Hillary Clinton says she is done with the “high wire” of politics. Although she regrets not being able to cut it down a couple of times while Bill was tip toeing across it.
The Pentagon is proposing a 13% cut in the number of troops. All we need now is a 13% cut in the number of wars.
30 pounds of cocaine were discovered in a bag delivered to the U.N. After it was intercepted, Colombia announced their upcoming state dinner would not include a Happy Hour.
A marijuana mouth spray for pain relief could hit store shelves by 2013. It will be found in supermarkets right between the Twinkies and Doritos.
A marijuana mouth spray for pain relief could hit store shelves by 2013. It is advertised to have all the benefits of marijuana without the high. Which is like saying it is just like ice cream without the flavor.
A marijuana mouth spray for pain relief could hit store shelves by 2013. It was supposed to be ready two years ago but researchers kept insisting on more testing.
1,500 live turtles were found in luggage at an Indonesian airport. The worst part is they were almost able to outrun airport security.
A poll says that 56% of Americans would be in favor of voting out every member of Congress. If there was only some way a majority of people feeling that way could act on such an idea.
A British man was forced to leave his “Star Wars” styled home after getting divorced. Sci-Fi followers were shocked. A “Star Wars” fan was married?
Nike Founder Phil Knight defended Joe Paterno at a memorial service. Now all Knight has to do is find someone to speak in his defense on the treatment of kids.
Taco Bell is getting into the fast food breakfast market. Which just saves them from throwing out all the food that nobody would eat the night before.
Pat Sajak says he and Vanna White hosted “Wheel of Fortune” at times when they were drunk. In fact, the only word that Vanna knew the correct number of vowels for was “Margarita”.
Pat Sajak says he and Vanna White hosted “Wheel of Fortune” at times when they were drunk. He spun the wheel and she turned the letters. Which basically means they were no more than the world’s highest paid Carnies.
San Francisco Airport has opened what they call the world’s first airport yoga room. It’s for passengers who want to learn how to contort into different positions for when they are flying on Southwest Airlines.
A survey says that one in seven car buyers in the U.S. are avoiding foreign made vehicles. Mostly because they are afraid of having to bail out Chrysler and GM all over again.
Nancy Silberkleit, CEO of Archie Comics has been banned from the workplace by a judge. Apparently she didn’t have enough resources to fight a takeover bid by Veronica and her rich father.
Statistics show there has been a 30% increase in home births in the U.S. The other 70% have managed to hang onto their health insurance.
Google+ now allows teens to sign in. Apparently they feel if they can’t beat Facebook, they might as well take over from Myspace.
Washington, D.C. has been chosen as the most literate city in the U.S. Of course, they were working on the assumption that congressmen actually read all those long bills they pass.
L.A. restaurant Philippe’s is ending its ten cent cup of coffee and will now charge 50 cents. To which Starbucks says “Amateurs!”
A veggie oil powered truck developed by Boise State University is going to try to set a speed record of 215 mph. The only other food product that has ever moved even faster is a week old Taco Bell Burrito Supreme.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is now making more than $50 Million a year in compensation. He makes so much money, he now buys his morning coffee at Starbucks.
A teenage British girl was hospitalized after a diet of only chicken nuggets for fifteen years. Which is fifteen years longer than it would have taken her to be hospitalized after a diet of standard British food.
A study says that children who switch from Facebook to Youtube to texting are more likely to end up with social problems. Especially the ones who are doing it to try to delete all the embarrassing videos and pictures that are being posted of them.
President Obama says he wants a second term badly. The only thing that may prevent it is how he has done his first term badly.
A poll says a majority of Americans want the government to act on the home foreclosure crisis. Apparently the government figures they might as well wait until the final three homes that are still making their payments finally go under.
A poll says a majority of Americans want the government to act on the home foreclosure crisis. Which is only fair since the government’s inaction is what caused the whole housing disaster in the first place.
That’s it for now, Oh Faithful Readers! Some sad news in the entertainment world. Robert Hegyes has passed away at age 60. If you are in my age group you knew him as Juan Epstein on “Welcome Back Cotter” back in the ‘70s. A great show that gave us Mr. Cotter Gabe Kaplan, Horshack Ron Palilla and of course John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino. Great show, well written and a good cast. Miss that kind of TV! RIP Robert...We’re all sending the love to sweathogs everywhere!
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