Golden Highlights

Proof of Big Bang Seen by Space Probe, Scientists Say. ILUIC.
General Motors Corp. has increased its previously reported 2005 loss by $2 billion, raising the total to $10.6 billion. HITF do you lose that much money in one year?
Completing the second day of Operation Swarmer, US and Iraqi soldiers seized mortar rounds, rockets, explosives, and high-powered cordless telephones used to remotely detonate roadside bombs. The US military says while 48 people had been detained, no insurgents had so far been found. SSDD.
President Bushy Beaver chose Idahoan Dirk Kempthorne as his choice to replace Gale Norton as Interior secretary on Thursday, a Republican said. Kempthorne: "I hope to get the remaining trees cut down as soon as possible so we can get on with drilling in the ANWR."
"Now is the time to reaffirm our roots as the party of fiscal discipline," said Senate Hypocrite Leader Bill Frist. The Senate then voted to allow the government to borrow an additional $781 billion, bringing the ceiling on the national debt to nearly $9 trillion. WTF.