Fun With Headlines

26 04 2008

Reuters:   Fourteen killed in Mexico drug battle near U.S. [border]

What border?  You mean that theoretical line with little fencing, no protection, no political or law enforcement will to defend, and something that is a mere inconveience for Mexicans wanting to travel from one part of Mexico to another?

WSJ:  Load Up the Pantry

I heard that advice in 1994.  The WSJ is only 14 years behind the survivalist right.

AFP:  Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years

And they still do.  They’re called cities.

AP:  ‘Jihadist’ booted from government lexicon

Good.  This meand that Jihadi terrorism has ended.

AP:  Chicago working to prevent repeat of deadly weekend

You’ve read this article so many times before, so I think the media wrote it once and inserted a script that inserts the current date.

NYT:  For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isn’t Over

And on the same day:

ABC:  Fans Gear Up for ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’

Once upon a time, parents were worried that their children were wasting their lives away on pinball machines.

AP:   Obama wraps up day with hoops, and his team wins 15-5

A member of the losing team then challenged Obama to a side game of HORSE plus four certain letters, which Obama lost.

AP:   Microsoft deadline looms for Yahoo

In related news, Microsoft bought a Seattle-area concrete mixer last week.

Reuters:   State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles

They were sold at a gun shop, meaning that someone took the moniker “gun nuts” too literally.


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