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• Plastic Trees to Save the Planet

  
  
  That's the latest idea to combat carbon emissions here on Planet Earth.
  
  The proposed 'trees' would actually be large towers 50 feet tall.
  The leaves, called carbon scrubbers,
  would be a special plastic that absorbs CO2.
  
  About 60 million or so plopped all over the globe [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:27am EST
  

• I Wear Your Shirt.Com

  
  
  In case you didn't see it on the news...
  There's this guy named Jason,
  who needed a way to make a few bucks.
  He noticed a lot of companies put their names on t-shirts,
  and got an idea.
  
  He proposed that he would wear a company's shirt' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:01pm EST
  

• When climate strikes home

  
  
  Some climate issues are felt more than others here at home,
  and no we're not talking about Global Warming again.
  
  We're talking about rain here, too much rain,
  like they had in the heartland of Ohio this past season.
  
  Seems all that rain kept the farmers [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:14pm EST
  

• Your computer is a bio-hazard

  
  
  We're not talking bio-hazards like the kind that leech into landfills.
  We're talking the kind of toxic air one may have seen
  when bars catered to smokers, and the place was in a constant haze.
  
  According to Apple Computer, that is...
  
  It seems if you own [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:16pm EST
  

• 911? What are you wearing?

  
  
  That's how a Tampa man began an emergency call to 911.
  Yep, that's right, our Genius of the Day
  actually called the police to solicit phone sex.
  
  Not only did he solicit sex, he asked the female 911
  dispatcher to come over to his house, and gave [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• $98 billion in bogus payouts

  
  
  That's what the government has paid out this year
  in what it terms improper payments, $98 billion dollars.
  
  Sound like a lot?
  Consider that's on top of the $72 billion
  that fell into the same category last year.
  
  Some of the costs were considered to be [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:22pm EST
  

• Guess who's coming to dinner

  
  
  Sarah Palin has hinted that she may invite
  Levi Johnston to Thanksgiving dinner.
  Johnston has said she is "Full of it".
  
  If the invite does happen, and the dinner takes place,
  we're wondering if a topic of conversation will be
  Johnston's Johnson, which will soon be on
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Moon River

  
  
  Ok, not exactly a river, more like a splash, kind of...
  but NASA has now confirmed there is water on the moon,
  and that already has people talking again about
  moon exploration, moon colonization, etc, etc etc.
  
  Wonder if that will be an earmark in the next [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 5:51pm EST
  

• Babies cry like Mama does

  
  
  It seems babies cry in their native language,
  according to researchers in Germany and France.
  
  The claim is, not only do they use their mother's language,
  they throw in the appropriate local accent too.
  
  Wonder how you say Goo goo Ga ga in Chinese?
  

  
  

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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:14am EST
  

• Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Palin Resigns
  
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 7:22am EDT
  

• Deja Vu all over again

  
  
  Shades of Anna Nicole, another three ring circus is coming to town.
  
  All the players in the future Michael Jackson paternity spat
  are lining up in the wings, waiting for the funeral to blow over.
  
  You know it's got to be coming, don't you.
  
  Jackson [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• Taking another look at prescription drugs

  
  
  

  
  News Link: The FDA on Percocet and Vicodin
  
  
  
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  Posted: July 01, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• No more gold in them thar' hills

  
  
  California goes broke.
  State begins to issue IOU's.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  News Link: California IOU's
  
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 8:17pm EDT
  

• Pitchman passes away

  
  
  TV salesman Billy Mays [Orange-Glo / Oxy-Clean] found dead at home
  after freak accident in airplane.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Billy Mays
  
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 6:33pm EDT
  

• Add one more to the homeless roles

  
  
  Judge orders Madoff homes to be sold.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  News Link: $7 million penthouse up for grabs
  
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 7:45am EDT
  

• Farrah Fawcett - Michael Jackson

  
  
  At the Pearly Gates
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  Link: Farrah Fawcett
  Link: Michael Jackson
  
  
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  Posted: June 27, 2009, 3:04pm EDT
  

• Hunger Strikes

  
  
  21 days ago, actress Mia Farrow embarked on a hunger strike
  to bring attention to the dire situation in Darfur.
  
