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U.S. officials have rejected a Florida businessman's application to trademark the phrase "Obama bin Laden" for use on t-shirts, hats, pins, and bumper stickers. Among the reasons cited by a government lawyer was the applicant's failure to secure the written consent of Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden. Story here:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0213071obama1.html


It seems like just yesterday that Rudolph Giuliani's aides were fretting that voters would incorrectly label him a Reagan Republican. And that the electorate might be turned off by a "weirdness factor" associated with the pol's personal life (which would be understandable considering Giuliani was married to his second cousin for 14 years before getting the union annulled). A look at some Rudy vulnerabilities can be found here:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html


Who knew that saying a few obscene things about the parents of an ATF agent could land you behind bars? Well, you learn a new crime every day: 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212071mouth1.html


We prefer to remember Anna Nicole Smith as a young stripper whose life changed one afternoon when a rickety billionaire tried to grope her in a Houston gentleman's club. Take a trip down memory lane:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0208071smith1.html


Enter our new prize contest for a shot at some fine loot, including an eight-CD collection of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," the animated cartoon favored by most Bostonians. Just tell us what the high school streaker did to mock his assistant principal. Right this way:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/contest/contest.html


Regards,

Your pals at TSG


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