What’s that old saying? Something about rats deserting a sinking ship? Whatever the cliche, the stampede to leave the Bush Administration before it flames out in a historically unprecedented legacy of failure and stupidity continues. Tony Snow, former Fox News ‘journalist’ and current White House Press Secretary has announced his plans to resign. Snow will [...]
The mighty DeLorean, the stainless steel eyesore and star of the Back to The Future movies, is set to hit production again after a 25 year hiatus. Armed with a warehouse full of surplus DeLorean DMC-12 parts, mechanic Stephen Wynne plans to bring back the iconic 1980s sportscar. Wynne has spent the last 25 [...]
Censorship never looked so cute. China is rolling out some adoringly fascist cartoon police officers that will pop up on popular websites, warning surfers to stay away from illegal content. Right now, the characters will only appear on the top 13 most popular web portals. By the end of the year, they are expected to [...]
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has yielded to his own crapulence and officially resigned his post. Thank god. One less lying idiot in the White House. I’m going to assume some sort of whitewash will be coming down about this- something to the effect of “wants to spend more time with his family”- but it’s [...]
Norman Finkelstein, professor and subject of an extremely controversial tenure decision at DePaul University, has been put on ‘administrative leave’ (subscription required) for the final year of his contract. Finkelstein will continue to receive salary and benefits, but has been relieved of his teaching responsibilities. Both Finkelstein’s courses- “Freedom and Empowerment” and “Equality and Social [...]
Sweet jesus, this is funny. And eerily accurate: “We’re forced to assume their participation is strictly ironic.” Genius!
French citizens are scratching their heads over a magazine’s decision to photoshop French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s love handles from a vacation snapshot. Recently released photos clearly show that someone has removed the offending flab. Judge for yourself: Definitely more svelte in the second shot, n’est-ce pas? Of course, this would all be somewhat amusing were it [...]