The average ear of corn holds 800 kernels.

You’re welcome.

If this is true, it’s not good.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - One U.S. soldier was killed and two others were missing Saturday after they were attacked at a traffic checkpoint south of Baghdad.

Coalition forces were searching for the missing soldiers, the military said.

The soldiers came under attack Friday at a traffic checkpoint near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. A quick reaction force arrived at the scene after hearing small arms fire and explosions.

The Jihadis have been trying for years to capture American soldiers alive. This could be very, very bad.

And they don’t even think there’s a whiff of irony in it:

Palestinian lawmaker Saeb Erekat, a confidant of Abbas, welcomed the EU initiative, but expressed disappointment that Palestinian workers would not receive salaries.

“Any help that will alleviate this human catastrophe is very much needed. But I had hoped that the mechanism would involve the salaries of the 160,000 workers. We don’t want to turn our society into a welfare society,” he said.

So, receiving hundreds of millions of dollars is not welfare if you take the money and turn it into salaries.

Schmuck.