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Damn.  Chrysler is closing its plants for thirty days and may never reopen them.  I know, I know, Dan Quayle has a hand in running Cerberus (which owns Chrysler).  But I still want that Challenger R/T.

And if you want more nostalgia, visit the Old Car Manual Project.

Bored with politics and Carpocalypse … wonder what other stupid shit is out there?

Looks like it’s bride number 5 for Drew Peterson.

You’re shitting me.

“Yeah, he proposed and she accepted,” Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, said of his client’s impending nuptials.

But Brodsky added, “I guess he’s got to get divorced.” Peterson’s current wife, Stacy, has been missing since last year.

And number three was murdered.  In total, three divorces, one dead, one missing. Anyone sense a pattern here?

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Al-Zaidi in U.S. Run Camp Cropper Prison

What could possibly go wrong?

Iraqi TV al-Sharqiya just reported on the news that AL-Zaidi is transferred to Camp Cropper prison [the Airport prison, managed by the American forces].

The TV Channel announced that Al-Zaidi is in a difficult condition, with broken ribs and signs of tortures on his thighs. Also he can not move his right arm.

P.S.

I am just telling you what I heard on TV.

Source: Roads to Iraq

On a lighter note, those crazy Norwegians have come up with a shoe-throwing game.

This poor guy is so fucked:

Maythem al-Zaidi contacted a judge to ask him if what his brother [Muntader] did is a crime under Iraqi law. The judge told him that he might serve two years in prison or pay a fine for insulting a president of foreign country unless Mr. Bush withdrew the case. “If they manage to imprison Muntader, there are millions of him all over Iraq and the Arab world,” Maythem al-Zaidi said.

Anyone who expects clemency from the Commander Guy should recall his remarks about Karla Faye Tucker.

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UPDATE: Before you read about Madoff, take a look at Preznit Bunnypants ducking to avoid thrown Iraqi shoes.  Sure he’s a war criminal, but he’s got pretty good reflexes for an old dude.

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This Ponzi scheme will probably be the largest and longest-running investment fraud uncovered during the downturn, but it will not be the last. It’s related to Big Shitpile because, among other things, hedge funds are some of the big losers. From the New York Times:

The zoning lawyer in Miami trusted him because his father had dealt profitably with him for decades. The officers of a little charity in Massachusetts respected him and relied on his advice.

A charity – this doesn’t look good.

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Found at Jalopnik:

Discuss.

While I’m not in favor of pissing money away, I’d be sad if I couldn’t walk into a dealership and buy a Mustang or a Challenger. Not that I would – I live in Manhattan – but I just like knowing I can.

Damn.

And yet Dick Cheney still walks the earth.