With more than 150,000 people losing their jobs every week in the United States and millions more being laid off around the world, the scams are getting ridiculous. Take this message from “hr@coca-cola.com,” which we just received: Coca-Cola is hiring all over the world, full-time positions, great pay and benefits, etc. Just fill out the attached form with all your personal information! MORE »

The Associated Press reports that nefarious Pepsi double-agents have been busted for stealing secrets from Coca Cola. They reveal:

The suspects include an executive administrative assistant at Atlanta-based Coke, Joya Williams, who is accused of rifling through corporate files and stuffing documents and a new Coca-Cola product into a personal bag.

After which, presumably, she slogged through three miles of swamp and underbrush, dodged terrifying hails of Orange Crush bullets and fell bleeding and exhausted at the feet of the suspiciously-named Pepsi CFO, Indra K. Nooyi. When the soft-drink world is at war, can any of us feel truly safe? MORE »

We’ve blogged about Governor Mike Huckabee’s media meltdown, as well as the rumor — now somewhat confirmed — that his daughter Sarah has moved back to Arkansas to help raise funds for his 2008 presidential run.

(By the way, we’ve heard that Sarah is “a really sweet person.” Maybe she can serve as her father’s goodwill ambassador to the Arkansas Times.)

But we haven’t yet touched upon what has been getting Governor Huckabee the most MSM attention today: the initiative that he and Bill Clinton just announced, under which many soft drink makers will remove their high-calorie beverages from schools around the country. Both Huckabee and Clinton have been involved in the movement against childhood obesity.

Sounds like a sure PR winner for Huckabee, right? Well, maybe not. After the jump, check out some interesting information provided to us by a caffeine-free Democratic operative.

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