Category Archives: Wacky News

A Pitcher’s Worth a Million Words

Posted on June 10, 2009 by dowbrigade

Austin, Texas June 10, 2009 – The Global Language Monitor today announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase. added to the codex of fourteen hundred-year-old language. Web 2.0 is … Continue reading →

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NYTimes reports 33-year orgasm!

Posted on March 14, 2009 by dowbrigade

An interesting article appeared in yesterday’s New York Times on life at the San Francisco sex commune One Taste Urban Retreat Center. Even the venerable Grey Lady is showing a little cleavege in these dark days for print journalism… MS. … Continue reading →

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Hillary Down But Not Out

Posted on June 12, 2008 by dowbrigade

Now that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has crashed and burned in tatters and ashes, it seems an appropriate time to chime in with one of our patented, wrong-in-so- many-ways political predictions: Don’t Count Her Out Yet. This may be but … Continue reading →

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Hopeful News Item of the Day

Posted on May 30, 2008 by dowbrigade

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain’s king has appointed a woman believed to be the Arab world’s first Jewish ambassador as the country’s envoy to Washington. Lawmaker Houda Nonoo said she was proud to serve her country “first of all as … Continue reading →

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999 Luftballoons

Posted on April 22, 2008 by dowbrigade

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing Monday off the southern coast of Brazil. Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats were searching off the coast of … Continue reading →

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Afghan Dog Fights Enrage Taliban, Not US

Posted on February 19, 2008 by dowbrigade

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores on Sunday, an Afghan governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the … Continue reading →

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Bad Dog (trite but so right)

Posted on November 2, 2007 by dowbrigade

Dog Chapman has been captured spewing foul-mouthed racist slurs on a tape obtained exclusively by The NATIONAL ENQUIRER. And now a civil rights leader is calling for Dog’s TV show to be removed from the airwaves. In a shocking world … Continue reading →

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Pope Waves from Beyond the Grave

Posted on October 15, 2007 by dowbrigade

This fiery figure is being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance beyond the grave. The image, said by believers to show the Holy Father with his right hand raised in blessing, was spotted during a ceremony in … Continue reading →

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Study: Kid-Biting Dogs Have Emotional Problems

Posted on October 2, 2007 by dowbrigade

Dogs that bite children have often not bitten kids before, but they tend to have underlying behavioural or medical problems, indicates research in the journal Injury Prevention. The same can be said of children who bite dogs. The research team … Continue reading →

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Bed and Beyond – Way Beyond

Posted on October 1, 2007 by dowbrigade

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s small Jewish community is up in arms against a home furnishing maker that has named its new line of bedspreads “NAZI” and used the swastika in its promotional brochure. The furnishings dealer says the word “NAZI” … Continue reading →

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Buddha Boy’s Back – Preaches Peace – and Quiet

Posted on August 5, 2007 by dowbrigade

Finally, Ram Bahadur Bomjom, the Buddha Boy, has started preaching. The committee that looks after ‘the modern Buddha’, Namo Buddha Tapoban Committee, assembled a large crowd yesterday in Hallori Jungle in Bara district of southern Nepal that was addressed by … Continue reading →

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The Details are in the Devil

Posted on August 2, 2007 by dowbrigade

Australia’s new $200m synchrotron in Melbourne could contribute to the fight to save the Tasmanian devil from the outbreak of facial tumour disease currently decimating devil populations, according to Dr Jeff Church from CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology in Geelong. … Continue reading →

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