Dear Readers, the News Is a Bit Odd Today

Today's news...in brief : *President Obama has let it be known that it was not he or the White House, but Secretary Hillary Clinton, who caused the American response in Benghazi to be halted and he will so testify before Congress...*President Obama also announced today that he will ask Congress to repeal Obamacare because it does not work...*President Putin has decided to return Crimea to Ukraine as a sign of his immense respect for German Chancellor Merkel, while reminding President Obama not to expect any Putin favors going his way...*A team of Australian surfers has volunteered to surf every inch of the South Indian Ocean, promising to return with an explanation for the loss of Flight MH370, an offer the Malaysian government says it cannot refuse...*President Obama has concluded, after his cool welcome in Saudi Arabia, that America's best friend in the Middle East is Israel, after all, and has named Benjamin Netanyahu as his special envoy for all Middle East negotiations, with the promise to keep John Kerry occupied fulltime in Pyongyang...*French President Hollande, after careful soul-searching following the beating his Socialist Party took in this week's mayoral elections, has decided to resign, join the conservative UMP Party of ex-president Sarkozy and attempt to learn something about politics before running for public office again...*MSNBC, having considered its collapsing ratings and income, has decided to merge with Fox News and become its sports arm...*Jimmy Carter has expressed his sincere gratitude to the American people and Congress, as well as Beyonce, for declaring that Barack Obama is a worse president than he was.~~~~~ And, finally, dear readers, with the wish that most of the above could only be true...Casey Pops wishes each of you a happy April Fools Day...ou bon jour de poissons, for my French readers...and I'll be back to work tomorrow.