Quick Hitts

Nope. Not any more. Sweden’s Army (yes, they have one) had an insignia featuring a lion, viewed from the side.  He was obviously a boy lion.   Evidently some of the women didn’t like that, so they demanded he be neutered. (Ain’t that just like a woman.) He was. Christian Braustein, of the army’s Tradition Commission, […]

Some British deaf groups are demanding the “right” to create deaf embryos. Ballard, …said: “Most parents would choose to have a hearing embryo, but for those few parents who do not, we think they should be allowed to exercise that choice and we would support them in that decision. “There are a number of deaf […]

The mass media has been ignoring Ron Paul until recently. He set a record for raising the most money in one day – nearly five million dollars – in an internet campaign that wasn’t even officially connected to his political campaign. If any of the other candidates had done that, it would have been front […]

No matter what the problem is, sooner or later someone will Blame The Jews. In yet another example why it’s so difficult to write satire in this world, a group calling themselves “Green Hanukkah” is calling on Jews to combat global warming by lighting one less Hanukkah candle. Each unburned candle will save a whopping […]

It’s becoming more and more difficult to write satire in this increasingly bizarre world. As an example, how can you possibly make this headline any funnier:  Catholic coloring book warns US kids of pedophile priests At least, someone on Fark noted, it’s not a pop-up book.

Raise a glass to Clifford E. Clark, who took out a traffic light camera with three rounds from a .30-06. Clark was fined $50. $50? That’s quite a bargain. Where do I sign up?

You may already be following the story of Gillian Gibbons, the school teacher who asked her class of seven year olds to name the class teddy bear. They picked the name Mohamed. She was promptly arrested, thrown in jail, and told that she could get 40 lashes for such a heinous crime. She was trying […]