Critics say Treasury Secretary Geithner didn’t do enough to prevent AIG from paying out millions in bonuses to executives. Said Geithner, “Hey, it’s not like they’re spending any of MY money!”
An Islamic school in Virginia revised its textbooks after charges the previous ones spread violence. The biggest difference is that the new ones aren’t hollowed out.
Former President Bush plans to write a book outlining the 12 toughest decisions he made while in office. Chapter 6 is called, “Frosted vs. Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Debate.”
Carl Landry of the Houston Rockets was shot in the leg while getting fast food after a game. Audio tapes from the drive through reveal him saying, “Hold the pickles, hold the onions, HOLD YOUR FIRE!”
Doctors in New York successfully removed a baseball-sized tumor that was wrapped around several organs of a 7-year-old girl. Their success already put the doctors 3 games ahead of the Mets this season.
President Obama says he’s instructed Treasury Secretary Geithner to try and block the bonuses being paid to AIG executives…and to pay his taxes.
NASA says an old piece of space junk is dangerously close to the International Space Station. Oh wait…never mind. It was just the space shuttle.
Great Moments in Jest History (From The Jesting Archives): July 27, 2005
The pilot who crashed his ultra-light plane near the German Parliament building expressed suicidal thoughts to his friends before taking off…which kind of makes you wonder if they really liked him all that much.
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