From the DuhNews Desk

A few snippets of non-news from over the past few days...

• Lacking any valid, insightful response to critics of the rationale behind and execution of the Iraq "war" (is it correct to call this a "war" if it's simply a testosterone-and-stupidity-fueled unilateral action?), President Bush resorts to the tired old personal attacks and preying on terrorist fear. He must be slipping, though...I didn't see any references to "9/11" in the first couple of paragraphs of his speech.
• Rapper Fifty Cent is surprised and saddened at the shooting death that occurred following a showing of his new film. Guess he simply doesn't grasp what might follow from the emphasis on violence in his music, and the promotional billboards showing him carrying a gun.
• You certainly didn't hear this on Fox News (thanks to Ces for the "Medium Large" comic that suggests FOX is an acronym for "F***ing Old Xenophobes"), but eyewitnesses to the arrival of our Fearless Misleader of the Free World at the Americas Summit last week report that one of his first comments was "wow, Brazil is big!" Travel tips for this week's trip to Asia: China is big, too. As is Russia. And don't call the latter "The U.S.S.R.," OK?