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Dave Obernberger is just a regular Midwestern guy with a unobtrusive hobby: crusading to halt the government-sanctioned wholesale slaughter of the unborn in Racine, Wisconsin. Recently, to mark the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, he sent a small, plastic fetus to every single one of the 44,000 households in Racine on behalf of the group Wisconsin Right to Life. It did make some people mad, but it got Dave and his bizarre and probably treatable mental health issue on the local teevee, as you can see. MORE »

It was so scary when little Iranian motorboats did loops around American warships in the Persian Gulf last week. The U.S. ships were apparently seconds away from blasting the tiny speedboats, all because of a threatening radio message assumed to be from the scary Iranians. Now the Navy says the scary transmission could have come from a well-known “radio prankster” called the Filipino Monkey. MORE »

So the photo-ops in Israel and Palestine are going pretty well; things are better already vis-a-vis the President’s rosy forecast. Just today, after driving through the West Bank to hold a press conference with the Palestinian President, Bush told reporters regarding the various checkpoints, “You’ll be happy to know, my whole motorcade of a mere 45 cars was able to make it through without being stopped.” They didn’t stop you? You must know someone or something. [al-Jazeera]

Just moments ago on CNN, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert couldn’t contain his glee at what is passing for peace talks these days. He had nothing but glowing platitudes for a widely smiling and nodding GWB. Maybe if Georgie had known that Israel has such nice things to say about him, he would have gone there years ago! Plus, who knows: if war can’t bring peace to the Middle East, maybe photo-ops and verbal fellatio can.

BECAUSE IT’S WORKED IN THE PAST: A St. Louis-area councilman has a plan to tone down the rowdiness on Main Street of his little town; he wants to ban swearing and “profane music,” along with table dancing and drinking contests, in all the bars. We suggest he also form a temperance league and maybe crack down on laughter as well. [AP]