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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

SUB-ROSA NEWS

Some of the News
That may be True

BLUMENTHAL TO RETURN NOBEL PRIZE

Connecticut Attorney General and author Richard Blumenthal announced today that he would be returning his 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature. It had been won for his acclaimed best-selling novel, "From Here to Hanoi", a gritty tale of life in the jungle and on the streets of Saigon during the Viet Nam war.

Unfortunately, said Mr Blumenthal, some misplaced words and passages had given the impression that he had been heavily involved in fighting in that war. This was not the case and Mr. Blumenthal took full responsibility for the mistakes. He added that he would now be devoting full time to public service, working to ensure honesty and transparency in government.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Learned yesterday a term of derision used, I assume, by young people: "You're so analog".