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 NO. 610 “Expect the Ironic” MAY 21 - 27, 2012 

May 14
May 28
WIDELY SEEN SOLAR ECLIPSE FRIGHTENS MILLIONS OF REMOTE TRIBESPEOPLE
Who tweet about it.
 
WORLD NEWS
London Brokers No Longer Taking Bets on Whether or Not Greece Will Stay in Eurozone
Prefer more predictable horse racing.
Researchers: Japan Will Have
No Kids Under Age 15 by 3011

And no Chuck E. Cheese's.
Mexican Cartels Blamed for
Dozens of Dead Bodies

Be patient, we're only in year 41 of the War on Drugs.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS . . .
Missing Persian Gulf Label on Google Maps Angers Iran
Ahmadinejad threatens to wipe Google Maps off the map.
U. S. NEWS
Study: By 2030, 42% in U.S.
Will Be Obese

And every day will be hot and sticky.
Judge Strikes Down Indefinite Detention Provision of National Defense Authorization Act
Says it was plagiarized from directive issued by Hermann Goering in 1938.
House Passes Ryan's Budget, Which Cuts School Lunches, Food Stamps Because They're “Ineffective”
They prevent people likely to vote for Democrats from starving to death.
 
REMINDER
  Remove any unearned degrees from your résumé.
 
New York: 87% of Those
Stopped and Frisked by Cops
In 2011 Black or Latino

Remaining 13% were cops working undercover.
 
ELECTION 2012
Romney Changes Number of Jobs He Claims He Created at Bain from 100,000 to “Thousands”
And location of jobs from U.S. to China.
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