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Obama 2012 Campaign Poster Leaked
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He's Back.
The same man who brought us, “We don’t have homosexuals. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don’t know who told you that we have it”, is coming back to New York.
Yes the hero of hyperconservative fundamentalist muslims everywhere is returning to The Apple for the UN General Assembly in September. Of course, [...]
From FDA: "our bad"
So that widely-reported salmonella scare going on? The one that cost the tomato industry over $100 million? Well… it wasn’t tomatoes:
After causing the tomato industry to lose an estimated $100 million, health investigators have essentially recanted their contaminated tomato theory and have focused their attention on jalapeño peppers. The Baltimore Sun reports that new interviews [...]
School locked down after 'ninja' sighted in woods
June 25, 2008
BARNEGAT, N.J. –It’s the case of the nonexistent ninja. Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school.
Turns out the ninja was actually a camp counselor dressed in black karate garb and carrying a plastic sword.
Police tell the Asbury [...]
Johnny 5 arrested at Wall-E Premiere
Los Angeles, CA – It’s been almost twenty years since robot Johnny 5 was seen in a movie theater, but last night at the red carpet premiere of Disney/Pixar’s new animated feature Wall-E , he was seen outside of the El Capitan, drinking heavily, spewing racial epithets, and eventually being dragged away [...]
Last Call.
London Revelers Plan Last Cocktail Party Before Tube Booze Ban
By Brian Lysaght
May 30 (Bloomberg) — Revelers are planning a final cocktail party on the London Underground tomorrow evening before an alcohol ban takes effect on June 1.
Mayor Boris Johnson announced the ban on May 7, six days after his election, fulfilling a campaign pledge. [...]
Jack Donaghy loses half his job
Citing the slump in the housing market and the general economic concerns in the U.S., GE announced today that it plans to sell or spin-off its appliances business. A representative from the company stated, “We correlated our upward revenue stream dynamics and found that there simply were not enough synergies to fully support continued [...]
"Hi, I'm a Mac. Where the f*ck am I?"
This just in: Macs are now impervious even to theft! Take that ya PC bitch! Can you do THIS? Can you?
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A Westchester woman who had her laptop stolen was able to connect to the computer, photograph two suspects and file the photos to police.
White Plains Police say they used the photos to [...]
China's latest export? Irony.
Remember all those ‘Free Tibet’ flags being waved around the Olympic torch in protest? (Not a terrific plan, by the way. Torch : flag :: paper : rock.) Well, they’re made in China. That’s right. According to the BBC News article, the workers “thought they were just making colourful flags [...]
DivingBored.com Launched – Missiles from North Korea, Not.
NEW YORK (AP) — In a much anticipated event, the online publication DivingBored has launched after years of anticipation. The venture, shelved several times before production eventually began, brings a new type of news outlet and commentary to the public. The trademarked Deep End and Shallow End approach by DivingBored, which only privileged insiders have [...]