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What does throwing your shoe at someone mean in Iraqi culture? It's not a compliment:
Iraqis had begun tearing down portraits of Saddam and throwing shoes -- a grave insult in the Arab world -- and chipping away at the base of the statue with sledgehammers after a column of Marines advanced into the square Wednesday afternoon. (HT: Yglesias) How about Bush appoints Obama secretary of state, the senate confirms him in a special session, and then Bush and Cheney resign and Obama becomes president right now.