Bad News For Earth: Some People Actually Like Dick Cheney

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), everyone agrees that Dick Cheney is a GOD. It's one thing to get a little sentimental about Bush who was more stupid than evil, but Cheney's maleficence is one of the more well-documented evils of our time. Have conservatives really forgotten that this man was one of the main inspirations for hatred and mockery of the Republican party? Will they get behind anything with a famous name and a boner for Reagan? Or do they just miss torture? [USA Today]

New Sin Tax: New York Governor Wants To Ruin Your Life By Taxing Pop

Redpop guzzlers beware: After banning trans-fats it appears the next step toward achieving a perfect race of skinny people, by force, is taxing pop. (For readers outside of the Midwest, “pop” is a shorter, better name for what the rest of the country insists on calling “soda” or, in the confused South, “Coke.”) New York, being the center of the universe, is where this great wave of the future will start. Here are a few reasons  that Governor David Paterson wants to up-charge your (non-diet) beverage selection:

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Cheat Sheet: Zimbabwe

In case you missed the part where, on Friday, the Zimbabwean government was handing out Z$100 million bills (that would be “Zim-dollars”), or the part yesterday when they were handing out new Z$200 million bills, you should probably know that Zimbabwe is totally fucked right now. Their currency is halving pretty much constantly, and now they are having a major cholera outbreak that could affect 60,000 and is already spreading to other countries. Let’s try to get a fix on the dire situation, after the jump...MORE

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