The phenomenon's not confined to Mock the Week; far from it.
Mixed metaphor of the week: "Far-right vacuum could trigger 'lone-wolf' attacks" – news headline last Saturday.
The evidence of this week so far is that PPR backed the right horse.
Seven Tibetans have set fire to themselves this week so far to protest Chinese rule, Tibetan advocacy groups said, bringing the total of self-immolations to nearly 70.
In the end, the $19 million in increased taxes imposed by the Finance Department this week falls far short of the $40 million a year that prosecutors say the city lost in the illegal bribery operation.
The economic stimulus package that Congress approved overwhelmingly this week is far closer to what Democrats proposed last year than to what Mr. Bush had in mind, though that did not stop Mr. Bush from enthusiastically embracing it.
Calling this week "by far the worst week of my life," Justice Scalia lashed out at his fellow-Justices and the nation, saying, "I don't want to live in a sick, sick country that thinks the way this country apparently thinks".
Scott Guthrie: I think — I think the thing that's been probably the most gratifying to hear this week so far has been just the number of people that have moved from an evaluation phase to an actual I'm using it phase.
But this week so far, media coverage has been dominated with ginned up hysteria over tax mistakes already rectified, and phony claims of "pork" in the economic recovery bill -- all aiming to paint the new White House as hypocritical old politics.
Pity that wasn't the big story that came out of 60 Minutes this week — so far, I haven't seen it mentioned once on cable news, though I've certainly seen a few debates on whether or not Hillary Clinton said in enough ways that she didn't believe that Barack Obama was a Muslim.
The Times hears a multitude of concerns from readers each week, far more than can ever be dealt with in this space.
