November 11th, 2008
A newspaper based out of an Oklahoma town neglected to report the results of the recent presidential election. And some readers are none too happy about that. The Sapulpa Daily Herald decided not to cover the election, opting instead to mention a quick blurb about most of the county voting for McCain.
But no word about Barack Obama being president-elect.
Residents were upset about the omission, noting that national news was as important to them as local news. And I bet with an election this historic, one would expect even a small newspaper to mention something.
The newspaper insisted that their main focus is being a local paper, and with a circulation of just 5,000, they don’t expect readers to turn to them for big news. Since it’s an afternoon paper, they figured most people would already have the news anyway.
Wow. Some people are citing racism, insisting that the paper would have printed something had McCain won. And they wanted an important national event covered. Here’s our question - did they cover previous presidential elections?
[source, via byrneunit] Image: Newscom
Tags: election, obama, racism
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By Becky -- 2 comments
November 8th, 2008
Nebraska recently passed a new law, which local news outlets dutifully covered. Apparently feeling officers is now a felony. Wow, that’s a pretty strong sexual harassment law isn’t it?
Oh, wait. Running from the cops? Ah, you mean fleeing cops! Now it makes more sense. Ah, those crazy proofreaders. Thanks for providing a chuckle for us!
(Apparently someone must’ve caught the error or a reader told them about it, because the article link is no longer working.)
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November 8th, 2008
In an interview with MTV’s Sway Calloway, President Elect Barack Obama shows a sad, sad lack of understanding of the critical importance of the issue of sagging pants. He admits he doesn’t want to see dudes’ underwear but stops short of supporting saggy pants legislation. As a matter of fact, he even calls passing sagging pants legislation a “waste of time.”
Oh, poor misguided liberal. He suggests politicians should be focused on things like creating jobs, improving schools and the war in Iraq. Like we can really fix any of those things with our criminally inept government. No, let’s shoot for something we can accomplish: getting those underwear-baring hooligans to cover up their buttocks. Um, buttockses? You get the drift. Pull up your pants, it will improve the economy.
Image by John Earles licensed under Creative Commons.
Tags: Barack Obama, Simply Dumb Sagwatch
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By brian -- 2 comments
November 5th, 2008
I swear some of these stories make you want to avoid animals and people altogether. An Arizona jogger was attacked by a rabid fox on a trail near Prescott. The animal clamped onto her arm - and she ran a mile to her car with the fox still attached.
The jogger pried the fox off of her, tossed it in her trunk, and then drove to the hospital. While she was running, the fox bit her foot. And when she grabbed it by the neck, it then bit her arm. She wanted to make sure it was tested for rabies, so that’s why she ran all the way to her car with it still biting her.
The fox also bit an animal control officer. Both people will receive rabies vaccinations.
That is one determined jogger. I wouldn’t want to run into her in a dark alley. Or jogging trail. She would possibly win by sheer tenacity.
[source] Image: Newscom
Tags: crazy animals
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By Becky -- 2 comments
November 3rd, 2008
And it doesn’t matter which side you support: McCain/Palin, Obama/Biden or that write-in campaign you started for Joe The Plumber. In voting,we have a precious right that a lot of people around the world are envious of.
Around here, we get to poke fun at the political process (and about a million other crazy things) because unlike in a lot of countries, they can’t put us in front of a firing squad for doing so.
They say that if you don’t vote, you don’t have the right to complain. Now as bloggers, we’d like to say that you always have the right to complain. We’d be out of business if that kind of talk caught on. But it’s a lot harder for us to take you seriously if you don’t vote. Besides which, we’re going to have some awards for you to vote on soon and this whole president thing will be good practice for the important stuff.
Gosh darn it, the right to participate in the political process is as American as fast-food induced obesity and overpriced, inefficient gas guzzling SUV’s. Not exercising your rights? Now that’s Simply Dumb.
Image by jcolman licensed under Creative Commons.
Tags: Simply Dumb Election Coverage, Voting Rights
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November 3rd, 2008
An Australian teenager made things pretty easy on police when they decided to arrest him. He was caught breaking into the police station. Officers heard the front door crash and found a 16-year-old boy inside the front hall.
