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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Archive for April, 2005



Weekend Fun

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

For weekend fun, there is really very little that can compete with a call to a customer service center. Feeling a little lonely and bored, I decided today was the day to stop avoiding calling the customer service line of a certain major cell-phone provider whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned (Cingular), and have them provide me with a replacement […]




On Still Relating to My Students

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Hello, I’m world famous physicist Stephen Hawking. Even trapped within my wheelchair, I can still pickup coeds. I tell them, "Hey, Baby, weel me to the observatory, and I’ll show you a brief history of a good time.




Carnival of Comedy

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

The very first Carnival of Comedy is up at IMAO.

Point the sharp edge away from you, and nobody will get an eye poked out.




Al Gore teams with move-on.org in offensive against right-wing satire

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

There’s a dangerous movement afoot in this country, and I’m not going to take it sitting down. So I sat down at my computer to take a stand, while seated.

In an outrageous attempt to crush right-wing political speech, move-on.org sponsored a speech yesterday by former Vice President Al Gore. The rally, ostensibly covering the topic […]




Point Five Revolution Continues, Dubious Honor Edition

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Is is a good thing or a bad thing to be #1 on Google for the search term “real purty mouf“?

Your Point Five Masters continue to plot and plan…

UPDATE 5/9/05: Still #1. The Point Five Buzzword for today: UNSTOPPABLE.




Stupid Horse Dies on Movie Set, Idiot Animal Rights Activists Have Panties in a Bunch

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

A horse, stupidest of the large mammals, committed suicide Tuesday on the set of the new film “My Friend Flicka”. The dumb beast, beloved by 9 year old girls and emotionally retarded adults, stepped on its own rope and broke its neck, a stunt so moronic it is difficult to conjure the appropriate adjectives to […]




“Not One Dime More” Campaign Credited For Record RNC Fundraising Dollars

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

The Republican National Committee, chief fundraising organ for the party, today announced record-setting fundraising efforts, measured against to the comparable period in April, 2001.

“Even adjusted for inflation,” says Ken Mehlman, RNC chair, “We’re outpacing every goal we had set earlier in the year.”

Point Five has learned, through a highly-placed source, that the incredible numbers are […]




On The Value of Life Experience

Monday, April 25th, 2005

Hello, I’m world famous physicist Stephen Hawking. When you’re a quadrapeleegic, unable to defend yourself, it’s never a good idea to walk into a biker-barr, and start using words like "fairy", or "nancy-boy". But somehow, that’s something that only hard-won experience can teach you.




Iran’s Chilling Nuke Strategy Revealed, and Countered

Monday, April 25th, 2005

POINT FIVE EXCLUSIVE:

Today’s World Net Daily details a troubling possibility, explaining how clandestine Iranian tests of its Shahab-3 missile could be setting the stage for an unconventional nuclear strike against the American homeland with devastating, little-known consequences.

Scientists…say there is no explanation for such tests other than preparation for the deployment of electromagnetic pulse weapons – […]




Brand New Technology Powers The Huffington Post, New Celebrity Blogsite

Monday, April 25th, 2005

When Ariana Huffington had the idea for a place where celebrity bloggers could meet and share ideas, she had no idea what she was getting herself into.

“It seemed like there were a million questions,” she says. “How will you get celebrities to come and talk about themselves? Will they recoil at the publicity?”

But, says Ms. […]