stupid people everywhere

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"After the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan to oust its Taliban rulers, authorities found a locker full of applications to join al Qaeda's holy war overseas.

Among the alleged applicants: José Padilla, the former ''enemy combatant'' who once lived in Broward County.
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She said his co-conspirators and others called him ''The Puerto Rican,'' a reference to the American-born Padilla's Hispanic heritage." (link)

this is the funniest shit ever.

btw - when the government propaganda arm makes up a nickname for anyone - whether it is The Barber, or Osama's Lover or Dr Germ - that's the trigger when you know, without doubt, that they got nuthin'.

update: it looks like this story will become an instant classic. Jesus General is on the job:

the real question will be whether people think that it is funny, or funny and outrageous, that the government is simply making shit up in order to convict people in a court of law.