At his popular Internet Web site, author Bill Stockton uses piercing satire and zany humor to take on everything from George W. Bush and Washington's neoconservatives to the danger of global warming caused by bovine methane emissions. In "Is That True or Did You Make It Up? Cosmic Ruminations from Bill Stockton's Satirium.com," the author has assembled the funniest articles from his satirical cyber-hangout, www.satirium.com, including:

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