NEWS BRIEFS
Tragedy As 4 Helicopters Crash Covering Earlier Crash Of 2 Helicopters

Dual tragedies struck the city of Phoenix, AZ earlier today as total of 6 news choppers crashed in two separate fiery crashes. First, 2 news helicopters crashed while covering a high speed police chase near central Phoenix. Firefighters and ambulances rushed to the scene, but were unprepared for what happened next.

“I saw the first fireball and the helicopters go down,” said Juan Perez, who lives with 13 other families in a single bedroom apartment near Phoenix Central Park. “Then about four other news choppers started circling the wreckage. You could see they were jockeying for position.”

Observers say overeager pilots and cameramen inched dangerously close to each other for a better view of the crash when four additional helicopters simultaneously collided, raining flaming debris onto the already wreckage strewn park.

A local station manager was nearly speechless over the tragedy. “What words are there to express the pain and anguish when a senseless tragedy like this ruins a ratings bonanza like a high speed chase?” he said. “I only hope that we can find solace when the overnights come out.”

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Dobson Snubs Thompson: "I Don’t Think He’s A Christian"

James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, publicly questioned Fred Thompson’s Christianity, saying “Everyone knows he’s conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for, [but] I don’t think he’s a Christian; at least that’s my impression.”

Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Thompson, called the charge ludicrous, and more importantly beside the point, as “the real question in this race is whether Jesus is a Fredist.”

He said that Thompson would be making a public statement to counter the charge later in the day, after he finished attending “Wednesday Services,” which the spokesman explained involved Thompson throttling a filthy war protester with his left hand while he panfried some porkchops for lunch with his right.

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Chavez Says Castro "Almost Jogging", Depending On Slope Of Cliff

Venuezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his friend, ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has been walking, “almost jogging”, in recent days.

Despite widely-reported rumors of failing health, the 80-year old strongman’s doctors have devised a regimen of vigorous physical therapy involving variously sloped terrain that Castro “can scale down incredibly quickly”, depending on the percentage grade.

“Fidel seems to really love the steep ones,” said one doctor. “We can’t keep up with him. Almost as soon as we let go, he’s bounding down energetically with his arms and leg flailing and tumbling. Eventually we catch up, finding him sprawled out, quietly meditating at the foot of the slope, his arms and legs twisted behind his back. He’s eternally youthful.”

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Quinnipiac Poll Finds "Quinnapeeack" Most Popular Spelling

The latest Quinnipiac poll of Connecticut residents finds spelling challenger Quinnapeeack two points ahead of Kwinnapeiak among voters, 48-46. Quinnipiac, the actual spelling of the poll, is preferred among just 6% of respondants.

It is believed the contentious spelling of Iraq is driving the surprising results, as bitter divisions as to whether to call the nascent democracy, which may or may not be in a state of civil war, Irak, Irack, or Eyerach have split the Connecticut electorate and created an unexpected three- way race.

The poll also asked opinions on the Lieberman- Lamont matchup, but those results were largely boring, it being like at least two months until the election, which means that the poll is virtually meaningless.

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Filthy Jews Flood Streets Of Kiryat Shemona

Hundreds of filthy Jews wandered around the streets of Kiryat Shemona on Thursday, after a Ketusha rocket fired by Hizb’Allah struck a laundry detergent factory, setting it ablaze.

A Hizb’Allah spokesman said the strike was “just vengeance” for the continued attacks by Israel which have “killed no one but innocent civilians excersizing their 2nd Amendment rights, destroyed baby formula and medicine factories that I’m afraid are too dangerous for you to enter and inspect, and damaged playgrounds where our children play in spider holes and underground bunkers.”

When asked if Hezb’Allah would be ridiculing their Israeli enemies as “filthy Jews” after striking their supply of laundry detergent, he responded: “I don’t get it. What is that?”

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Carnival Of The Eclectic
The Evil Emperor Mindstation
FRIDAY, DEC 2, 2005

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20 Comments

  1. freedom folks

    Shut Up & Sing

    We made a new friend in the blogosphere!


  2. MacStansbury

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  3. The Florida Masochist

    The Knucklehead of the Day award

    Today’s winner is Republican congressman Joe Barton.


