FDA Takes General Mills to Task for Exaggerated Claims Regarding the Health Benefits of Eating Cheery O-Os
The next time you are tempted to click on a link to the Washington Post, don't. Instead, ask yourself this question: "Would I voluntarily squeeze Bhut Jolokia juice into my eyes?"
According to the latest poll, Dick Cheney's approval rating has jumped 8 percentage points. Now only 3/4ths of the American people despise the ground he walks on by night and sleeps in by day.
Only 84 American soldiers have been killed so far this year in the war the U. S. won in Iraq over two years ago. Can you imagine how many might have died if the U. S. had lost the war in Iraq?
Most states need no more than one asshole in the Senate to take a dump on the rest of the country. Oklahoma is an exception. It takes two for 'Native America': James Inhofe
and Tom Coburn.
T-Shirt for White Supremacists Who Also Belong to Mensa
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mom from Minnesota, has been fined $1.92 million for illegally sharing 24 tunes on the Internet. When she told the RIAA, the plaintiff in the case, "There's no way you're ever going to get that. You can't get blood out of a turnip," the recording industry association agreed to settle with the defendant if she either (1) paid $1.99 per tune or (2) would become the main ingredient in a Southern Turnip Supreme casserole.
"Your liver is evil and must be punished." So read the cryptic email Steve Jobs received several years ago. At the time he had no idea what it meant. Now he does.
Microsoft CEO Explaining the Role of Strange
Gestures in a Challenging Economy
Senator Inhofe Declines Courtesy Call by Sonia Sotomayor, Claims He Suffers from Chromophobia
Fearguth's Hall of Wackos #46 Orly Taitz
World's Worst Yobs #105 George Packer
Friday, June 19, 2009
"Fred Hiatt, if you weren't so full of shit, I would eat you alive."
What Dan Froomkin Looked Like Before He Was Sacked by the Washington Post
What He Looked Like After
If you happen to meet Todd Palin and Greta Van Susteren at a party, don't panic: it doesn't mean you dropped bad acid. It only means it's Halloween and they could afford to buy more realistic masks than you.
If you encounter a religious official whose hat looks like it came from Burger King and whose outfit looks like it was handcrafted by the National Embroiders Guild, greet him politely and then run away.
The Weights and Measures Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has now officially confirmed that Timothy Franz Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, has the tallest head in the Obama Administration.
"Did you know that The Karate Kid rates only 6.8 on a scale of 10 at The Internet Movie Database?" "No, I didn't know that."
Remember when swine flu masks were all the rage? High fashion is so fickle, isn't it?
Geek Squad Too Expensive? Call the Sudanese Liberation Army toMake War on Your Computer Viruses and Spyware. As Low As $55 & Never More Than $99, Day or Night, No Matter How Long the Repair Takes or How Much Collateral Damage Is Inflicted
Poll: Republican Party Now Less Popular Than Dick Cheney or Scrofula
Henry Allingham, a veteran of World War I, had fought to make the world safe for democracy. Now he's 113, the world's oldest man, and democracy is still not safe.
Flag Desecration #20
"So, you think I look sleazy, eh? Well, maybe it's because I am sleazy."
Iran's supreme leader today ruled out massive fraud in elections last week and told hundreds of thousands taking part in a series of peaceful protests against the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to go home and be good little boys and girls.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Doctor Oz: Just as Phony as the Wizard of Oz, but Younger and Better Looking
"I've got plenty of sins that I'm not going to share with anyone else," says Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) . Let's hope our luck doesn't run out before this paedomorph changes his mind and starts sharing.
Two Handfuls of Algae Declare Solidarity with Andrew Sullivan and the Green Revolution in Iran
"The roar you hear, Mr. President, is the gay community saying, in unison, 'If LBJ had been as timid about civil rights as you are about gay rights, do you think you'd be signing this memorandum in the Oval Office today? No, you'd be lucky to have a job washing dishes in the White House kitchen'."
Although there is a strong resemblance between the two, Pancetta, the Italian bacon, should not be confused with
Panetta, the Director of the CIA.
What Was Left of the Washington Post After the Firing of Dan Froomkin
Short people are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore.
What Happens If You Get Too Horny
Like the U. S., Israel has a famous Lieberman. He's a jerk, too.
Hillary Clinton Breaks Her Funny Bone, But Keeps on Laughing
World's Worst Yobs #104 Robert Kagan
"The Republican Party is viewed favorably by only 28 percent of those polled, the lowest rating ever in a New York Times/ CBS News poll." Sheesh! The percentage that views tattooed pigs favorably is larger than that.
Should PETA have to remind President Obama that even a psycho, like Norman Bates' mother, wouldn't harm a fly?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
“Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded. That's why I cheated on my wife: I HATE CORNERSTONES!"
"What's that?" "It's the Rube Goldberg device right-wingers use to manufacture outrage." "It sure looks inefficient." "That's true, but it works every time."
Everyone had advised him to keep his eye on the ball. He had followed their advice to the letter. There came a time, however, when everyone fell silent. That's when he realized he didn't have any idea what to do next.
Andrew Sullivan's self-identification with the opponents of the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran is a mirror image of his enthusiasm seven years ago for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Nonetheless, he will tell you that in terms of core values, he's a conservative, like Edmund Burke, and not a radical, like Leon Trotsky (though, in physical appearance, he resembles the latter much more than the former). Things didn't turn out in Iraq as Andrew had hoped. Maybe he will be luckier this time around and his revolutionary dream for Iran will come closer to matching his conservative ideal.
Apparently, there's an obscure rule in baseball that says three boob jobs and you're ineligible for the Cy Young Award. Sorry, Posh!