In the News Today

New intelligence says Iran discontinued their attempts to obtain nuclear weapons in 2003. Wait, wait...I know this one! Now we send an intelligence agent to Africa, and when he can't prove that Iran tried to buy plutonium, the VP's assistant will out his wife as a secret agent and we'll go to war anyway!

Thief steals more than $100K in cash from the Union Rescue Mission safe in LA. The money was the savings of the homeless men in the mission, their hope for a future. Police suspect an inside job. If you'd like to donate to the mission this holiday season, now would be a good time.

I think it's wonderful that GOP candidate Mike Huckabee denounced waterboarding as torture, but he wouldn't condone the practice because it doesn't work? How about because it's morally and ethically wrong??

And finally...
A cat survives 19 days with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head.

Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish readers and friends!