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Someone Is Not So Clear On The Meaning Of "Psychic"

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 13, 2008 · Comments (4)

Celebrity psychic Judi Hoffman (via her PR firm) announced that she hit a trifecta at the May 3, 2008 Kentucky Derby. This purports to validate her psychic ability. A "trifecta" is when a bettor predicts exactly which horses will finish in first, second, and third place. She was nice enough... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (6 votes cast)

Hit and Run

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: May 12, 2008 · Comments (7)

A very interesting(and dumb) way to assault a police officer. DES MOINES (AP) -- A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms. Sean McGuire was arrested early Sunday at a convenience... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Arianna Huffington: Iraq is McCain's viagra

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: May 10, 2008 · Comments (11)

Un-freakin-believable. Here's the Head Huffpo herself being a REAL class act on the Colbert Report: I don't know where she gets that McCain is some ulta-right wing conservative now all of a sudden, because honey, he's not. It's interesting, though, that Arianna Huffington, of all people, would criticize someone for... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (16 votes cast)

Green Pies and Dumb Pamphlets: eco-nuts' newest weapons.

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: April 24, 2008 · Comments (13)

Since using facts and science doesn't work, eco-nuts have to resort to lying and intimidation to further their anti-Capitalist agenda. The entire global warming environmental wackjob scam is really about anti-capitalism and elitism, after all. The science doesn't measure up. Follow the cash trail and you'll see what this really... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (11 votes cast)

No honor among thieves

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 20, 2008 · Comments (0)

That goes in particular for former South Korean Presidents. From Korea Times- Former President Roh Tae-woo has filed a lawsuit against his brother and nephew, accusing them of refusing to return a company that they set up with slush funds he entrusted to them two decades ago between 1988 and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Vote our way... OR ELSE.

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: April 17, 2008 · Comments (25)

Here's a tolerant post from the oh-so-tolerant folks over at the Daily Kos. Either we vote Barack into office... or it's revolution time, baby. The United States of America are on the brink of a major revolution. I am not talking about some fuzzy "internet revolution" or similar hogwash but... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (22 votes cast)

Wizbang Regrets...

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 6, 2008 · Comments (14)

Hoo boy. Friday, Jim Addison posted a piece on Ron Paul's choosing to endorse the John Birch Society, and that brought out the Paulbots in hordes. One of them, "Mike," was so incensed that he not only posted a comment, but cut and pasted it to the "Tips" e-mail box... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (26 votes cast)

Eat your heart out Ted Turner

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 3, 2008 · Comments (11)

Exhibit 313 in why the founder of CNN has lost his mind. Not doing it will be catastrophic. We'll be eight degrees hotter in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (11 votes cast)

Smithsonian Institution: not smarter than a 5th grader!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 3, 2008 · Comments (13)

When you're the nation's leading Museum of Natural History, you don't expect to be perfect - but shouldn't you be smarter than a 5th grader? Apparently NOT, since an 11 year-old just caught them in a basic mistake, reports the Associated Press: Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian?... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (7 votes cast)

Hey, Democrats: Stop Rushing Over The Cliff

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: March 30, 2008 · Comments (11)

Let me make one thing clear: I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh. I stopped listening to him back during the "Chelsea Clinton/Dog" incident, and it was only in the past couple of years that I stopped holding him in contempt. I still don't listen to him, as his style... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (23 votes cast)

How dare Taco Bell let a supermodel be photographed?!

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: March 25, 2008 · Comments (23)

Feministing brings us today's outraged-over-nothing report, with Taco Bell's Mysogynist Hot Sauce (I'm not kidding). The feminists are complaining about Taco Bell's new ad campaign, called "Direct Daniella", in which they've partnered up with Sports Illustrated to give some lucky customer the chance to be the photographer in a Sports... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (20 votes cast)

Stop thief

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 23, 2008 · Comments (10)

Is this an early April Fools joke? In an effort to reduce the number of car break-ins in the city, the West Palm Beach Police Department has begun distributing printed signs -- similar to those Do Not Disturb requests that dangle from hotel room doors -- for drivers to hang... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (6 votes cast)

