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Humor: Daily news (12/04/07)

For Christmas, my in-laws gave me a year's worth of free gas. The gift was 365 lunches at Taco Bell.
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The first elected woman president and wife of a former president will be sworn in next week. No, no, not Hillary ... uh, at least not yet. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be the new president of Argentina. This gives Hillary an enormous boost of hope, and soon she'll be singing, "Don't cry for me, Barack Obama".


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Speaking of political winners ... oh, wow, the whole world is surprised! Putin of Russia won his totally honest (snicker, snicker) election. OK, Al Gore. Now's the time to demand a recount.
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And, now for the latest loser. Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez was defeated in his bid to become president for life. It was very close; votes were 51 percent against him and 49 percent for him. Damn, if he had only shot a few thousand more of those pesky voters who believe in freedom, he would have won.
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Hillary can be very cruel. Someone overheard her call to Dennis Kucinich, "Look, Denny, baby. Even if you strap road flares to your space suit belt and invade my campaign headquarters, you'll never get above 2% in the polls."
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A traveling exhibit featuring items buried 3,000 years ago with Egypt's King Tut will tour the U.S. next year. Among the artifacts are a jeweled scepter, a wash basin and a Rolling Stones album.

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