• February 14, 2012
  • Harry Reid is going to try to have the stimulus package passed through the Senate by Friday. [Reuters]
  • Israel still sees the occasional incoming rocket from Gaza, but nobody’s claiming responsibility. [Voice of America]
  • Londoners lost their frigging minds at the arrival of about a foot of snow, a welcome respite from the usual Dickensian winter dusting of creosote and coal particulates. [Guardian]
  • Kwame Kilpatrick served 99 days in jail and was released last night, 25 pounds lighter, with a beard. [Detroit Free Press]
  • Hillary Clinton will meet with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to discuss various goings-on around the world. [BBC News]
  • It appears that no-good common pranksters perpetrated the Super Bowl PORN ATTACK in Arizona, and authorities vowed to catch and sexily spank the miscreants. [Arizona Daily Star]

{ 51 comments }

slavojzizek February 3, 2009 at 8:51 am

PORN ATTACK–The only stimulus the US needs.

heroinmule February 3, 2009 at 8:53 am

So in limp-dick speak, Harry Reid will NOT have the stimulus package passed by Friday.

ManchuCandidate February 3, 2009 at 8:56 am

Only the Brits would write about the “Proper” way to make a snowball.

Totowa February 3, 2009 at 8:58 am

Too bad we couldn’t ALWAYS get a $10 credit everytime we looked at porn.

…put that in the stimulus package.

sailingthestyx February 3, 2009 at 9:01 am

And Great Britain says adios to the Gulf Stream and joins it’s fellow Nordic nations in celebrating the glories of winter…should effectively shut-up the British global warming naysayers…

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 9:07 am

I guess that explains why Kwame Kilpatrick has been walking around wearing that huge button that reads “Lose weight now—ask me how!”

wheelie February 3, 2009 at 9:14 am

It’s true the BBC treated the fall of snow like it was the greatest event since the Big Bang, because it happened in London and not just in the sticks.

MathewBrooks February 3, 2009 at 9:17 am

lets take bets on the exact moment this week that Harry Reid will roll over..

Servo February 3, 2009 at 9:24 am

Uh-oh. The de-salinizaton of the North Atlantic is shutting down the Gulf Stream as predicted.
“You want a weather prediction? I’ll give you a weather prediction. It’s going to cold. It’s going to be gray. And it’s going to last you…the rest of your life.”

Yaybuls February 3, 2009 at 9:31 am

Tell those Super Bowl porn pranksters how outraged you are at their website:

http://www.godaddy.com

Colander February 3, 2009 at 9:35 am

[re=234721]Yaybuls[/re]: Don’t know why that’s so funny, but it is.

donner_froh February 3, 2009 at 9:37 am

If you do a LexisNexis search of British newspapers over the past 2 days for the term “transport chaos” your computer will explode.

Serolf Divad February 3, 2009 at 9:38 am

I hear a Cable station in France is giving subscribers a 10 Franc note because they inadvertently went 24 hours yesterday without playing any skin-cream commercials featuring nude, jiggling boobies.

Monsieur Grumpe February 3, 2009 at 9:40 am

The Arizona Daily Star sure knows their porn.

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 9:41 am

[re=234724]Serolf Divad[/re]: France hasn’t had francs since 1999 and it hasn’t had ten franc notes since the 1970s. Otherwise I’d believe you.

Serolf Divad February 3, 2009 at 9:46 am

[re=234726]Larry McAwful[/re]:

Which makes these 10 Franc notes all the more valuable… as collectibles!

(p.s. Damn you Mr. “I know what I’m talking about”!)

donner_froh February 3, 2009 at 9:46 am

[re=234716]Larry McAwful[/re]: That’s after he lost 25 pounds? That suit must be a size 58 extra portly from the Big, Fat and Tall shop.

norbizness February 3, 2009 at 9:47 am

If Kwame loses 25 more pounds of roid-muscle, his terrible secret will be exposed: HE IS KADEEEM HARDISON!

Cape Clod February 3, 2009 at 9:55 am

Poor Ian Holm has been sitting up in that remote Scottish weather station and saying this was going to happen years ago.

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 9:56 am

[re=234727]Serolf Divad[/re]: I’d take one. I’m a coin collecting geek from way back. I also used to live in France, so because of those things, I’m so horribly insufferable.

Not as horrible as French TV, though. When I lived there, they watched lots of Baywatch and Diffr’nt Strokes reruns dubbed into French. But the domestically-produced shows are worse. Except for all the jiggling, of course. That rocks.

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 9:57 am

[re=234728]donner_froh[/re]: It was actually a false report. Kilpatrick reportedly sat down recently, popping a button on his shirt, when he said, “There’s those lost 25 pounds!”

MarieDeGournay February 3, 2009 at 10:02 am

[re=234713]sailingthestyx[/re]: agreed, or perhaps their corrupt idiots will say, “LOOK! IT’S SNOW! THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING!!!11!!”

gurukalehuru February 3, 2009 at 10:02 am

Over on Huffpo (IRISYDHT), they have a story about how Joe the Plumber will be giving a speech to “The Conservative Working Group,” made up of aides to republican congressman.
Seriously.

MarieDeGournay February 3, 2009 at 10:05 am

[re=234724]Serolf Divad[/re]: Vive La France!

DrThunderer February 3, 2009 at 10:08 am

The best part about reading that London snow article is that I now know the Brits call snow plows “gritters” and road salt/sand “grit.”

They are so precious!!!

Terry February 3, 2009 at 10:10 am

“City Official A”

You really have to love the Detroit Free Press. They’ve been after old Kwame like a dog working on a soup bone.

