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Qaddafi steps down

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UPDATED: Friday, April 1, 2011 13:30
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Friday, April 1, 2011 3:56 AM

SOCKPUPPET


Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi has agreed to step down after 30 years in power, handing control over to a provisional government which will be set up by Dr. Mansour O. El-Kikhia. The move was lauded by the United States and Israel, and provides an unexpected boost to US President Barack Obama in validation of his unorthodox new approach to foreign policy.

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April fools. Made you look. I was thinking of going with "Syfy okays Firefly for a second season" but decided that would be too cruel





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Friday, April 1, 2011 4:25 AM

CANTTAKESKY


Yes, your alternative would have been way too cruel.

In other news, Monsanto has been fined $10 billion for environmental violations in both WV and AL after years of legal wrangling.



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Friday, April 1, 2011 1:30 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Oh, DT, you didn't think it would be that easy, did you?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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