Among the lighter news we’ve been distracted from the past couple of days is a report that Disney is roughing up Mickey Mouse for a new generation:

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Demons and Satan-worship aside, let us not forget what Halloween really is all about.

Litigation.  By six-year-old girls seeking redress for being cheated out of trick-or-treats.

Happy Halloween, lawyers.

Looks like French Thetans are reporting to their landing stations today, thanks to a ruling in France that’s forcing the French branch of Scientology (preciously called, “Scientologie”) to pay up to a million bucks in fines.

There were two separate charges of fraud and extortion, filed by two women. One forked over about $40,000 for… well, whatever stupid shit Scientology makes you fork over money for. But the second, I believe, cut to the heart of France’s sense of entitlement:

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When the CBO projections are useful to your hackery:

“CBO Tells Congress That Should Obamacare ‘Work’, It’ll Drive Up Costs”

-Red State Headline from Aug 13, 2009

When the CBO projections run counter to your ideology:

“CBO Stands for Cooked Books Office”

-Red State Headline from Oct 9, 2009

So which is it, boys: trusted, impartial source or partisan propagandists?

Serolf Divad does this sort of thing for fun.

Spokesperson at State on Obama’s Nobel:

Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum — when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes.

I love it.

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You know that right-winger in the cubicle next to yours? Well you can go ahead and steal that Swingline Stapler of his you’ve been oogling, because his head is about to explode when he opens his morning paper and learns just who won the Nobel Peace prize without even trying!

(CNN) — President Barack Obama made history again Friday, winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Less than nine months into his presidency, Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized Obama’s efforts to solve complex global problems, including working toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

It’s gonna be sorta like the rapture today, with all the Right-wingers walking around without heads.

Yes, it’s that time again.

And did you know what day it was yesterday?