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WASHINGTON – Buried deep in the thousands of classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden, journalists have uncovered evidence of a little known non-kinetic warfare device currently being tested by the Pentagon. News of the technology has been kept secr... More »
(A Jason Half-Pillow Ennui Existential) When Amy One Eye Shut, an almost pathologically shy Navajo Maid at just another in a scattered series of California desert town Ramada Inns between Barstow and Bakersfield, bends her round figure down to prop up Room 113... More »
The following are five new mental disorders that have been included in the American Psychiatric Association’s 2015 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the reference book for those working in the field of mental hea... More »
by Alan Lord & Karlos Bedoy I Wanna Hold Your Head Shia Loves You Here Comes The Sunni While My Jihad Gently Weeps And Your Burka Can Sing Your Mullah Should Know Allah You Need is Blood Shia’s Leaving Home For The Beheading of Mr Kite If I In... More »
Generals, thank you all for coming. In light of recent revelations of a prurient nature, we are gathered here to review The Comely Behavior Manual that you all studied years ago before your uniforms were bedazzled with stars. Please turn to the chapter ent... More »
OMG! Did you hear? Potomac/Beltway VIPs are texting like crazy. Some are even phoning. This is a scoop of all scoops, hot and heavy with anger, as well as sex. Here’s what happened: Michelle Obama went berserk last Tuesday (August 19th) after the New York Ti... More »
To improve network security following this morning’s “Happy Garlic” computer virus attack, all users are required to change system passwords immediately upon receiving this message. Also, in keeping with compliance regulations revised in the wake of the ... More »
By Tal Abbady Once upon a past millennium, a group of North American Beavers who lived in the Upper Forest got together every year for their widely broadcast awards show. The Beavers lorded over millions of Squirrels in the Lower Forest and received awards for... More »
A literature professor, a geneticist and a provost are in a lifeboat. The provost gets to decide which of the two are to go. No, not of the three. That would be elementary rather than advanced math. This provost has long since left simple numbers behind, but r... More »
by Johnnie Flecks The Modern Scholar Series Recorded Books is pleased to present the Modern Scholar Series, where great professors teach you. My name is Cecily Scatterwhicke-Mountbatten, and I will be your host. Today we begin a course entitled The Art of Body... More »
By Marvin R. Hiemstra BOO BABY started to roll with everyone running to the other end of Tahoe beach for a better look at that American eagle flying a fresh snake to her baby. No one had ever dreamed a monster SUV would end it all. BOO shot straight for the ... More »
Many modern health fads are all about having your cake and eating it too; but a new coterie of health experts are forging ahead with what is being called the “self-punishment movement” – a set of extreme diet, exercise, and meditation practices designed ... More »