  Now if you are someone who has not reached a certain age,
  you may be saying "Who is Mia Farrow?"
  Then again, if you are not up [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 12:04pm EDT
  

• Boogie on down

  
  
  Someone once said
  Tis music that separates man from beast.
  Well... not so fast, Jackson.
  
  Those pesky scientists are at it again,
  trying to prove we're not as unique as we think we are.
  
  At the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego,
  they've been keeping an eye [...]
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  Posted: May 04, 2009, 8:30pm EDT
  

• Congratulations, you own General Motors

  
  
  Yes you, Joe Average, Mr Taxpayer, GM could be all yours.
  That's the gist of a restructuring plan now on the table.
  
  By the end of next month, GM's share of the Bailout Fund will hit $20 billion.
  
  In the proposed debt for equity swap,
  the [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2009, 7:52pm EDT
  

• The Wide-Track Pontiac

  
  
  It's being rumored, rather strongly, that the Pontiac division
  of General Motors, is about to be phased out, going the way of
  your Merry Old Oldsmobile, as GM tries to stay afloat.
  
  For quite a few years now, Pontiac designers have been consistently
  missing the mark, turning' [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2009, 3:56pm EDT
  

• The right to bare... whatever

  
  
  Folks in Riviera Beach, Florida, didn't like the
  way some kids wear their pants these days.
  
  Seems they'd seen enough of polka dot shorts
  and butt cracks walking down the street,
  so they passed a law against it.
  
  Droopy drawers carried a fine of $150 for [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 8:04am EDT
  

• Perez Hilton vs Miss California

  
  
  Beauty pageants aren't all that they used to be,
  but some still enjoy them, and to some they're still important.
  The Miss USA Pageant was held this past Sunday night,
  and this one ended on a note of controversy.
  
  During a question and answer session, Miss California
  [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 9:33pm EDT
  

• Waterboarding... again

  
  
  The New York Times is reporting, via a 2005 Justice Department memorandum,
  that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the admitted planner of the 9-11 attacks,
  was waterboarded 183 times by the CIA.
  
  Plan on hearing a great deal of hooping and hollering
  regarding this 4 year old news.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: April 20, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  

• Tax Day and Tea Parties

  
  
  April 15th has come and gone.
  People paid their taxes, and held Tea Parties.
  The Tea Parties were to be a symbolic tax protest,
  based on the Boston Tea Party from all those years ago.
  
  Enter one Janeane Garofalo.
  Maybe you know her, maybe you don't.
  Google' [...]
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  Posted: April 19, 2009, 11:15am EDT
  

• Pirates

  
  
  It's reported that Somali pirates have taken in over $200 million in ransoms.
  That may sound like a lot of money, but in today's world,
  in the grander scheme of things, it could almost be considered chicken feed...
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Pirate [...]

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  Posted: April 19, 2009, 7:07am EDT
  

• A Public Service from Comcast

  
  
  As a public service, Comcast aired Good Friday Mass from the Vatican.
  As a greater public service, Comcast interrupted the mass
  for an ad from Girls Gone Wild.
  
  Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Girls Gone Wild' [...]

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  Posted: April 12, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
  

• Resurrection

  
  
  The earthquake that occured in Italy this past week claimed hundreds of victims,
  yet in the aftermath of trajedies like this, other stories often emerge.
  
  One such story concerns Maria D'Antuono,
  who was buried alive by her own home.
  Some 30 hours after the quake shook her' [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2009, 9:20am EDT
  

• Life-like Japanese Robots

  
  
  Japan is pushing the envelope with humanoid type robots.
  A week ago a female version strolled down a fashion show runway.
  
  Now comes the announcement that by the year 2020
  they plan to have a robot astronaut on the moon.
  
  Couple this with other developments in [...]
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  Posted: April 05, 2009, 8:34am EDT
  

• Political pork database crashes

  
  
  There is no pork on Capitol Hill,
  and earmarks are silly names for worthwhile programs.
  It's all just a big misunderstanding.
  
  However...
  
  The Appropriations Committee has a nifty little
  computer system that houses an Earmark Request Database.
  The nifty little system crashed last year from an' [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 7:54pm EDT
  

• Sham Wowch!

