“During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman… “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”” (CNN)

“A well-trained golden retriever will receive a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University today along with the rest of the graduating class.

Zeeke, a 1-year-old dog, will earn his bachelor’s of science degree in canine companionship. The canine has spent thousands of hours training as a Canine Companion dog as part of a senior’s honors project.” (13abc.com)

Don't Smile Too Much: “A German psychologist has warned ‘professional smilers’ such as flight attendants and shop assistants that too much forced smiling can cause stress, depression and even heart problems.” (Der Spiegel)

‘democrat_to_the_end’ writes: “Last night, I got a wake-up call. I listened to the audio of her conference call with bloggers, which a DUer was kind enough to partially transcribe, and I realized that while she may bow out on June 4 and endorse Obama and encourage her supporters to vote for him, there’s more to her strategy than meets the eye. I don’t think she is planning to take this to the Convention, and she could be angling for the VP slot. But there’s a far more troubling possibility here. From the sound of what she encouraged her bloggers to push last night, it sounds like she is trying to delegitimize him or cloud his legitimacy when he eventually clinches the nomination, as part of a stealth campaign for 2012.” (Daily Kos)

“‘She has changed her rhetoric and for the first time now her people, her closest aides … are acknowledging she is not going to win this.'” (Breitbart.tv)

Video Proof: “President Bush said with a straight face this week that he gave up golf in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, claiming that he quit after the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003:

‘I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,’ he said. ‘I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.’

…In fact, Bush went golfing two months after the bombing the UN headquarters, and Keith Olbermann found the video…” (HuffPo)

US soldier refuses to serve in 'illegal Iraq war': “‘I stand before you today with the strength and clarity and resolve to declare to the military, my government and the world that this soldier will not be deploying to Iraq…'” (Breitbart.com)

“During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman… “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”” (CNN)