  4. Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face

    Top 9 Other Saddam Prison Complaints

    Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein complained to the judge during the second session of his trial on Monday that he had to walk up four flights of stairs because of a broken elevator in the courthouse. We here at TNOYF


  5. Committees of Correspondence

    Only in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

    We are continuously hearing excited and breathless pronouncements of the latest polls. The Presidents approval rating is etc etc But today I decided to look at President Bush’s approval rating
    from a different viewpoint. One I have not seen used b…


  6. Stop The ACLU

    Weekend Party for the Politically Incorrect

     Political correctness is one of America’s worst enemies.  It is opposite of freedom.
    

    What Is Political Correctness?
    Political Correctness (PC) is the communal tyranny that erupted in the 1980s. It was a spontaneous declaration that particular i…


  7. Stuck On Stupid

    Grandma Hoists Baby Jesus

    Grandma got run down by a carriage driver as she was absconding with the local nativity scene’s Baby Jesus: Virginia Voiers thought she was taking part in a rambunctious holiday custom, but a carriage driver thought differently and called police when…


  8. The Uncooperative Blogger

    Weekend Open Trackback Party!

    Here is how it works. If you have an article you would like to share with my readers, edit the post to include a link to this post, and send a trackback. If your article contains no link to this post, then the trackback will be caught in the spam filt...
    

  9. Peakah's Provocations...

    Open Bar All Weekend!

    I usually do an Open Post on Sunday but this weekend is full of fun and activities.


  10. Naperville Cultural Center News

    Not Just Another Pretty Snowflake

    From a distance, it looks like just another pretty snowflake, but if you take a closer look, it’s actually six angels rising from the center. Les Barker’s work is often like that. It’s ideal for a lobby or waiting room….


  11. freedom folks

    Mehlman Blasts

    When did being an idiot with a reality disconnect become a prized quality in party leadership? Never mind. Don’t answer that.


  12. The Right Nation

    (Open Trackback) Weekend Round-Up

    Good news from Pakistan: the No. 3 official of al-Qaida, Hamza Rabia, was killed early Thursday morning by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse. Pakistan’s president later confirmed the militant leader’s death: “Yes indeed, 200 percent”, he said. De…


  13. All Things Beautiful

    The Jihad Apocalypse

    There is much confusion in the West today over where and how non-statal Jihad groups first arose, what ideology motivates them, and what relationship these phenomena bear to the classical Islamic tradition.


  14. third world county

    Finally blogging Saturday: playing catchup

    Well, I didn’t advertise it as a “free linkpost” as I did with the “real” Open Post on Friday, but there were some interesting links pinged in anyway, so I’ll cut some slack for folks who have trouble with directions. Lord knows, I have enou…


  15. freedom folks

    A Jury Of Thier Peers

    The LA Times brings us the story of Theresa Dang who stands accused of stealing a policeman’s flashlight during a protest that turned violent on May 25.


  16. Adam's Blog

    ACLU Names New Chairman

    Washington-The ACLU named a new chairman today as it enter into its annual “war on small towns with limited budgets” season.

    The new chairman, former Congressman “The Grinch” (D-Mount Crumpit) pledged to continue the ACLU’s attack on Chris…


  17. Radioactive Liberty

    Shameful Admission

    Yesterday, Fitch held a small press conference outside his southeastern Pennsylvania ranch style home, in which he admitted that his conduct during the Vietnam War was more than a mere youthful indiscretion. “The fact that I wasn’t born until 1972 is…


  18. Tel-Chai Nation

    Suicide bomber attacks Netanya mall

    In another blow to Ariel Sharon’s credibility, a sucide bomber attacked a shopping mall in Netanya today. The Islamic Jihad and Al-Aksa Martyr’s Brigade, the latter which is affiliated with Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah gang, both claimed responsibility


  19. Weekend Pick the President Trackbacks IV | Adam's Blog

    […] And here’s the Trackback: http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/htsrv/trackback.php/1257 Other Parties: Random Yak Right Wing Nation Caos TMH Bacon Bits Is It Just Me Bloggin Out Loud Third World County The Political Teen Basil’s Blog Diane’s Stuff Jos Cafe Stuck on Stupid MacStanbury Stop the ACLU Wizbang Carnival of the Trackbacks Right Nation Choose Life Peakah’s Provocations Point Five Blog […]


  20. Big Bear Vacation

    How to Tame the Big Bad Bear Market…

    Is the next “Bear Market” just around the corner? Was the recent market correction a harbinger of things to come? No one can know the answer to these questions, but there are a number of steps each of us can take to prepare for the next Bear which, s…


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