CARCUNTZ!(tm)-R-Us February 3, 2009 at 10:11 am

Too bad teh pron attack wasn’t in 3D. That would have made the trip to the grocery store to pick up the 3D glasses worth the effort.

actor212 February 3, 2009 at 10:16 am

Hey, that’s my weight loss program! Get caught porn texting my mistress, then get a 100 day sentence in jail!

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 10:20 am

[re=234735]gurukalehuru[/re]: If only I could be there! I’d love to hear Joe the Plumber detail the flaws he finds with Keynesian economics, thoughtfully commenting on the differences the two major parties have on fiscal policy.

Serolf Divad February 3, 2009 at 10:33 am

[re=234731]Larry McAwful[/re]:

I once read that, at its height, Baywatch was the most watched TV show in the world.

Serolf Divad February 3, 2009 at 10:34 am

[re=234744]actor212[/re]:

Get back in the game, as they say!

CivicHoliday February 3, 2009 at 10:38 am

Haha, porn attack…the 9/11 of the AZ mormon population…

Crazybroad February 3, 2009 at 10:43 am

[re=234729]norbizness[/re]: LMAO! But I say he’d need to lose another 50 …

BTW, our ghetto-fabulous EX-mayor (love the beard, Kwame) is headed for Texas today for a job interview. He’s YOUR problem now, peoples. Detroit will get its revenge for the auto bailout yet!

Mr Blifil February 3, 2009 at 10:48 am

“My God, I told myself as I walked through a heavenly avenue with snow-laden branches bejewelling my steps, this is the most beautiful city in the world! It was snowing from Epping Forest to Heathrow, Upminster to Uxbridge, on duke and dustman in a way that it hasn’t for ages and probably won’t for a good while. Savour it, I told myself.”

God, the British are such fags.

rmontcal February 3, 2009 at 10:48 am

[re=234749]Larry McAwful[/re]: Did anyone hear Thom Hartmann do an interview with JTP where all he did was ask him plumbing questions? HILARIOUS!

Also, did Obama make fun of the Brits because they couldn’t deal with a little bit of snow?

Guppy06 February 3, 2009 at 10:49 am

He came out jail with a beard? That can only mean one thing: he’s gone Mohammedan!

Servo February 3, 2009 at 10:51 am

[re=234734]MarieDeGournay[/re]:
I’ve abandoned the idea of explaining the difference between global warming trends and local weather to morans.
[re=234749]Larry McAwful[/re]:
Go for broke. I’d like to hear him explain the concepts of the binding energy curve, just for the ‘soda-through-the-nose’ laughter.

thongthongthong February 3, 2009 at 10:57 am

[re=234766]CivicHoliday[/re]: Teehee.. Your comment got me a wonderin’ what the fundies are up to. Turns out, the king of fundies, James Dobson, supported the Cardinals just cuz Obama supported the other team.

Big Nelsonesque Haha!

Doc Gerbil February 3, 2009 at 11:01 am

Don’t worry, kwame will pack those lost pounds back on as soon as his motorcade makes a stop at White Castle. He loves him some sliders.

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 11:06 am

[re=234775]rmontcal[/re]: No! Really? Got a link? I’m going to look for one. Was it radio or TV?

InKnockYouUs February 3, 2009 at 11:09 am

“In light of the incident, Comcast says it will issue a $10 credit to any customers who say they viewed the 30-second clip, which featured full male nudity.”

Wow, that is stimulating.

Pangloss February 3, 2009 at 11:11 am

I’m still in awe of this sentence from the porn article:
“We take this matter seriously,” spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said.

Larry McAwful February 3, 2009 at 11:13 am

[re=234775]rmontcal[/re]: Here it is! Thom Hartmann interviewing Joe the Plumber!

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jan/29/joe-plumber-talks-thom-hartmann

Mr Blifil February 3, 2009 at 11:20 am

[re=234803]InKnockYouUs[/re]: $10? That sucks. I can get that by covering my face with shoe polish and impersonating a police officer at highway rest stops any night of the week.

I typically use the weekends to recover.

Servo February 3, 2009 at 11:35 am

[re=234822]Mr Blifil[/re]:
Too much effort. I can get a fat bank roll at any intersection. I have high faith that the average imbecile won’t read that they’re donating to the Make-A-Witch Foundation. Planned escape routes are recommended.

ella February 3, 2009 at 12:05 pm

A little snow did what even Hitler’s bombs could not: shut down public tranport. So much for the stiff upper lip.

Elm Hugger February 3, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Porn, porn, porn. Years ago, I was happily watching Dr Who on TV, when suddenly there appeared a rather stocky bald man dancing around naked accept for a cloak, his little stallion was out of the coral. He danced around for a good 5 minutes then Poof! he was gone. Seems someone parked a transmitter truck right next to the Sears Tower and hijacked the local PBS signal. Needless to say the next day the FCC swore they were going to “get their man”. Never did. Hmmm, I wonder….

Lascauxcaveman February 3, 2009 at 12:17 pm

[re=234774]Mr Blifil[/re]: I’m guessing you’re excerpting from Waugh or Forster.

yosoy February 3, 2009 at 1:25 pm

People, it’s “Cox Cable”! Do the math!

chascates February 3, 2009 at 2:57 pm

If Hitler had a weather machine Harry Potter would be speaking German.

Jukesgrrl February 3, 2009 at 7:26 pm

[re=234766]CivicHoliday[/re]: Are Mormons allowed to watch football? Aren’t the pants too tight?

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