He apparently caused about $2K (Australian) in damage. The boy didn’t give a statement, but police suspect he may have had a little too much to drink.
Do we have to state the obvious? What in the world was he thinking, breaking into a police station? There had to be alcohol or drugs involved. Really, is anyone that stupid?
The police had a sense of humor about it. Their statement on their web site said: “A teenage boy has discovered the quickest way of getting arrested is to break into a police station.”
Ya think?
[source] image: morgueFile
Tags: dumb teenagers
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November 1st, 2008
Vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin took a prank call from notorious Montreal comedy duo The Masked Avengers earlier today. She was told that the caller was French President Nicolas Sarkozy who told her she’d make a great president someday. “Sarkozy” also told her they should go hunting from a helicopter and complimented her on the “documentary” Larry Flynt did about her.
If Palin caught onto the gag, she didn’t let anyone in on it. As “Sarkozy” talks about his gorgeous model wife Carla Bruni and how hot she is, Palin talks about the “energy” that the couple has brought to France. The fake French president even asks Palin if the much ballyhooed Joe The Plumber is her husband.
This story is as much an indictment of Palin’s campaign staff as it is of her, possibly more so. After all, the governor’s lack of foreign policy experience has already been a huge campaign issue. You’d hope they’d surround her with a couple of people that might be able to tell the difference between the French president and a Canadian comedy duo.
Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarah Palin, The Masked Avengers
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November 1st, 2008
If you have a weak stomach, you may just want to move along from this story, folks. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
A man and his wife plan to sue a Sydney pub after they were served gelato with frozen fecal matter in it. Yes, even the state government food minister confirmed that the chocolate gelato contained feces. The wife became “violently ill” after eating it.
Reportedly, the couple complained to the pub because they couldn’t hear a televised football game - too much loud music. The gelato was sent to placate them. And this wasn’t just any hotel, but one of Sydney’s most popular beachfront hotels - the Coogee Bay Hotel.
Apparently it’s been quite a fight, with the story of kitchen revenge dominating headlines for days. And with Australia heading into summer, it’s perfect gelato weather. Maybe not anymore?
We hate to hear of possible kitchen revenge. It’s creepy, yucky, and it certainly makes you not want to say anything bad to your server. Yet, if they screw up, they need to know so they can fix it - and learn not to take it personally.
Maybe we’ll stick to strawberry or even plain vanilla gelato for a while. Just in case.
[source] Image: newscom
Tags: eating out, feces in food, ick factor
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October 30th, 2008
Really, who pays for studies like this? In any case, a study done by researchers in Oregon, Hawaii and Colorado and reported by the Rocky Mountain News says overweight women are having sex more than their slender counterparts.
The study also theorizes that obese women may encounter higher rates of pregnancy and STD’s because doctors don’t feel the need to warn them. Hey, they couldn’t very well be having sex, right? They’re chubby! What did they expect these women to say: “No, I hate sex! Pass me another cheeseburger!”
I mean, don’t most people like sex regardless of their size? I don’t know. Maybe we should do a study of some kind. Now, I’ll just need to write a nice big fat check - oops, I mean plus size check - for a couple of hundred thou to cover expenses.
Tags: Obese Women Sexual Activity Study, Rocky Mountain News
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October 29th, 2008
We’re constantly hearing about high-speed police chases where someone runs from the cops and is pursued all over the place in an attempt to capture said person. Because if somebody runs, they have something to hide.
So it tickled our funny bone just a little bit to hear of a low-speed chase in northern Australia. With golf carts. Turns out that a group of boys grabbed a golf cart from a resort and took it for a joy ride. So two resort employees gave chase. In another cart.
We picture an OJ-esque chase down the street in super-slow-mo as the resort employees attempt to speed up enough to catch the boys.
The boys abandoned the cart when police arrived, and fled the scene. One, a 10-year-old, was caught. The other boys, ranging from 10 to 16, managed to escape. The cart was recovered undamaged.
The best part of the story? Said chase happened near the city of Darwin.
[source] Image: Newscom
Tags: australia, darwin, golf cart, police chase
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