friday news roundup

with apologies to Diane Rehm for stealing the name

A story about - seriously - designer vaginas. And I'm not talking about the "pocket pussies" you can buy at your local X-Mart.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose work I truly supported, was released from prison today. Sure he broke the law. He also provided a needed service to suffering individuals.

Simutaneously hilarious and painful: George Bush, translated.

Not new but frighteningly prescient: satire from The Onion, in 2001, forecasting the general content of Bush's reign.