“Bernie Madoff has been charged with swindling people out of $50 billion. I don’t want to say he’s unpopular, but today as he was walking in New York, he passed a manger scene and Joseph threw a sandal at him.” -Jay Leno “You folks around the country probably know this, but here in New York […]
T’was the Time of the Big Crash by Tim Stewart T’was the time of the Big Crash, when all through The Street, Merry traders flogged worthless paper, growing their bonus heap. Derivatives were shunted ‘round the world without care, Knowing St. Greenspan soon would proclaim, “No bubble there!” Over-leveraged homeowners were nestled all snug in […]
“I tell you, the economy’s rough. People are standing behind President Bush just to get the free shoes.” -Jay Leno “And the big financial story, Bernard Madoff, the man they call the most hated man in New York, as you know, has been arrested after confessing to running this Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out […]
Jon Favreau, Obama’s chief speechwriter during the campaign, has gotten himself into trouble because of some photos that appeared on his Facebook page, showing him at a recent party playing with a life-sized cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton (he’s the guy on the left in the photo, feeling up the statue). Another photo showed him dancing […]
Homophobes Just Jealous of “Fabulous” Gay Weddings It is obvious that many people who oppose same sex marriage are simply afraid they won’t be invited to any of the fabulous weddings that will transpire. Just admit it; everyone knows that once same sex marriage becomes legal, no one will be want to be bothered with […]
Catalonia, Spain has a centuries old tradition of hiding a “caganer” (pooper) — a small clay figure of a person squatting with their pants down and taking a dump — in their popular Christmas nativity scenes. We won’t try to guess the meaning of this tradition, but this year Der Spiegel reports that one of […]
The funny thing, this is becoming an example for the rest of the world. The Turkish manufacturer who made the original shoes thrown at Bush has received 300,000 orders for that model, which is more than four times the number normally sold each year. An Egyptian man and a Palestinian mayor have both offered their […]
Shoes “How about that guy that heaved his shoes at the president? Of course, everybody is saying well, what happened to the Secret Service? Good question. Where is the Secret Service? From now on, alright, take off your shoes. It’s going to be that way. You want to see the president? Alright, slip out of […]
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