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Hilarious Irreverence: Fark's Headline of the Year Winners
By Tony Deconinck - AOL NewsOne thing you find out pretty fast working at Fark is that any news story -- no matter how grim -- can be turned into a joke. For those of you not familiar with Fark.com, it's a deeply irreverent social-media news site run by Drew Curtis, where even the most dreary headlines are churned into comedy. Each day, members of Fark find and submit news stories with a custom headline, the best of which are sharper than a scalpel and make us laugh out loud. Fark.com Curtis or one of the admins (and that includes me) digs through the roughly 3,000 daily submissions and publishes the best of ...
The Lighter Side of WikiLeaks
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- When it comes to WikiLeaks, not every news story about the whistle-blower group has to be so doom and gloom. As the general public clings to each new development in the ongoing Julian Assange saga, the lighthearted among us can't help but poke a little fun at the recent WikiLeaks uproar. What better than humor, after all, to defuse the nightly reports of gaping security holes and shady dealings in the U.S. government? So stop worrying about that "poison pill" and enjoy the humorous side of WikiLeaks, as presented by the Surge Desk. Some of the leaks are downright ...
Lou Dobbs Picked Up by Fox Business Network
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Will it be a better fit? When Lou Dobbs abruptly resigned from CNN in November 2009, media pundits speculated that the outspoken anchor, who hosted shows on the network for more than 20 years, had his eye on the presidency. But it seems Dobbs is moving in another direction: Fox Business Network announced today that it has picked up Dobbs for a new television show scheduled to premier early next year. "Dobbs will instantly become one of the biggest names on Fox Business," the Los Angeles Times said. In addition to hosting his own show on the 3-year-old cable network, which now ...
Author's Obsession With European Guys Goes Viral
By David Moye - AOL News
(Oct. 25) -- Writing instructors commonly encourage students to write about what they know. For Katherine Chloe Cahoon, that meant writing about how to pick up the European guys she met while studying abroad during her summers off from Vanderbilt University. "I spent every single summer in Europe from the time I was 17 to when I graduated college two years ago," Cahoon told AOL News. "When I'd come back, all the girls would ask me about the guys I met and my flirty tips, so during senior year, I wrote down my tips, but I never planned a real book." Courtesy Katherine Chloe Cahoon Katherine ...
Comedians' Top 11 Funniest Election Tweets
By J. Richard - AOL News(Oct. 18) -- Comedians are taking to the Twitterverse as the 2010 midterm elections heat up. Surge Desk rounds up our top 11 favorites so far:.bbpBox27238440722 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/105728410/onion_twitter_plain.gif) #ffffff;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid ...
The Onion Poll: '1 In 5 Americans Believe Obama Is A Cactus'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow for something completely different. Back in August, the Pew Research Center made a splash with a poll headlined, "Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim." A new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that nearly one-in-five Americans (18 percent) now say Obama is a Muslim, up from 11 percent in March 2009. That was something the satirical newspaper, The Onion, couldn't resist. It published its own version on Wednesday: WASHINGTON-According to a poll released Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of U.S. citizens now believe Barack Obama is a cactus, the most Americans to ...
Cracked Magazine No Longer a Joke (or a Magazine) And Funnier Than Ever
By David Moye - AOL News(June 17) -- Thirty years ago, Cracked magazine was something very bad for a humor publication: A joke; an obviously inferior rip-off to the more sophisticated and much funnier Mad magazine. The magazine started in 1958 and for most of its run, its articles tended toward cheesy movie spoofs and stories with titles like "What If The Fonz Was A 'Star Wars' Character?'" The Mad rip-offs didn't end there. Instead of nebbishy cover boy Alfred E. Neuman, Cracked had janitor (and Beck lookalike) Sylvester P. Smythe. Cracked.com The magazine formerly known as Cracked has reinvented itself and ...
Michael Jackson, Grover Norquist and Denny's: Politics Dailies - July 7
By Michael Kraskin - Politics DailyI am very pleased to say that after months of waiting, conservative activist Grover Norquist has accepted my friend request on Facebook. He's a fan of Sean Hannity, which I have to say, I would not have guessed. The average work week for an American is 33 hours. If you're trying to figure out what this means, it's terrifying. Americans now prefer generic Republicans to generic Democrats. Enjoyed this tweet from lillieyiyuan Tuesday, and not just because it linked back to us: "Palin quit 5 schools, a city, a board, a state. Obama is trying to quit smoking. http://tr.im/reDh" Having dealt with ...
'Onion' Reveals Best NASCAR Strategy
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsThe Onion -- "America's Finest News Source" -- may have finally discovered Kyle Busch's secret to all-out NASCAR domination: [click to play]Who would've thought that something as simple as "Drive Fast" was the key?Now before you get too riled up about the video because of a perceived diss on NASCAR racing as a whole, realize that The Onion is a long-time parody news network known for injecting plenty of humor into its work. If you've never read before, I'd suggest taking a look -- it's a guaranteed laugh. As for the video's work, it really offers some nice tips to up-and-coming drivers by way ...
McCain, Clinton, Obama: The 'Nightmare Ticket'?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIn this hotly contested primary season, one which features Hillary Clinton locked in mortal combat with arithmetic and John McCain battling out from under a frantic GOP dogpile, the speculation has turned to the so-called "Veepstakes," with Democratic speculation focused around a "Dream Ticket" of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But where does that leave McCain? His choice of a VP is going to be a tough one, because he needs to balance out his ticket with someone even more conservative than he is to satisfy his base, but his age will make the Veep a lightning rod for scrutiny in the general ...
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