Category Archives: humor

Outburst by Ron Paul fans does not compute

Posted on August 29, 2012 by oddmanout215

It didn’t get much mainstream media play compared to Ann Romney’s kitsch-y speech, but I’ll bet the chanting was almost disorderly enough to fry the Romneybot’s hard drive: Delegates were finding their seats on the floor of the Republican National … Continue reading →

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Ex-NRP reporter owns up to ‘colluding’

Posted on August 23, 2012 by oddmanout215

Newsflash: Reporting on Congress is like participating in the theater of the absurd. So why wait until you’re no longer covering D.C. to give us your honest opinion of the job? From Truthdig: Andrea Seabrook left NPR this summer to … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit against ‘ACORN pimp’ to proceed

Posted on August 16, 2012 by oddmanout215

James O’Keefe is what the Yes Men would be like if the latter were bigoted and had no social conscience: A federal judge last week allowed a lawsuit against conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hanna Giles to proceed, according to … Continue reading →

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Have you no sense of decency, sir…?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

Frank Rich defends Harry Reid against illustrious Republicans Ann Coulter and RNC Chairman Reince “What Planet Am I From” Priebus: Last week, Harry Reid claimed on the Senate floor that Mitt Romney hadn’t paid any taxes for ten years. The … Continue reading →

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Tune in with your new assault rifle

Posted on August 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

One can only wonder who would have ended up owning this mail-order killing machine, and what he would have done with it. Taken it to the movies, maybe: Police in Washington are looking into how a local resident who ordered … Continue reading →

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U.S. Olympic team uniforms made in China

Posted on July 12, 2012 by oddmanout215

How fitting — so to speak: When the United States Olympic Team enters the Games’ opening ceremony at Olympic Stadium in London, it will be outfitted in official uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren. And though the 530 men and women … Continue reading →

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Shopping at Urban Outfitters — how ironic

Posted on June 29, 2012 by oddmanout215

Never underestimate the apathy, ignorance or sheer stupidity of young American consumers, especially the “hip” ones: …There are a few reasonable explanations for why the Urban Outfitters Romney tees exist, actually. For one thing, Urban Outfitters (which also owns Anthropologie … Continue reading →

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Good luck finding those black holes

Posted on June 14, 2012 by oddmanout215

I don’t know how much taxpayer money was used to construct and deploy this orbiting telescope, but it will be money well spent if NASA can finding the black holes that sucked away millions of jobs and homes, a functioning … Continue reading →

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South Philly saints come marchin’ in

Posted on May 20, 2012 by oddmanout215

This is in case you missed the May procession held today under a soul-piercing blue sky on Philly’s Italian Market. Kids in white suits and dresses, followed by statues of solitary saints on floats pushed by local parishioners, with a … Continue reading →

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Mittens distinguishes himself again

Posted on May 10, 2012 by oddmanout215

How awful is Mitt Romney? Is there anything he won’t do or say to improve his chances of being elected? Here’s a for instance: … On Thursday morning, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conducted tense negotiations with the … Continue reading →

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