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Mocking Words
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Never underestimate the capability of the American people to ignore the blatantly obvious.
A look at news with emphasis on the most obvious (and amusing) aspects that are missed by most media.
Recent Posts
The Curious Case of Black Friday
Here's to hoping that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. And if you didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, here's to hoping that you had a happy Thursday.I've long been fascinated by this whole Black Friday dealio. You know what it is. It's the thing where b...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! And to those of you not celebrating Thanksgiving today, Happy Thursday!This may come as somewhat of a shock to some, but yes, even someone as cynical and as sarcastic as I can be on occasion (translation: with every living breath)...
When Reunions Go Awry
ABC has this new show called "Find My Family" and it is just what it sounds like it is. People who have lost track of or who have never known family members (ie, kid gets put up for adoption and is searching for birth mother, or alcoholic father leav...
We Don\'t Know Why We Like Her, We Just Do
According to the huffy folks over there at The Huffington Post, "Chase Whiteside and Erick Stroll of "New Left Media" set out to determine just what was it about Sarah Palin that impelled her supporters to stand in massive lines for hours for the cha...
Simulated Sex, But Actual Idiocy at the AMAs
Is it meaningless award season or what? I swear we just had a bunch of award shows that were mockable. Now the American Music Awards occur and we have to do it all over again? OK, if I must. But really, running them all together like this only makes ...
Vampires, Shmampires
So a few days ago, "New Moon" the sequel to the movie "Twilight" opened and it has already been a huge success. Holy crap, the first day that thing came out, it made $72.7 million. Overall, I'm pretty sure that the entire series is going to make righ...

