US diplomats are urging Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to simplify his last name, or change it outright.  “Something needs to be done for the sake of both diplomacy and locution,” says Discord’s Chief White House Correspondent Cokie McGrath.  Even President Bush himself told Ahmadinejad, “Remember those twenty six words that never should have been said during that infamous State of the Union Address?  Well, you’re name is longer.”  Iranian operatives suggest the Iranian President might be willing to drop the “jad” off the end in exchange for weapons technology.

"Having a Time Lord for a son has its challenges," admits Jimmy's mother. "He has always been a jokester—always putting a whoopee cushion on your seat, propping a bucket of water over a doorway, or setting your bed on fire while you sleep. Such a goof, that boy." Jimmy's father had this to say about his son's recent Aztec hijinks, "Well, it's better than that time he shot the Archduke Ferdinand."

"The last vestiges of hope have been snuffed out by the fact that she would be 121 years old if she were alive today," says great, great grandchild Sparky Earhart. "So if she were alive today, she would most certainly be dead," clarifies Sparky. When asked to speculate on his great great grandmother’s demise, Sparky had this to say, "I like to think that she was eaten alive by cannibals, because that would mean …no wait, not eaten alive by cannibals."

Viagra spokesperson, Dale 'Stiffy' O'Tool, admits that priapism, an erection that could last for upwards of fourteen hours, is going to be an even bigger problem in the future. "Conducting laboratory studies on this subject has been touchy," admits O'Tool, "but not in a good way."

Archeologist discovers the fossilized remains of a traditional George Will-like conservative dating back to the pre-Reagan administration.

"This exciting find could provide key evidence for the comparative study of Republican de-evolution," claims archeologist Sterling Hogbein of the Hogbein Institute and Microbrewery. "The skull is 31% larger than today’s social conservative," continues Hogbein, "and the pelvic bone suggests a much larger and heavier scrotal sack."

Newer conservatives seem to have lost the ability to use tools, keep governments small, and maintain even a rudimentary budget.

"Perhaps," posits Hogbein, "evolution is getting even with the non-believers."

Despite the fact that 17 year old Becky Forrest of Clifton, NJ tested positive for Chlamydia and HPV at her July physical examination, she is maintaining her chastity. “It’s been challenging to earn crack money and keep my abstinence pledge,” says Becky.  Her mother Greta Forrest couldn’t be prouder, “I believe her.  Aside from selling most of our belongings for drug money, she’s an angel.”  Becky’s mother beamed at the doctor’s report with an unparallel level of motherly denial.  “There’s the hand of god at work here…or certainly some part of god.”

"This country was founded by alien felons," explains ACLU lawyer Bob Greenstein. "They are the backbone of our democracy. So if we ignore them, we ignore ourselves," clarifies Greenstein," or at least the aspects of ourselves that are here in this country illegally and committing violent crimes."