Posts Tagged ‘balloon boy’

Nidal Hasan’s Colleagues Were Cool With His Islam, Which, By The Transitive Property, Is Very Significant

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Obama is just pretending to have any sway within the Obama/Hamid Karzai powercouple. [New York Times]
A bunch of people in the Army were very encouraging of Nidal Hasan’s religious phase, and some even suggested he take college courses about Islam. Should we purge the Army of anyone who self-identifies as a “supportive friend” too?? [Washington Post]
The Malevolent Balloon People of Colorado will plead guilty when they are charged with being the worst parents ever not even in the usual hyperbolic sense. [CNN]
Americans might not buy as much useless garbage for their loved ones this holiday season. [AP]
Obama may dip into TARP funds to help out with the huge deficit. [WSJ]
The weak dollar has consequences other than all the rich Europeans coming to New York to shop “because it is so cheap here”: oil prices could go up, like way up. [Reuters]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Big Oil and Big Natural Gas are fighting, like they always do! It’s about energy policy, like it always is! [New York Times]
David Axelrod and all his friends are preemptively very offended—on behalf of America—by Wall St.’s big bonuses. [Washington Post]
Pakistan soldiers cornered a bunch of Taliban people in South Waziristan, which is a place they really wanted to be for whatever reason. [WSJ]
A suicide bomber interrupted a meeting between Shiite and Sunni tribesman in Iraq by blowing it up and killing six military commanders. [Los Angeles Times]
The sheriff who has jurisdiction in Evil Balloon County, Colorado, confirmed the hoax and will now be doing everyone on Earth a favor by pressing charges against the hellish Balloon Parents. [CNN]
Three people died of non-Detroit-related reasons while running the Detroit Marathon. [Detroit Free Press]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Bank of America lost $1 billion—and your Wonkette editor’s debit card!!—in the third quarter. [New York Times]
Do not read this, keep thy heart pure: Boy in the Balloon? Likely a publicity stunt. [New York Times]
A weak dollar is good news for things that are made here and exported elsewhere. This is an important news article from a city’s major newspaper. [Los Angeles Times]
The FDA would prefer that everyone not buy the powerful Swine Flu Antidote on the Internet for all the regular reasons buying drugs on the Internet, without telling your doctor, might be unwise. [CNN]
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Jakarta this morning and you know quite frankly everyone there is a bit sick of the earthquakes at this point. [CNN]
UN Human Rights Council endorsed a report in which both Hamas and Israel were accused of war crimes in Gaza. [Guardian]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

OH YAAYAYAYYAYAYAY THANK FREAKING GOD! The balloon boy is alive and at his home, the CNN just said. SIGH. We thought he had fallen from his balloon and that everyone knew this and was just not willing to admit it. But he’s ALIVE okay? He was in the attic above the garage, WOW, GOOD WORK EVERYBODY. America has just wasted an afternoon.