  
  
  The room - $750.00
  The hooker - $1,000.00
  The result - Priceless
  
  $1,750.00 just to get bite marks on your tongue.
  Only the Sham Wow guy could pull this one off.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Sham Wow Guy Busted
  
  Update
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  Posted: March 29, 2009, 9:20am EDT
  

• A Stimulating Stimulus Deal

  
  
  Xytex International, one of the oldest sperm banks in the US,
  has an offer for clients who may be feeling the economic crunch.
  
  For those in the market, a vial of Standard wriggly
  little swimmers can cost up to $500.
  
  For those who are a little [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 7:18pm EDT
  

• Dick Tracy goes to court

  
  
  The Tribune was one of the largest papers in the country,
  and has published the Dick Tracy comic strip for as long as most can remember,
  but the paper has fallen on hard times, and filed for bankruptcy last year.
  
  Someone [a lawyer or accountant we're guessing]remembered' [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 8:07pm EDT
  

• Letterman gets hitched

  
  
  Yes folks, it's true.
  After a 23 year courtship, David Letterman married Regina Lasko last week,
  and he walked 2 miles to do it.
  
  Another one bites the dust...
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Letterman marries longtime girlfriend
  
  [...]

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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 7:15am EDT
  

• True Confessions

  
  
  There are places online where people confess their sins,
  where they tell their deepest darkest secrets.
  We're not sure why, but they do.
  
  A twist on this is search engine data,
  where you can be confessing without realizing it.
  
  People don't fill out surveys like they [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
  

• Printing free money

  
  
  That's what the government started doing this past week,
  but it's not really free of course.
  
  The Bailout Proposals have surpassed the trillion dollar mark.
  That's a number with 12 zeros behind it.
  14 if you count the loose change.
  $1,000,000,000,000.00
  
  To pay for these proposals,' [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 11:38am EDT
  

• Offering the Olive Branch to Iran

  
  
  President Obama tried to open the door to negotiations with Iran yesterday,
  saying "My administration is now committed to diplomacy".
  
  Ayatollah Khamenei, spiritual leader of the country,
  told him in so many words to Stuff It.
  
  What a shocker...
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2009, 10:45am EDT
  

• Enough boinking already

  
  
  The Pope has reaffirmed his position that condoms
  will not help in the fight against AIDS.
  
  He made this declaration in Africa today,
  where 25 million have already died.
  and another 22 million are infected.
  
  
  
  News Link: Condoms not [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
  

• Old after 27?

  
  
  That's what the research says...
  
  
  
  
  News Link: After 27 it's all down hill
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  Posted: March 16, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
  

• And what were you thinking about...

  
  
  Science has discovered that brain scans can read memories.
  Can this be a good thing?
  
  
  
  
  
  News Link: Brain Scans Read Memories
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  Posted: March 15, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  

• Stem Cell Research

  
  
  Bush said No,
  then Obama said Yes,
  but he didn't say Yes exactly...
  [News Link below]
  

  
  
  
  

  
  News Link: Yes to stem cell research, sort of...
  ' [...]

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  Posted: March 15, 2009, 7:12am EDT
  

• Are you feeling Stimulated yet?

  
  
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  Posted: March 14, 2009, 4:13pm EDT
  

• Philly is back

  
  
  Our friends at PhillyFuture.Org are back online,
  and we think that's a good thing.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  Link: Philly Future
  ' [...]

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  Posted: March 14, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
  

• Emptying Guantanamo

  
  
  Are we getting a step closer to this?
  

  
  
  

  
  News Link: Terrorists no longer Combatants
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  Posted: March 14, 2009, 10:29am EDT
  

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  Posted: March 14, 2009, 8:12am EDT
  

• We're outta here

  
  Sid has moved.
  It wasn't planned, but had to be done.
  
  Over the past 2 years, we've bumped through a number of Blogger glitches.
  Most minor, basically just annoying.
  
  Recently though, Blogger dumped our Archives.
  2 years of articles, over 300 original cartoons.
  
  Luckily, we make [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2008, 5:38pm EST
  

• Flatulence wins out over mammaries

  
  It's been said that the internet killed the porn industry.
  There's so much of it freely available online, those of that persuasion chose not to pay anymore.
  So it goes in a free enterprise based society.
  
  Apple's App Store, where users can download iPhone applications,
  has proven to [...]
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  Posted: December 28, 2008, 11:53am EST
  

• Most Admired Americans

  
  USA Today has just published their list of Most Admired Americans.
  
