I follow Hugo Chavez ON TWITTER!!!

This past weekend dictator Hugo Chavez became the most followed man on Twitter in Venezuela after only two weeks of signing up for the micro-blog site. Excited by the news, I went ahead and read some of his tweets:

- “At wedding of ugly woman; I now pronounce you husband and YIKES!!!”

- “What a day: First late to work, then slapped with more human rights violations, now my stapler is missing. WTF???”

- “Golden girls Season 5 comes out on blue ray Friday, CANT WAIT!!!”

- “Has it been more chilly than normal lately, or am I an insane crazy power hungry dictator?”

- “Girl Scout Cookies. OMG!!! I wish these thin mints were FAT MINTS!!!”

- “Death to America!”

- “I think half of my followers are just ads.”

- “Why don’t I tweet in Spanish?”

Straight Dope from the Pope

This past week the pope called ‘abortions’ and ‘Gay marriages’ two of the most “insidious and dangerous” threats facing the world today. But when informed that allowing gay relationships would significantly lower the amount of abortions, and that allowing abortions would significantly lower the amount of gay people; the pope’s head exploded.

Will the Supreme Court finally open the X-Files?

President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court today, prompting the question: “Did Scully eat Mulder?