Topical Chat, September 21, 2007

It’s time for Penn State to finally break the spell of the Big House – kick Michigan butt!!!!!

1. On Britney Spears fans planning to stage a nude protest rally in front of the Staples Center this Saturday:
“Both of them?”
http://www.pugbus.net/artman/publish/09207002_11_britneyrally.shtml

2. On an autistic boy who could not speak learning his first words with the help of his family's pet - a parrot:
“However, all he wants to do now is sh*t on newspapers.”
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1190279887182A551

3. On a federal judge who ruled that two students in northern New Jersey can wear buttons featuring a picture of Hitler youth to protest a school uniform policy:
“After the hearing, Judge Hitler was unavailable for comment.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_us/hitler_youth_buttons;_ylt=AgEHK5KP4.VHH2Bfoz_p801vzwcF

4. On Mayor Jerry Sanders abruptly reversing his public opposition to marriage for same-sex partners and revealing that his adult daughter is a lesbian:
“From the ‘It’s not o.k. unless it happens to me’ department.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/566630,092007mayor.article

5. On a leading medical journal drawing attention to a sometimes embarrassing condition that nearly half of all men will experience in their lifetimes -- enlarged breasts:
“I experienced looking at them and touching them on a number of occasions in the past …”
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/566076,CST-NWS-breast20.article

6. On a mysterious, greasy goo of unknown origin seeping into garages and basements in San Francisco:
“More proof that you just can’t hide from politics …”
http://www.ktvu.com/news/14155458/detail.html?cnn=yes

7. On Jesse Jackson being quoted as saying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was "acting like he's white:"
“Interesting … I’m sure this will get swept under the rug, much like that comment Imus made … oh wait, nevermind …”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5SL_j8SjhfK1-lzyjy6wOI3uSFA

8. On Iran publicly testing two of its domestically manufactured new fighter jets Thursday:
“Their still having trouble getting the pigeons to lift the thing, though …”
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/20/iran_tests_new_homemade_fighter_jets/3528/