This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Posted by Matt Davis on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:21 AM
DRONE HACKING!!! Iraqi insurgents have reportedly used $26 off-the-shelf software to hack into the U.S. military's unmanned Predator drones and obtain live video feeds.
AXELROD: LEFT 'INSANE' TO SINK HEALTH BILL!!! Evidently the senate didn't consider the party's "base" before ripping the guts out of the bill.
US MULLS $100BILLION CLIMATE CHANGE FUND!!! Great word, "mulls." It means "is never actually going to do it."
SENATE MULLS HEALTH REFORM!!! Just "one vote away..."
MADGE WASHES THE DISHES!!! Ma è soltanto una pubblicità per Dolce & Gabbana.
- MADONNA: IN ITALIAN ADVERT
PRINCE CHARLES: MEDDLING OLD BASTARD!!! The heir to the throne has been firing off letters to British ministers about climate change. That's a no-no for the supposedly neutral monarchy.
TONY BLAIR KEEPING HIS MONEY SECRET!!! The Guardian crowd-sources the mystery out to accountants, who finally solve it.
QUEEN TAKES THE TRAIN!!! Instead of driving East to her Norfolk estate for Christmas.
- BRITAIN'S CLASSLESS SOCIETY: UH, YEAH...
DOUCHE OF THE DECADE!!! Surprisingly, "Bill O'Reilly is winning."
Good day.
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