Archive for October, 2006

News: Road Rage with a Forklift

October 25th, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Angry shopkeeper uses forklift on car
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - A shopkeeper got so angry about the way a man had parked his car that he climbed into a forklift, placed the fork under the car and lifted it off the ground, police said Wednesday.
Wasek Safrah, 51, of Ossining, also punched out both the offending car […]

Idiot Rush Limbaugh Claims Michael J. Fox is “Faking” Parkinson’s Disease

October 25th, 2006

(The Political Ad)
From MSNBC.COM:
Limbaugh mocks Michael J. Fox political ad
Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson’s disease
Possibly worse than making fun of someone’s disability is saying that it’s imaginary. That is not to mock someone’s body, but to challenge a person’s guts, integrity, sanity.
To Rush Limbaugh on Monday, Michael J. Fox looked like […]

News: Toddler Gets Stuck Trying to Steal Sponge Bob, Earns a One Way Ticket to Guantanamo for Questioning

October 25th, 2006

From YahooNews:
Toddler gets stuck in vending machine
ANTIGO, Wis. - Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. The toddler’s adventure began with a Saturday evening shopping trip with his grandmother, Fredricka Bierdemann, and three siblings.
Bierdemann ended the trip by giving each child a […]

Every 40 Seconds

October 24th, 2006

 
By Restless
Reading Jacob Sullum’s weekly column, syndicated in the neo-con daily, New York Post, I was surprised to see that both Nevada and Colorado are attempting to legalize marijuana by referendum this November. In Nevada, the group opposing this move is called The Committee to Keep Nevada Respectable, which is funny since gambling and prostitution […]

News: Father of the Year Nominee Pulls Gun on Son’s Football Coach

October 24th, 2006

From MSNBC.COM: 
Upset U.S. dad pulls gun on son’s football coach
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The father of a young football player pulled a gun on his son’s coach because he didn’t think the boy was getting enough playing time, Philadelphia police said on Monday.
Wayne Derkotch, 40, was charged with aggravated assault after getting in a fight with […]

News: Man Divorces Wife and Ring Finger

October 24th, 2006

From MSNBC.COM: 
Man separates from wife — and his ring finger
Austrian doesn’t regret presenting digit to his ex-wife after divorce
VIENNA - A Viennese man cut off his ring finger and presented the digit, still holding his wedding band, to his ex-wife after an acrimonious divorce, Austrian news agency APA reported Tuesday.
Charged with dangerous harassment and assault […]

Cool Stuff: HITCH50.COM

October 24th, 2006

Two Canadian guys named “Scotty” and “Fiddy” are tryng to hitch-hike across the entire USA (all 50 states) in 50 days.   You can view their blog here,  it even has a cool feature where you can see their location on a satelite map in real-time as they cross the country.

New Feature: Election 2006 Projections

October 23rd, 2006

Two new features in 24 hours, woo hoo!
On the right sidebar, you’ll now see a two new icons, each projecting the outcome of the 2006 congressional elections in two weeks, based upon polling data. Click on either icon to see more detailed state by state information.

Time for a New Course

October 23rd, 2006

Here’s a better video of the point I was trying to make yesterday.
To Recap…
Bush the Liar was on with George Stephanopolis last Sunday, when George asked him if there was a middle grown between “Stay the course” and “Cut and run” Bush replied “We’ve never been about ‘Stay the Course’”
Just more lies from a very […]

New Feature! DHS Security Levels (in sidebar)

October 23rd, 2006

 
The Department of Homeland Security has come up with a new color-coded security level scheme.
Being the loyal patriots that we are here at Goofyblog, we’ve decided to embed their code in the sidebar to the right, so that way you ALWAYS know what the current terror level is. 
If it ever gets to the dreaded ELMO […]

Bush’s Obsession with “God” Freaks Out German Chancellor

October 23rd, 2006

 
From The Washington Times:
Fear of God
Gerhard Schroeder, the former German chancellor, has written in a new book that George W. Bush’s frequent references to God in their meetings before the Iraq war had made him wary of Mr. Bush’s political decisions. Mr. Schroeder also suggested that America’s Christian conservatives are not much different than Islamists […]

Cool Stuff: Fine Poll

October 23rd, 2006

If you’re looking for a good site for polls of all kinds, check out Finepoll.com,   our very own goofyblogger Dave has set this site up so people can create their own polls on everything from Art and Auto’s to Politics and TV. 
You can vote and comment on polls, view poll results, vote on poll popularity, […]

News: Dutch Army to Consider Ho’s for Overseas Duty

October 23rd, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Dutch army should take prostitutes abroad -mayor
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch mayor has raised eyebrows by backing the idea of sending prostitutes to accompany Dutch troops on foreign missions.
“The army must consider ways its soldiers can let off steam,” Annemarie Jorritsma, mayor of the town of Almere in central Netherlands and a member of […]

Too White and Nerdy

October 23rd, 2006

The best Rap Video ever G!