Bush stimulates international economy.

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran.

The brown, thick-soled “Model 271” may soon be renamed “The Bush Shoe” or “Bye-Bye Bush,” Ramazan Baydan, who owns the Istanbul-based producer Baydan Ayakkabicilik San. & Tic., said in a telephone interview today.

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Baydan has received orders for 300,000 pairs of the shoes since the attack, more than four times the number his company sold each year since the model was introduced in 1999. The company plans to employ 100 more staff to meet demand, he said.

Maybe somebody should throw a Chevy at him...

Headlines.

Report: Saudi king pardons rape victim

We helped. That's a good thing.

Turkey Bombs Kurdish Militant Targets in Iraq

We helped here, too. Maybe not so good.

Free Trade Zones Ease Passage of Counterfeit Drugs

Nice to know they're good for something, I suppose.

Bush says US economy is safe and sound

Be afraid.