Thursday, Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s satirical news show “The Colbert Report,” learned that his native state of South Carolina had denied his application to appear on the state’s primary ballot as a candidate for President of the United States. Colbert, who officially announced his candidacy on his own show on October […]
Vincent Margera, known to fans of the MTV reality show Viva La Bam as “Don Vito,” was convicted Wednesday of two counts of sexual assault on a child and could face life in prison. The obese, often sweaty, often tormented uncle of prankster Bam Margera reportedly collapsed in court as his conviction was read […]
The only, and I mean only, slightly pleasurable part of the wildfire disaster that has now destroyed almost 500,000 acres in Southern California is watching Arnold Schwarzenegger flip on the Terminator switch and take matters into his own hands. People like me, who do not reside in California and thus do not rely on […]
It’s fitting that more people in the United States do Sudoku than play baseball, basketball or football. It’s a game that requires no cardiovascular endurance and provides the player a quasi-intellectual alternative to reading. If you’re not familiar with the American numbers game with a Japanese name and you haven’t read a newspaper […]
Bobby Jindal, the 36-year-old son of Punjabi immigrants, was elected governor of Louisiana Saturday becoming America’s first Indian-American governor. The conservative Jindal received 53% of the vote and when sworn in to office in January, will take the reigns of a state still devastated from Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Despite the fact […]
The Joe Torre era, a 12-year span that includes 12 straight playoff appearances and 4 World Series titles for the New York Yankees, has officially come to an end. Yankees’ manager Joe Torre declined an incentive-laced 1-year contract that would have kept him with the team through the 2008 season. Torre flew to […]
On Wednesday the ever-credible New York Post reported that Khadijah Farmer, a transgendered lesbian, filed a suit against a restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village for tossing her out of the ladies room. As only the Post could publish, the headline read “Manly Lesbian Sues for Ejection.” The incident took place back in June […]
On Monday presidential hopeful John McCain suggested that he would have trouble voting for a Muslim for president. The stumbling senator explained to reporters that since America was founded as a Christian nation, he preferred America to have a Christian leader. McCain said while campaigning in New Hampshire, “I just have to say […]
Sunday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York for a two-day trip in which he will engage in a debate at Columbia University Monday and address the UN General Assembly Tuesday. New York’s police denied Ahmadinejad’s request to visit Ground Zero and pay his respects to the victims of September 11th. Generally […]
Ann Arbor’s sagacious street celebrity “Shakey Jake” died Sunday at the age of 82. And I would be remiss if I did not mention his death, or his life, on this site. It’s not that the death of a seemingly homeless old man who wore a pimp suit that few of you know about is […]