This will give you the sniffles…

CNN.com

A frail Irene Famulak clutched her brother on the airport tarmac, her arm wrapped around him in a tight embrace, tears streaming down their faces. It was the first time since 1942 they had seen each other, when she was 17 and he was just 7.

That was the night the invading Nazis came to take her away from her Ukrainian home.

Ah, the maturity of a man to whom everything is one big joke.

Telegraph

The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”

newsobserver.com

L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he’d ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.

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He told his staff that he did not think it was appropriate to honor Helms because of his “doctrine of negativity, hate, and prejudice” and his opposition to civil rights bills and the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

I guess this is the kind of homecoming you get when you are from a smallish town and win a huge sporting event. A big reception at the city town hall. And it was totally deserved. The Wimbledon final this past Sunday was a match for the ages. Two opponents so closely matched that you hate that either of them had to lose – and what a tough loss it must have been for Federer. I’m just ticked I didn’t record the match so that I can keep it on DVD!

I never knew these were called mondegreens – learn something new every day! A great collection of them can be found on the sfgate.com site.

Mondegreens Ripped My Flesh

Here at the Center for the Humane Study of Mondegreens, we’ve been toting up the entries and applying the latest statistical correlative methods, even using our toes, to arrive at a semi-definitive answer.

We believe that the most frequently submitted Mondegreen is still “Gladly, the cross-eyed bear” (known in the real world as that fine old hymn “Gladly The Cross I’d Bear”). A close second is “There’s a bathroom on the right,” a mishearing of “There’s a bad moon on the rise” from the old Creedence Clearwater song “Bad Moon Rising.”

Now where have I heard this idea before?
washingtonpost.com

Iraq’s national security advisor said Tuesday that his government would not sign an agreement governing the future role of U.S. troops in Iraq unless it includes a timetable for their withdrawal.

Cheney leaving as he arrived? | Countdown to Crawford | Los Angeles Times

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment Committee, leveled the attack today, accusing the vice president and other administration officials of “recklessly” seeking to censor testimony about the dangers of global warming and working behind the scenes to block new regulation.