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I said the other day that the daily news is my number one source of the Big Laughs. The Big Laughs are the therapeutic ones, the ones that blow out the cobwebs and release those endorphins, that make you fart uncontrollably, which in turn starts you (well, me) laughing even harder. For this reason alone, I enjoy watching and reading the news these days.

To expand my endorphin and flatulence release program, I have invented a new game. My wife believes me to be moderately deranged as a result, but that's not really anything new. You can play along at home, too, dear reader, and I guarantee it'll be even better for your mental health and general well-being than constricting your anus 100 times a day. Malarkey? Or effective way? You get to decide.

It's simple, really, and in its simplicity resides its demonic cleverness. Merely add the phrase '...which is, of course, completely idiotic' to all news items, preferably political, that hove into your view. Fun for the whole family!

Here are some examples that I've prepared earlier in the clean and well-lit kitchens of wonderchicken Industries™:

• Mr. Gonzales claimed that the warrantless surveillance program is consistent with protection of civil liberties, which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• Iran's best-selling newspaper has launched a competition to find the best cartoon about the Holocaust in retaliation for the publication in many European countries of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• President Bush explained that the new budget, which cuts funding to health care, environmental protection and education while increasing defense and homeland security spending, will help to protect the American people, which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• Telecom companies, "including AT&T, MCI and Sprint," are allowing the NSA to spy on calls, "on the basis of oral requests from senior government officials" which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• 'Merkel likens Iranian president to Hitler' and 'Chavez says Bush worse than Hitler,' after 'Rumsfeld compares Venezuela's Chavez to Hitler' and 'Likens bin Laden to Hitler' which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• Most state and local health departments reportedly "expect to be unprepared" for a bird flu epidemic "for at least a year," during which time, says one expert, social distancing "is likely to be all we're going to have as a strategy" which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• The president reportedly "didn't mean it literally," when he vowed to cut Middle East oil imports by 75 percent: "This was purely an example," explained Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, formerly known as 'One of Texas' Top Five Worst Polluters' which is, of course, completely idiotic.
• The Big Bang is "not proven fact; it is opinion," Mr. Deutsch wrote, adding, "It is not NASA's place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator" which is, of course, completely idiotic.

(some items lifted from Cursor.org, because I'm exhausted from all the farting)

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