Southwest Airlines vs. Pretty Bimbos

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: February 27, 2008 · Comments (34)

There's been a lot of talk about this story: two girls kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight. Southwest says they were being disruptive, and the girls say that they were being discriminated against... for being pretty. Prejudice against pretty? That's the claim from a pair of 18-year-old best friends from... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (20 votes cast)

More important news

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 21, 2008 · Comments (6)

Barack Obama gets applause for blowing his nose. What will the Presidential hopeful do for an encore? Singapore beats out Moscow to host the first World Youth Olympics. Expect Russian jets to do a flyover of the island nation in the next few days. A scandal in the making. South... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (8 votes cast)

The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 20, 2008 · Comments (3)

Today's winners are Sophia Manuel and Alfonso Baldonado. They get the award for the following. A Boca Raton couple and their Miami employment services enticed workers from the Philippines to travel for work in South Florida but failed to deliver promised jobs and forced as many as 30 people to... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (6 votes cast)

Important news items of the day

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 20, 2008 · Comments (5)

I haven't blogged in four days mostly due to my being ill from my cancer treatments. Also on Sunday my wireless went down and I was only able to sign on via dialup from our home's main phone line. That limited my online time. First we have some Knuckleheads to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (8 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 15, 2008 · Comments (11)

Today's winner is Congressman Henry Waxman. He gets the award for the following. A day after a dramatic, nationally televised hearing that pitted Roger Clemens against his former personal trainer and Democrats against Republicans, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Thursday that he regretted... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (7 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 13, 2008 · Comments (15)

Today's winner comes from the Congressional hearing into whether Roger Clemens used steroids or HGH. Our elected leaders have better things to do IMHO. Our winner today is Congressman William Lacy Clay. He gets the award for the following. Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Missouri Democrat, asked Clemens what uniform... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (8 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008 · Comments (7)

Today's winner is Hillsborough County Detention Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones. She gets the award for the following. TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy and three of her supervisors were suspended after the release of a videotape showing her dumping a man out of a wheelchair in Orient Road Jail. Detention Deputy... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (7 votes cast)

To Serve and Protect or To Sue and get Fired?

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 12, 2008 · Comments (3)

The Andrea Eichhorn saga appears to be wrapping up. The Casselberry police sergeant who sued the family of a severely brain damaged boy because she slipped in a puddle of water while helping with his rescue is still fired. Former Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn, 36, was fired Dec. 4 by Police... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (14 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

Today's winner is Beneficial Behavioral Health . They get the award for the following. OMAHA, Neb. -- Sarpy County deputies said they arrested a woman whose blood-alcohol level registered higher than five times the legal limit for drivers. Deputies arrested Denise Thomson, 25, of Elkhorn, after they received a number... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.6/5 (11 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 10, 2008 · Comments (0)

Today's winner is the Lake County Florida Sheriff's Office. They get the award for following. GROVELAND - Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Groveland man and his girlfriend because the Lake County Sheriff's Office mishandled evidence in the case, officials said. On Aug. 9, Lake County deputies served a search... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.9/5 (10 votes cast)

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 9, 2008 · Comments (1)

Today's winner is The California Franchise Tax Board. They get the award for the following. Beware: A one-digit typo on a state tax return could cost the average California homeowner about $1,000. The error is on 2.4 million copies of Schedule CA of Form 540. That's where taxpayers pluck numbers... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (7 votes cast)

Toledo Mayor to Marines: Get Out!

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 9, 2008 · Comments (27)

This is of particularly interest to me because I was born and raised in Toledo. I lived there until January of last year. Unfortunately, Toledo's mayor Carty Finkbeiner has a reputation of being a complete idiot. He's the guy who recommended moving the deaf out by the airport. Ugh. Now... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (26 votes cast)

The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 7, 2008 · Comments (0)

Today's winners are Joseph John Brey and Joseph Michael Wicks. They get the award for the following. TAMPA - Two men wound up in jail this morning after a heist that netted them $1.07 and three condoms, police say. Joseph John Brey and Joseph Michael Wicks were arrested for stealing... [Full Story]

Rating: 1.8/5 (6 votes cast)

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