The swatting of a fly by the US President caused much excitement on the airwaves last week. (If you didn’t see the incident on the news click here for a remix). For the most part praise was heaped on Obama for his Mr Miyagi-style performance; the Huffington Post reports that PETA, however, is sending President Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside. PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said, "We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals". Another commentator who’s take was a little outside the mainstream was Iowahawk with this ‘legal’ satire (via Overlawyered ):

WASHINGTON — The widow of the housefly murdered by Barack Obama during a recent CNBC television interview announced this morning that she would be filing a wrongful death suit against the President in federal district court. The plaintiff brief — citing pain, suffering and loss of income — seeks a formal apology and compensatory damages, including an unspecified quantity of shit.

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