the otherwhirled

(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas) “US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates looks on with surprised pleasure as the main-stream media find yet another excuse to ignore more deaths in Iraq.”

(AP Photo/Mark Baker) “Brain-eating Nits attacked the Australian Rugby Team last November.” An extremely rare type of brain-devouring lice were apparently feeding upon the brains of the Australian rugby team during their Tri Nations test against Great Britain last November. The story was kept out of the press as government health officials worked to [...]

(AFP/File/Patrick Lin) “A scientist points out when, exactly, he finally had enough of his co-worker’s unremitting flatulence.” Japanese scientists held a special press conference on Monday to announce the firing of a colleague who was otherwise a respected seismologist. Finally fed up with the frequent interruptions of their work by their colleague’s “unremitting flatulence [...]

(Sue Ogrocki/Files/Reuters) “In a strange turn of events, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince joined Michael Jordan in court during the basketball superstar’s divorce proceedings.” {okay, when i was browsing for snarkery, i really just kinda thought she looked like Prince, with a shave. i’ve really got nothing else to say. don’t you have [...]

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) “President Bush examines the second-degree burns he received after touching a cross at a prayer breakfast this past Friday.” President Bush suffered second-degree burns early Friday morning after touching a cross at a prayer breakfast. The President responded to the incident with his usual aplomb, quoted as saying, “Hehehehe. ‘Fool me [...]

(Yuri Gripas/Reuters) “Paul Wolfowitz reconsiders the credibility of the current administration.” “Their critical thinking skills are reprehensible,” said Wolfowitz, “and their ability to judge the qualifications of literally every appointee they’ve made is simply deplorable. I don’t know a single person who’s ever worked for George W. Bush who should ever hold a job [...]