{"id":2113,"date":"2003-10-20T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-20T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2021-05-26T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T20:11:03","slug":"in-the-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/10\/20\/in-the-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    Today’s top headlines.
    • According to the AP<\/a>, “Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won a surprise request Monday to represent himself at trial.” To make him feel more comfortable, the judge has allowed Muhammad to shout down his opening statement from a clock tower.
    Not only is Muhammad an instrument of God, he’s also an incisive debater. Here’s the kind of logic that the poor jury will have to sit through: “There’s three truths,” he states. “The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I always thought there was just one truth.” Bam! Meanwhile the jury is debating how many forms there are of guilty.
    • Who would’ve thought annoying pop-under ads are worth $4.3 million<\/a>. But that’s the amount the beloved X10 company has to pay to three young brothers who created AdvertisementBanners.com and somehow have some special claim on:
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<\/script><\/a><\/font><\/div>And to think all I do when I see such an ad is immediately click the \"click.
    • In sports, when the football game is 56-14<\/a> in the fourth quarter wouldn’t it just be easier to speed things up by not stopping the clock?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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