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 August, 2007



Weekend Open Trackbacks: Just One More Deadline And I’ll Be Back To Posting Edition

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

It’s 1:18 am on Friday night and I’m hanging out in my effing office waiting for a coat of lacquer to dry in the spray booth. I’m too effing old for this all-nighter crap.
“Why won’t you come home, Daddy?”
“a4g made a lot of craaaaazy promises, kids.”

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Michigan Voters Disappointed As Primary Moves To Last Week

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Wolverine State Beats 49 Other Contenders To Prized Presidential Pole Position

Far from a freezing black hole of icy despair, Michigan boasts luminaries such as that guy that was in that movie. You know the one I’m talking about.

Michigan, home of the prestigious Glen Oaks Community College, beat out heavy- hitters such as South Carolina […]




On The End Of Empire

Monday, August 20th, 2007

If your browser caught it (hit ctrl-F5 if not), you’ll see the sad banner announcing the departure of the Evil Emperor Mindstation from the writing staff here at Point Five.
This whole thing evolved over two years ago from a homeschool assignment for my then 16-year-old son, when I suggested that he start a blog as […]




Drunken Stupor Monday

Monday, August 20th, 2007

a4g’s Non-Non-Alcoholic Mai-Tai
1 oz Vodka (Stoli)
1 oz Dark Rum (Myers)
1 oz Spiced Rum (Cap’n Morgan)
1/2 oz Cassis (or ChamBord)
1 oz Pineapple Juice
Shake with ice and serve in a collins glass. Drink liberally.
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Weekend Open Trackbacks: Final Edition Edition

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Stephen Hawking will be taking over the Weekend Open Trackback duties from me, as I am off for a jaunty adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps. MCRD, here I come!

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Communist Toy Plot Backfires

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Lead Paint Makes American Kids Stupider, But Suddenly Impervious To Radioactivity

“Eat Lead Dora” contains Dora figurine, “Backpack”, “Map”, and a tiny M16.

A sinister plan by the red Chinese menace to poison America’s youth with lead- based paint administered through otherwise innocent- looking toys has been thwarted by the robust vitality of the American physiology, which […]




Tyra Banks To Host America’s Next Top Global Warming Model

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

…”I don’t know why everyone is so surprised that the NASA data was bad,” said NASA climate scientist James Hansen. “Everybody knows models can’t do math.”…




Cocktail Hour

Monday, August 13th, 2007

With a4g
A mixed drink night.
Tonight’s experiment in libation:
a4g’s Mar-tea-ni
1 1/2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1 oz Snapple Raspberry Ice Tea
1/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir gently. Strain ingredients into chilled martini glass.
Took me four tries this evening to get this recipe pinned down. […]




Karl Rove Departure Timed To Distract From Karl Rove Departure

Monday, August 13th, 2007

President’s Chief Political Strategist and “Architect” Of Bush Victories Plays Final Brilliant Hand

Although this hoped- for scene never played out to his enemy’s satisfaction, Rove critics are consoled by the fact that a large tree on a neighbor’s property will soon grow tall enough to partially block Rove’s view of the Gulf of Mexico from […]




Weekend Open Trackbacks: No Woman Can Resist The Emperor’s Charms Edition

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Booyah.

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