  Tops on the list for most admired man - Barack Obama.
  Number 2 was George Bush [Presidents are always high on the list]
  John McCain was right behind at number 3.
  
  A tie for 4th, 5th, [...]
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  Posted: December 27, 2008, 11:05am EST
  

• Merry Christmas to All

  
  Sid and the gang want to wish their very best
  to all our readers, fans, followers, browsers, stumblers,
  and anyone else we've annoyed during the year,
  [though we're not real upset about that last part].
  
  Happy Holidays from Sid in the City!
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 24, 2008, 5:22am EST
  

• Santa hits the bricks

  
  71 year old John Hauck has played Santa Claus for the past 5 seasons at Granite Run Mall,
  just outside Philadelphia, and we have to admit, he makes a pretty good looking Santa.
  
  This year, Hauck is taking NJ Transit lines to reach the New York subways, in [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2008, 11:27am EST
  

• Your kid is afraid of Santa?

  
  He or she is not alone,
  according to the authors of a new book entitled
  Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
  
  Now we all know the 'real' Santa is a good guy,
  but the ones you see on the street and at the mall...
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 7:59pm EST
  

• We can't let this bank fail!

  
  Now that all the bazillion dollar banks are getting their bailout,
  there's one important bank that still needs help.
  The Community Food Bank of New Jersey
  
  
  
  
  Link: Community Food Bank of New Jersey
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2008, 5:44pm EST
  

• Fire and brimstone in Alaska

  
  Well, fire anyhow...
  Fire broke out at the community church attended by Alaska governor Sarah Palin yesterday.
  
  Local authorities are calling it suspicious,
  most likely because the blaze was set outside the doors.
  
  We're sure others though will find a more logical explanation.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2008, 8:46am EST
  

• Oh, you meant 'that' moon...

  
  The news link for this lunar event is listed below,
  and we'll just leave it at that...
  
  
  
  News Link: Year's Biggest Full Moon in Skies Friday Night
  
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  Other categories are listed in the [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2008, 5:21pm EST
  

• The spirit of the season

  
  Out in Olympia, Washington, the state sponsors a Nativity Scene and a Holiday Tree each year around this time.
  Soon after the scene was completed, a sign appeared nearby.
  The sign read -
  "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
  It was sponsored [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2008, 6:40pm EST
  

• Iraq says oil too cheap

  
  Oil Minister sees $80 a barrel to be a much more 'reasonable' price than $50,
  and would most likely side with OPEC decisions in the future.
  
  Who's your buddy... who's your pal...
  
  
  
  News Link: Iraqis want price increase
  [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 8:09pm EST
  

• Deck the halls with... reindeer poo?

  
  That's what shopkeepers at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington Illinois would like you to do.
  They're selling reindeer dung christmas tree ornaments for $5 a poop, er, pop,
  complete with a certificate of authenticity.
  
  I swear, anything for a buck... [bad pun], or some doe...[worse pun].
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2008, 6:59pm EST
  

• Counting worms

  
  Our friends across the pond in Merry Olde England are embarking on a new scientific endeavor.
  They're counting worms, earthworms to be specific.
  500,000 British pounds have been set aside to supply volunteers with
  Earthworm Census Packs, and to collate the data.
  
  The preferred method to locate the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2008, 9:00am EST
  

• Black Friday

  
  Tis the season... for mob mentality.
  People get shot, people get trampled, all in the spirit of giving.
  
  Joy to the world...
  
  
  
  News Link: Video - Wrestling for an X-Box
  
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  Other categories [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2008, 10:03am EST
  

• Another holiday, another protest

  
  Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a national holiday here in the US.
  A day for most of us to be grateful for what we do have, be it a little or a lot.
  Also a day, for a select few, to complain about being disrespected.
  
  Such is the case in [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 7:35pm EST
  

• Noise violators sentenced to listen to Barry Manilow

  
  That's the sentence being handed out by a Colorado judge these days.
  Noise violators have to listen to an hour of Barry Manilow tunes.
  
  The judge has also from time to time substituted the crooning of Barney the Dinosaur.
  And you thought Guantanamo Bay was cruel and unusual [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 7:41pm EST
  

• NBC cans environmental group

  
  Earlier this year, NBC Universal bought the Weather Channel.
  A staple on the Weather Channel was an environmental program called Forecast Earth.
  
