The Daily Background

Looking for laughs? Check out this post over at Shakespeare’s Sister. I haven’t laughed that hard since… well, since one of Congressman Virgil Goode’s constiuents discovered a can of gold spraypaint.

Irony of Ironies. I noted earlier today that the US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad was getting promoted to replace John Bolton as US envoy to the United Nations. John over at Americablog says that will make him the highest-placed muslim ever in the US government. One wonders what Congressman Virigil Goode will say.

Reuters: Activity spotted at North Korea nuclear test site
Associated Press: No signs of fresh North Korea nuclear test, officials in Seoul, Tokyo say
Editorial cartoonist Malcolm Evans:

Meanwhile, the FDA is up to super-important work as usual, well, when they’re not approving useless drugs made by huge corporations that then start huge advertising campaigns to make people think they need them:

U.S. health officials have approved the first prescription weight-loss drug aimed at treating Americans’ increasingly plump pooches, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

The drug, Pfizer’s Slentrol, helps decrease appetite and fat absorption to help the roughly 5 percent of U.S. dogs that are obese lose weight, the FDA said. Another 20 percent to 30 percent are overweight, it added.

Pfizer? Well I guess it’s just business as usual then.

Finally, one of my 2007 predictions just keeps coming true… (yes, it’s the Wonkette-Katherine Harris one)

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