Wal-Mart Now Under Sharia Law
Sales are booming at exactly one retailer in America: Wal-Mart, of course! [ New York Times ]
California state legislators work the crappiest hours -- 30 hours over the weekend and possibly an all-nighter tonight, so that they can pass a state budget already. [ CNN ]
Pakistan has agreed to allow the imposition of Islamic law in its northwestern Swat region, because why not, the religious nuts have been running that place for a while anyway. [ AFP ]
The euro continues to fall against the dollar, which is awesome for everybody with enough money to go on a European vacation soon -- meaning, nobody. [ Bloomberg ]
Hillary Clinton went on her first trip abroad as Secretary of State. She went to Japan and got embarrassingly hammered at a G7 press conference. [ UPI ]
John McCain explained to aWall Street Journalreporter how one whole month into the Obama presidency, our new leader has been revealed as a sham and a failure at everything. [ WSJ ]