Worries U.S.

Iran was aggressive, expansionist military power as recently as 537 B.C. under Cyrus the Great.
 
ENVIRONMENT
Data Correction Removes
Last Scientific Doubts
About Global Warming

White House will now rely exclusively on religious dogma.
 
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts Says He'll Respect Legal Precedent
Won't overturn Dred Scott.
U. S. NEWS
Pentagon: Troop Levels to
Rise, Then Fall

Then rise.
National Research Council Criticizes Quality of High School Science Labs
Equipment lacking, pews crowded.
Bush: Leaving Iraq Would Be
Bad Signal

For Iran.
 
REMINDER
  The Enlightenment is officially over.
 
Gallup Poll: 51% Say Bush
“Deliberately Misled” Public
About WMD, 54% Find Him
“Honest and Trustworthy”

44% say they deliberately misled pollsters.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Woman Wakes After 20 Years in Coma
Asks if freedom fighters we supported drove Russians out of Afghanistan and if Saddam got all the weapons he needed from us.
 
 
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