An obviously overwrought Penn State fan made an out-sized display of emotion today when he glued himself to the bronze statue of Joe Paterno on the university’s State College campus. The University has been overwhelmed by the historic out-pouring of grief over the long-serving coach.  Thousands of fans have traveled to the college town to […]

In the topsy-turvy world of Iraqi heroes, past and present, a hapless British war veteran has been threatened with prosecution for having or possibly selling, or both, a bronze ass cheek of the former notorious dictator Saddam Hussein. Who could have guessed that the vilified Saddam, cruel despot and murderer of tens of thousands of […]

Pro Skateboarder and Devine Jereme Rogers Every once in a while you run across one of those child-rearing specialist stories where the world-renowned expert warns us of the dangers associated with the fawning, “you’re so special” school of baby raising.  To wit: The Daily News reports that X Games skateboarding wonder man , Jereme Rogers, […]

  Christmas will never be the same again. Loudoun County, Virginia, residents, some of them anyway, are up in arms over the appearance of a “Claustumed” skeleton with his arm casually draped over a wooden cross on the grounds of their County Courthouse. There’s been “hell to pay” with charges that it is an attack […]

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Stephen Hoppler of Rockaway Township, New Jersey, is  serious about his second Amendment right and has gone to court in order to win back the 12 or so […]

We’ve all had those “my ass is dragging days” but a South Florida woman recently found out why she was feeling so poorly. The AP reports that as part of a plan to gain employment at a “nightclub” she decided that her tush could be improved with the addition of a few curves. Enter one […]

No doubt many know that at the top of the financial news of the week is the implosion of MF Global, a New York based investment firm that went belly up after failing to attract buyers when its balance sheet was called into question by wary federal regulators. The CEO and leader of MF Global […]

I don’t know about you, but when I am pondering life long ago, or sort of long ago, I am always thinking that it was boring back then but people were better, more honest, more moral.  Surely all the crazy tacky behavior we read and hear about today is an invention of modern culture.  Well, […]

I thought the recession was over, but apparently not. You know things are still bad when $100 down gets you a potential double murder in one of America’s richest counties. TWP reports this morning that Ann J. Cinnamon, of Loudoun County, VA, seriously irked at her boy friend’s (other) girlfriend, hired a “bargain basement” assassin to […]