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U.S. State Department Achieves Historic Breakthrough in Negotiations with Mirror

In what is being hailed as the most cooperative diplomatic summit of the decade, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it has reached a "broad, 15-point consensus" with itself regarding the future of Iran. The breakthrough comes after hours of intense deliberation where American officials reportedly looked into a mahogany-framed mirror and found an interlocutor who finally agreed with every single one of their demands.

Southwest Airlines Discovers "Greed" Is Actually A Viable Business Strategy

For over fifty years, Southwest Airlines has marketed itself as the "fun aunt" of the aviation industry—the one who lets you bring two suitcases for free and doesn't care where you sit as long as you’re wearing a seatbelt. But after a relentless campaign by activist investors who find "customer loyalty" to be an annoying obstacle to buying a third yacht, the airline is officially entering its corporate mid-life crisis.