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One very lucky Boston teenager survived a harrowing 45 minutes while dining with her family on April 19, 2017. “I thought she was going to die,” her younger sister explained with tears in her eyes. “There was nothing I could do. I felt so hel... More »
ASSISTANT (on intercom): President Pence, I have Mrs. Pence calling for you on the Hotline. MIKE PENCE: (out of breath) Thank you, Melania. ASSISTANT: I’m hanging up, Mr. President, and I’ll be saying goodnight, along with the entire female staff and the u... More »
By Dan Geddes President Donald Trump announced today that he would not “sign on for a second season playing the President.” Trump admitted that the role of U.S. President was more challenging than he had ever imagined, and his previous acting experience ha... More »
Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Review by Dan Geddes 21 April 2017 Inherent Vice (2014) is a long, quirky, uneven comedy; your enjoyment of it depends on your enthusiasm for early 1970s stoner culture, as well as your attitude about Pynchon’s u... More »
By Alison Stellner 12 April 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – Recent suspicions circulating on social media of a toxic, communicable disease have been verified. According to the CPC (Center for Paranoia Control), scientists have discovered a strange virus infecting peop... More »
Eddie Fisher, Joan Rivers, Tommy Lasorda, Marlo Thomas and others remember the master of the insult, Don Rickles. Insulted uncle David L. Wolper, television producer …in high school…I worked summers as a waiter at Birchwoods Hotel in the Cat... More »
By K.D. Taylor PARIS, TX – Having converted, this week, to what is termed a “preterist” understanding of the Bible, evangelical Adam Baines expressed a profound sense of relief, though not unmingled with embarrassment, at discovering the prophecy of ... More »
By Martin H. Levinson 9 April 2017 The Field Guide to People of the USA is the most up-to-date resource for identifying Homo sapiens living in the United States of America. From the Lame-Brained Politico to the Loose-Lipped Rumormonger to the Bigmouth Yenta, t... More »
Right on schedule, we’ve developed the great, great, greatest plan for medical care in the world. We haven’t copied England’s failing National Health, with its long, long waits for things like hip and knee replacements. We haven’t followed the Canadi... More »