  Just last week, NBC fired the entire staff of Forecast Earth,
  right in the middle of what NBC was promoting as Green Week
  
  Ironic, isn't [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2008, 7:55pm EST
  

• Porn star watches over kiddies

  
  
  Once upon a time, not long long ago, there was a woman named Crystal Gunns.
  Today, in Vineland, New Jersey, lives a woman named Louisa Tuck.
  
  Crystal Gunns was a stripper, and a porn star in adult films.
  Louisa Tuck serves lunch at an elementary school, and [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2008, 1:44pm EST
  

• PETA goes bare again

  
  
  The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] have once again
  decided to use nude women to promote the cause of animal rights,
  this time protesting a circus in Louisiana.
  
  No wonder they remain our favorite wacko group.
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2008, 9:25am EST
  

• $700,000 gone in South Philly armored car heist

  
  
  700 grand in a check cashing joint?
  That's a lot of people without bank accounts.
  
  
  
  Story Link: Armored car heist
  
  
  
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  Other categories are listed [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2008, 8:39am EST
  

• Spam sales way up as household budgets tighten.

  
  
  Hormel Foods Corporation hard pressed to keep up with demand.
  [Spam and eggs, spam and cheese, spam on toast... bleh.]
  
  
  
  Story Link: Spam sales way up.
  
  
  
  Click a Label Name for more [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2008, 3:58pm EST
  

• Obama visits Bush at White House for private chat

  
  
  Wonder what they talked about?
  
  
  
  Story Link: Obama visits Bush
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 9:41pm EST
  

• A GoldenDoodle in the White House?

  
  
  
  
  Story Link: Goldendoodle talked up as first dog.
  
  
  
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  Other categories are listed in the Sidebar.
  
  
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  Posted: November 08, 2008, 6:03pm EST
  

• 'Retirees' turning to Job Fairs, Help Wanted ads.

  
  
  
  
  Story Link: Retirees return to job hunt
  
  
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  Other categories are listed in the Sidebar.
  
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  Posted: November 02, 2008, 7:53am EST
  

• Phillies Phever Lingers On

  
  
  
  
  Story Link: All 60,653 articles
  
  
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  Other categories are listed in the Sidebar.
  
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  Posted: November 01, 2008, 5:37pm EDT
  

• "Spy Pigeon" arrested in Iran.

  
  
  
  
  Story Link: Spy Pigeon Arrested
  
  
  
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  Other categories are listed in the Sidebar.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2008, 8:08am EDT
  

• World Series moves to Philly

  
  
  
  
  
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  Other categories are listed in the Sidebar.
  
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  Posted: October 25, 2008, 4:37pm EDT
  

• Inmate awarded $295,000 for soggy mattress

  A prisoner in Wisconsin felt he was being treated unfairly.
  Seems his mattress would at times get wet from the cummunal shower next to his cell.
  So he sued, and won $295,000 for being deprived of "the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities",
  or so the jury said. It took [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2008, 7:23pm EDT
  

• Breast milk in your ice cream?

  That's what the good folks at PETA [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals],
  who are way up there on our list of favorite wackos,
  want the owners of Ben & Jerry's to bring into the mix.
  
  Guess the idea is to give the cows a break...
  
  
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  Posted: September 27, 2008, 7:44am EDT
  

• The Bush Doctrine

  When Charles Gibson of ABC News interviewed Sarah Palin,
  he repeatedly asked what her position was on the Bush Doctrine.
  Palin's seeming uncertainty in answering the question has made headlines in the days since.
  
  Truth is, since the term was first coined in 2001, it has gone through some [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2008, 6:49pm EDT
  

• Sandra Bernhard says Sarah Palin would be gang-raped by her black brothers.

  
  
  The bigger the mouth, the more garbage it spews.
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 20, 2008, 3:34pm EDT
  

• NJ Democratic Committee phone listing sends callers to sex line [oops].

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 7:49pm EDT
  

• Cow farts, methane, and global warming.

  The UN wants to ban beef because a major source of the greenhouse gas methane is bovine flatulence.
  Last year Green Peace wanted the world to switch to kangaroo meat for the same reason.
  
