Archive for February 2009

Obama Meets With Canadian Despot

Feb 19th, 2009 | By Paul Yokota | Category: Latest News Satire, Politics

In his first official state visit as President of the United States, Barack Obama made good on campaign promises to engage the nation’s enemies in dialogue “without preconditions”, meeting directly with the leadership of the rouge nation of Canada.

President Obama traveled to Ottawa to meet with Stephen Harper’s regime, disregarding the prevailing opinion of Americans, 72% of whom are “pretty sure the capital of Canada is Toronto” …



Brits, French Play Bumper Cars with Nuclear Subs

Feb 17th, 2009 | By Paul Yokota | Category: Featured Articles, Latest News Satire

It has been revealed that two nuclear submarines, the British HMS Vanguard and the French Le Triomphant collided earlier this month in what was either an embarrassing accident, or the most poorly thought-out show of international unity in all of recorded history.

Until The Sun broke the story yesterday, the British had refused to discuss the incident, and the French had claimed that Le Triomphant had hit a …



Sen. Della’s Bid to Save Baltimore From Beer Pong Thwarted

Feb 12th, 2009 | By Paul Yokota | Category: Latest News Satire, U.S. News

BALTIMORE – Public safety is a serious problem in Baltimore, with a violent crime rate nearly three times the national average. Maryland state Senator George Della Jr. responded to this crisis in the only sane,  logical way: by proposing a ban on beer pong.



Dr. Andrew Wakefield Exposes Children To Disease, Death

Feb 10th, 2009 | By Paul Yokota | Category: Health

LONDON – Dr. Andrew Wakefield is lauded as a hero for his 1998 study which showed that the MMR vaccine, which is given to children to ward off the measles, mumps and rubella, was linked to autism. That is, he might be lauded as a hero if his findings hadn’t been a total crock of [...]



Video: Secondhand News Coming Soon to Youtube

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Paul Yokota | Category: Latest News Satire, Video

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