Category Archives: utter bullshit

Nation of Fatties Goes Hungry

November 16, 2009 – 3:49 pm

Those of you familiar with the “Back to the Future” series of documentaries are probably aware of what a paradox is, wherein two diametrically opposed, contradictory realities appear to coexist in the same universe, causing much confusion and the comical raising of eyebrows. Along those lines — and minus the comedy – here’s a report from the USDA, released [...]

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Burst your balloon

October 16, 2009 – 1:20 pm

The bizarre story and media circus surrounding the 6-year-old “balloon boy” only gets weirder. The rumors have already begun swirling that the entire drama might have been a hoax orchestrated by the boy’s publicity hungry dad. Those speculations weren’t helped by the family’s convenient reality-TV moment that aired this morning on the Today Show, where [...]

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Committee passes anti-sagging resolution

September 2, 2009 – 5:17 pm

A Metro Council committee unanimously passed the controversial and silly saggy pants resolution that was introduced by Councilwoman Judy Green, D-1, which encourages citizens to pull up their pants.
The Community Affairs committee heard testimony from a handful of residents who addressed the council and said they were fed up with the hip-hop attire. The [...]

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Ghost of Joseph Goebbels Possesses FOX NEWS Anchor

July 8, 2009 – 6:05 pm

Any snarky commentary that yr. humble blogwhore might provide will be useless in this instance, so just watch in abject horror as Brian “Zyklon B” Kilmeade suggests that the reason for dementia in this country has to do with (you guessed it) all the dirty brown people, and nothing at all to do with the [...]

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Bracing For Inevitable Guilt, Catholics Give Obama a Pass

May 18, 2009 – 3:35 pm

Did you know our President, Barack Obama, just hate-hate-hates the Catholics? No, you say? Well did you know the Catholics want to burn him alive at the stake for his love of dead fetuses and arugula? So you’re telling me they don’t want to? Then what in the wide wide world of Christardia was all [...]

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Meador files charges against Republican assailant

May 13, 2009 – 4:54 pm

Jonathan Meador, the freelance reporter who was assaulted by a low-level Republican activist while on assignment for LEO Weekly covering the party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday in Louisville, has filed criminal charges against his assailant.
Meador and an attorney for LEO met with two Jefferson County prosecutors this afternoon, and will pursue charges of fourth-degree [...]

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‘The Man’ Invades Coachella

April 24, 2009 – 2:39 pm

Usually, footage of a naked wizard/hippie getting (repeatedly) tazered can be considered something of an internet delicacy: Like a rare and savory treat, it delights the palate with a heady mixture of all the viral prerequisites — a novel situation, schadenfreude, violence, nudity, metafilmic self-awareness of the recording act — that, when combined, make for [...]

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More About That Chicken…

April 8, 2009 – 11:23 am

Hopefully Rep. Yarmuth didn’t give his colleague, Rep. Joe Courtney, one of those exploding boxes of KFC (as per their little bet)… cause that would be bad.
Oh yes: KFC’s popcorn chickens packages apparently have a tendency to ignite themselves when placed in the microwave. Like normal. [via The C-J]
Should this fail to further disincentivize you [...]

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Blackwater’s core values [sic]

December 9, 2008 – 2:32 pm

If you’re up for a little perverse entertainment, check out Blackwater Worldwide’s website, and dial in this page, where you’ll find the company’s core values. Then read this story today from the LA Times, about the supposed killing rampage five Blackwater guards went on in Iraq. Or, you know, just search Google News and spend [...]

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Lunchbox: One more day(!)

November 3, 2008 – 1:38 pm

Early and once: Tomorrow’s the big day, folks. Go vote for the person you think can pull the country from the shit-pile in the quickest, most economically sound and viable way possible — all the way down the ticket. If you’re in KY, here is the best site for all the relevant voting info. If [...]

By sgeorge | Also posted in Barack Obama, Gov. Beshear, John McCain, Kentucky, Presidential campaign, economy, election, government, politics | Comments (1)