  Saving the planet, it seems, could require us all to become vegetarians.
  However... [there's always [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2008, 6:02am EDT
  

• Microsoft is selling... shoes?

  
  
  New ad follows Seinfeld formula.
  Write a show [or commercial] about nothing at all, and people will watch it.
  
  
  
  The Story Link carries a video clip, in case you somehow haven't seen it.
  
  Story Link: Gizmodo
  
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  Posted: September 07, 2008, 7:17am EDT
  

• Palin delivers in the spotlight

  
  
  Not many are left saying "Sarah who?"
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 6:39am EDT
  

• Michael Moore jokes about hurricane

  
  
  Calls the storm disrupting the Republican Convention an "Act of God".
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 01, 2008, 8:29am EDT
  

• Sarah Palin is GOP VP pick

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 31, 2008, 7:01am EDT
  

• New Jersey beaches closed again.

  
  
  Have a nice Labor Day...
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 30, 2008, 7:09am EDT
  

• And then there were four...

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 9:03pm EDT
  

• Be it ever so humble...

  
  
  There's no place like home...
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 8:03pm EDT
  

• Obama kin getting by on $1 a month.

  
  
  Half-brother found in Africa.
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 6:49am EDT
  

• Cable guy berates 74 year old grandfather, calls him a thief.

  
  
  Comcast apologizes for 'misunderstanding',
  during which the installer dropped the F-Bomb
  on the old man and his granddaughter.
  
  
  
  Story Link: The Consumerist
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 5:44pm EDT
  

• Inmate says he's too fat for execution.

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 10, 2008, 9:00am EDT
  

• FDA to regulate tobacco.

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 8:26pm EDT
  

• Philadelphia Appeals Court dismisses 'malfunction' fine.

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: July 22, 2008, 6:55am EDT
  

• NJ Gov tries end-around on 800% toll hike.

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: July 20, 2008, 5:43pm EDT
  

• Free Drugs

  The story about drugs in our water supply is still in the news.
  Philadelphia is at the top of the 24 cities reported.
  The trace amounts, however, are being measured in 'parts per billion'.
  
  The Philly Water Department has tried to put it in perspective by stating -
  A [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 6:50am EDT
  

• Red Light Cash

  Red light cameras. A good idea, right?
  Catch the guys that are running the lights.
  Get folks to slow down at intersections.
  
  Enter local officials and greed.
  
  It's been found that some towns are dialing down the yellow light,
  making the light turn red faster.
  Less time to [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2008, 7:58am EDT
  

• Group protests cross-dressing in school.

  Calling it cross-dressing might be stretching it a bit, though technically the term is correct.
  The kids were taking part in a school function called Wacky Week.
  The week before Wacky Week, the kids voted on how they should dress up each day.
  
  The last day of Wacky Week, [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 7:37pm EDT
  

• Vodka ad redraws US map

  
  
  The ad shows the US as it was before the Mexican-American War of 1848.
  Prophetic?
  
  
  
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  Posted: April 06, 2008, 11:04am EDT
  

• Man shoots cat to get even with wife.

  
  Some moron actually did that.
  We say turn-about is fair play...
  
  
  
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  Posted: April 01, 2008, 9:02pm EDT
  

• Scientists fear new experiment may create a black hole.

  
  14 years and $8 billion later, there are now concerns
  a new super-collider could actually suck the earth in.
  
  
  
  Story Link: Black Hole
  
  
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 6:53am EDT
  

• Earth Hour - Lights Out

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: March 30, 2008, 10:50am EDT
  

• Where's Sid?

  
  
  
  Stay tuned...
  
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  Posted: March 29, 2008, 8:43am EDT
  

• Another conspiracy nut finds fame and fortune.

  News Item:
  Oscar winner says 9-11 attacks made up.
  
  Ever heard of Marion Cotillard? Maye you have, and maybe you haven't. She recently won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose. Didn't see the flick? Neither did we, but it's a [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2008, 9:22am EST
  

• 2 down, 48 to go

  News Item:
  Catholics, Muslims, ink pact
  
  Catholic and Muslim leaders in South Jersy signed an agreement yesterday, pledging cooperation and understanding of each other. It was the second such signing in the US. The first occured in 2003 in Rochester, New York. If the effort will now migrate to [...]
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  Posted: February 21, 2008, 8:54pm EST