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Category: Humor & Satire

Singer keeps performing national anthem despite tripping on red carpet

October 5th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire

Singer Mark Donnelly proved the old adage that there are no mistakes (just great recoveries!) when he seamlessly continued to perform Canada’s national anthem prior

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Bank of America introduces new $50 underdraft fee

September 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Humor & Satire

Bank of America introduces new $50 underdraft fee The Onion has once again hit a home run with a satirical article that explains Bank of

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ExxonMobil, Chevron locked in bidding war to acquire lucrative Pennsylvania senator

July 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Humor & Satire, Open Government

ExxonMobil, Chevron locked in bidding war to acquire lucrative Pennsylvania senator Once again, The Onion hits a home run with a spoof that’s too close

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Mary Poppins quits (with Kristen Bell, from Funny or Die)

July 23rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Humor & Satire

Mary Poppins (Kristen Bell) is working for minimum wage, and really needs a raise.

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Prepare to be impressed: Fake Star Wars leaked filmset footage is pretty cool

July 3rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Quite a few people seem to have been taken in by this YouTube video that purports to show scenes from the filming of the next

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Nation’s cable companies announce they’re just going to take $100 from everyone

June 12th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Humor & Satire, World Community

Nation’s cable companies announce they’re just going to take $100 from everyone The Onion has done it again, brilliantly satirizing America’s greedy and inefficient cable

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Robinson Cano surprises Yankees fans while they’re booing him

April 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Unscheduled Programming

From The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Yankees fans think they’re booing a cardboard cutout of Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano – until the

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Your April 1st business news, fool

April 1st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire

Your April 1st business news, fool It’s April Fools’ Day, and the Seattle Times’ Jon Talton has an excellent roundup of some of the day’s

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Ford unveils brilliant parody of Cadillac’s dumb “Poolside” Super Bowl spot

March 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Humor & Satire, Our Environment

The Ford Motor Company has produced a brilliant rejoinder to the widely-disliked ad created by General Motors’ Cadillac division for the 2014 Super Bowl. In

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Addicted to Koch: A limerick for the occasion

March 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Holidays, Humor & Satire, Open Government

Today’s right-wing Republican Party is addicted to Koch Those brothers want us to think our government’s broke They’re spending big to spread lots of FUD

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Back from the dead: Jim Diers assures friends he’s okay after his passing was mourned by Ed Murray

February 27th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire

I’m getting inundated with messages asking if I am alive. Apparently, the mayor issued a press release mourning my death. I genuinely appreciate the mayor’s

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The Onion: American Airlines to phase out complimentary cabin pressurization

February 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Humor & Satire, Media & Culture, Public Planning

The Onion: American Airlines to phase out complimentary cabin pressurization The Onion brilliantly satirizes the U.S. airline industry’s less-for-more trend, mocking the endless cost-cutting moves

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