Category: Politics
Prop 4.
Bond proposal that is being campaigned on the messages inside of fortune cookies.
Post date: Thursday, October 12th, 2006.
Yogic flying.
People are trying to build a shield of invincibility around Israel through transcendental meditation. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 27th, 2006.
Emissions trading program.
Credit system being proposed where people and businesses pay for the carbon dioxide they produce.
Post date: Friday, July 21st, 2006.
David “None of the Above” Gatchell.
Man running for governor of Tennessee legally changes his middle name to None of the above. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 20th, 2006.
Arizona Voter Reward Act.
Initiative in Arizona to increase voter turnout by entering each vote into a $1 million lottery drawing.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Great Ape Project.
Spanish Socialist Party to introduce a bill proposing equal rights be given to apes.
Post date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Vote with Your Throat.
Ontario brewery is counting sales of beers renamed for running political parties as votes, and it is proving to be a startlingly accurate barometer for poll measurement.
Post date: Thursday, January 19th, 2006.
The Impaler.
Vampire is running for governor of Minnesota. (via)
Post date: Thursday, January 12th, 2006.
Million solar roofs.
California to initiate aggressive solar energy plan.
Post date: Wednesday, December 14th, 2005.
Avery Ant 2006.
Ant is running for Prime Minister of Canada. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 8th, 2005.
Freedom fighters.
China shuts down blog after it was nominated for a ‘freedom of expression’ award.
Post date: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005.
Warmongers.
Nazi racoons are on the loose in the German countryside.
Post date: Friday, October 21st, 2005.
Mr. Floatie.
Canadian mascot fashioned as a piece of poo is running for mayor. UPDATE: The turd is backing out. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, October 19th, 2005.
Help wanted.
Idaho city has no candidates on the upcoming election ballot.
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Others.
Canadian politician claims that UFO’s are the ‘biggest cover-up in history‘. (via)
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
Truth in Age Act.
A bill is being debated that, if passed, will date the lives of all Americans from conception, making everyone 9 months older. (via)
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
President of the Internet.
Anyone can run for President of the Internet. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, October 5th, 2005.
His bad.
God officially blamed for a 2003 ferry disaster. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
Don’t eat seeds.
Romanian town has banned residents from eating pumpkin or sunflower seeds outside their homes.
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
Dry campus.
Siena College in New York bans the drinking of any kind of beverage in a container on campus. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Niche market.
Giving the paperwork a little pizzazz: JustToiletPaper.com. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 23rd, 2005.
Toby Russel Rhodes.
Dog in New Zealand was successfully registered to vote in elections.
Post date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2005.
My buddy.
Governor Jeb Bush has an imaginary friend he calls ‘Chang’. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 21st, 2005.
Firm convictions.
Brazilian man protests government by staying in concrete-filled wooden box for 32 hours.
Post date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.
Feminist Initiative.
Swedish political party says it will abolish marriage if it gets into power. (via)
Post date: Monday, September 12th, 2005.
Take that!
Ukrainian President fires the country’s government.
Post date: Thursday, September 8th, 2005.
We the sons of Mesopotamia.
Full text of the draft Iraqi Constitution. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 31st, 2005.
Hans Brix.
Kim Jong Il won’t be so ronery anymore now that you can search all of his memorable propaganda at NK News.
Post date: Monday, August 15th, 2005.
How do you run out of the ‘World’s Best Beer’?
Meet the monks who are in denial about needing a marketing manager.
Post date: Thursday, August 11th, 2005.
Partisan politics.
Republicans and Democrats in South Carolina are fighting over beer money.
Post date: Monday, August 8th, 2005.
NCAA 87 INDIANS 86.
Indian mascots not allowed to attend the Big Dance.
Post date: Monday, August 8th, 2005.
Noooooooooooooo!
Charlie Murphy: ‘Chappelle’s Show is over‘.
Post date: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005.
Got Putin?
“Having a tattoo of President Putin is very fashionable at the moment.”
Post date: Thursday, July 28th, 2005.
Daaady.
Forty goats offered to former President Bill Clinton in exchange for Chelsea.
Post date: Monday, July 25th, 2005.
Overstated.
“2.5 million Chinese suffer from Internet addiction.” (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 7th, 2005.
A lot of hot air.
If you’re going to protest, you at least need to raise a little stink.
Post date: Tuesday, June 21st, 2005.
Budgetary oversight?
Apparently, we who have telephones are still funding the Spanish-American War. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 20th, 2005.
People soap.
Real-life Fight Club soap produced by Italian artist from the fat of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Post date: Friday, June 10th, 2005.
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