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United Nations Blames AIDS on the Sun

According to a new report by the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA) flooding caused by global warming is putting farmers out of business. On the other hand, jobs are being stimulated in the sex industry as unskilled women are forced to supplement their husbands' income. Suneeta Mukherjee, a representative of the ... [Read More]

Norway Meddles in American Politics

A new CNN poll shows 56% of Americans disapprove of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama. Committee chairman, Thorbjorn Jagland, defends the decision saying "He got the prize for what he has done," which at the time of Obama's unanimous nomination (Feb 1) was diddly. But ... [Read More]

Obama’s Baby Mama

It's not another Ebonics faux pas courtesy of Fox News. Barack Obama really does have a baby mama - Bomb Queen! In a new 4-part  miniseries titled Oh-Bomb-Ah!, President Obama vows to close the supervillain-run New Port City. Unlike the previous president, the saintly Obama can't be blackmailed into looking the other way or ... [Read More]

Should Freedom of Speech be Killed?

On Monday Facebook banned all polls by developer Jesse Farmer, after an anonymous user created a controversial and some say illegal poll asking "should obama be killed?" Unfortunately the only thing getting killed here is freedom of speech, which as I always like to point out: doesn't only cover popular speech. Of course ... [Read More]

Conservation of the Fittest

Chris Packham, host of BBC's Springwatch, has caused pandemonium among conservationists with his suggestion that we "pull the plug" on the panda. He calls it a "T-shirt animal" that consumes more than just bamboo. "Unfortunately, it's big and cute and a symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and we pour millions of ... [Read More]

Japan’s First Lady is Out of this World

In the land of Godzilla and contorted ghost girls, perhaps the scariest thing in Japan is its new First Lady. Miyuki is outshining her newly elected husband Prime Minister Yukioi Hatoyama with the revelation that she likes to "eat the Sun." She demonstrated this ability on a Japanese talk show by grasping at the air and ... [Read More]

Black Tide – Real-Life Blob

Floating in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northern coast is a mysterious oily substance of monstrous proportions (13 miles by 1/4 mile) that is consuming all marine life in its path. Analysis reveals that despite its appearance it's not an oil spill but an unknown type of algae. However anyone who's ever seen Creepshow 2 ... [Read More]