Demagogue

This is from page 2 of The Onion (Sept. 15-21 issue) so it's supposed to be an excuse for a quick laugh. But it's a sign of the times that this story strikes me as only slightly implausible:

On Tuesday, Halliburton received a $110 million no-bid government contract to pry the gold fillings from the mouths of deceased disaster victims in the New Orleans-Gulf Coast area.

"We are proud to serve the government in this time of crisis by recovering valuable resources from the wreckage of this deadly storm," said David J. Lesar, Halliburton's president ...