Category Archives: General snarkiness

I’m sure the folks at Fark could lend you a hand

Do you think that maybe this guy kept the photos that came with his wallet until he could get the film on his camera developed? DENTON – A candidate for Denton County sheriff who posted faked pictures of “friends and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Yeah, but where did she register?

So sorry that my recent bridge commitments caused me to miss the Spears-Alexander nuptials last weekend. I have actually attended a Vegas wedding chapel wedding, back in 1991 while I was at Comdex, and it too ended with an annulment. … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Top Ten Silver Linings from the California Recall Election

10. At least there won’t be a recount. 9. After last week, Arnold now has a much better idea of which women won’t mind being groped. 8. Maybe this idea of tossing out people who turn surpluses into deficits will … Continue reading Continue reading

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The lesson of Groucho

The Chron editorial page recalls a bit of history that would have served the pinheads at Faux News well had they too remembered it: The Warner Brothers movie studio threatened to sue Groucho Marx when it learned that the Marx … Continue reading Continue reading

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Back to normal

Now that Faux News has dropped its lawsuit against Al Franken after a judge declared it wholly without merit, I’ve decided to reset my banner back to its original state. I’ll second Joe Conanson’s suggestion for a new slogan at … Continue reading Continue reading

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Our fair and balanced National Guard

The 1108th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot is Fair And Balanced. Hey, FauxNews, sue that! Via Blah3, which has over 300 other Fair And Balanced (But As Yet Un-Sued) weblogs listed for your approval. Continue reading

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It’s Fair And Balanced Friday!

Welcome to Fair And Balanced Friday, and what could be more fair and balanced than to start it off with Neal Pollack’s Fair And Balanced Blackout Story? So join in with Vice President Dick “Fair” Cheney, former radio “personality” Michael … Continue reading Continue reading

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Read my lips: No new tax cuts!

I don’t actually have any comments about this story (although TAPPED does). I just wanted to be the first kid on my block to say that. Continue reading

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Fair and Balanced Friday

Neal Pollack declares August 15 to be Fair and Balanced Friday in honor of Al Franken. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Fox News.) Continue reading

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More fair and balanced than you deserve

As you can see above, I’ve jumped on the Fair and Balanced bandwagon in support of Al Franken, who is being sued by Fox News Network because his latest book is called “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: … Continue reading Continue reading

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Shorter Off The Kuff

The following is presented as a public service for Scott and anyone else whose eyes have been glazing over lately: “A bunch of politicians got together to talk about redistricting. Maps were drawn, accusations were hurled, and in the end … Continue reading Continue reading

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If you only read one

If you only read one blog entry from yesterday’s Appropriate Michael Savage’s Name For Your Own Purposes Day extravaganza, make sure it’s this one. The standard beverage warning applies. We now return you to your regular Savage Weiner-free blog. Continue reading

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The Savage Weiner

Today is Appropriate Michael Savage’s Name For Your Own Purposes Day, and after reading Neal Pollack’s opening salvo, I just know that I can’t compete. Hell, looking at Pollack and Atrios and Blah3, I didn’t even realize that the serious … Continue reading Continue reading

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I’m just asking

I see that Andrew Sullivan has another pledge drive going on. Apparently, the $80,000 he raised six months ago wasn’t enough to tide him over. I just want to know one thing – if he doesn’t raise enough money to … Continue reading Continue reading

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You don’t say

Hey, guess what? The media isn’t liberal after all. Bill O’Reilly says so, which means it must be true. Continue reading

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Great moments in headline writing

Teen stripper’s mom arrested for driving daughter to work. Apparently, letting her take the bus would have been OK. Continue reading

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And starring as…

The Gunther Concept, who avoids the Blogger permalink problem by not having permalinks enabled at all, has what I think is the proper response to the news that a made for TV movie about 9/11 is going to show Dubya … Continue reading Continue reading

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It ain’t Shakespeare

Why didn’t anyone think of this before? LONDON – Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. Give six monkeys one computer for a month, … Continue reading Continue reading

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And now, some distraction

Thank $deity for fluffy news stories like this: Joe Millionaire star enjoys his fleeting fame. Evan Marriott knows his time is running out. In the 15-minutes-of-fame universe, he’s at about 14:50. Which is why the star of the Fox Television … Continue reading Continue reading

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The dogs get their day

Several bloggers have heeded my call for more dog pictures. Go check out Speck, Dirac and Markov, and of course the well-initialed CK, who seems to be fond of extreme closeups. It’s actually difficult to get a good picture of … Continue reading Continue reading

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It’s not just us

Molly Ivins once wrote that when she does radio interviews around the country, the question she always gets asked is “So just what is it about Texas, anyway?”. Doesn’t matter where she is, doesn’t matter what else is going on, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Another blogging imbalance

What’s the deal with bloggers and cats? Kevin, Digby, Gianna, Ginger, Larry (what happened to the cat cam, Larry?), Meryl…the list goes on and on. What the blog world needs is more dogs. Right, Harry? Harry says he’ll get back … Continue reading Continue reading

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Not such a sure thing after all

Would you believe that one cause of our recent economic downturn is because not enough people are dying? NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stewart Enterprises Inc., America’s No. 3 funeral home and cemetery operator, cut its earnings estimate for the year, … Continue reading Continue reading

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What if there are others?

By now I expect most of you have heard about the affair of John “More Guns, Less Crime” Lott and his missing survey and bogus statistics. Were it not for the revelation that Lott has posted defenses of himself under … Continue reading Continue reading

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How many Ted Barlows does it take…

Man, it’s hard to pick a favorite joke among Barlow’s Bulb-O-Rama, but I think I lean towards this one. I must say, despite the excellent efforts of Ted and Hesiod, there’s still room for more joking at Instapundit’s expense: Q. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Trentless Thursday

In honor of Alex, Off the Kuff will be a Lott-free zone for today. Continue reading

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I sure hope this doesn’t become a Sopranos subplot

Headline in the Chron: Mobster indicted in prison sperm-smuggling case: WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — One of five New York mobsters believed to have smuggled their sperm out of a Pennsylvania prison to impregnate their wives has been indicted, along with his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Live Nude Ghouls

Via Greg Wythe comes this hilarious story from the NY Post, that bastion of Murdochian righteousness in the Big Apple: The staff of the Liquid Assets lounge in South Plainfield says a gaggle of go-go loving ghouls invaded their burlesque … Continue reading Continue reading

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Obligatory Humor Dept.

Headline in today’s Chron: Miss Cleo must make $500 million in customer bills vanish. Wait for it… The operators of Miss Cleo’s psychic hot line agreed today to cancel $500 million in customer bills to settle federal charges that the … Continue reading Continue reading

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The secret is revealed!

Dwight Meredith points me to this startling revelation about the DC snipers from NewsMax: On Wednesday night, shortly before the capture of Muhammad and Malvo, Chief Moose acquiesced to the sniper’s demand and read publicly a statement: “You asked us … Continue reading Continue reading

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Are they trying to tell me something?

From the referral log: Next year in space Kuffner. Well, we have been discussing a family reunion, but so far we’re just considering Colorado and Oregon. But we appreciate your suggestion anyway. I should note that there is a Kuffner … Continue reading Continue reading

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Referral roundup

Yesterday’s weird Google search result: “Sex with Hermes scarves”. Nice to know we draw a higher class of pervert here at Off the Kuff. Today’s had-to-happen-sooner-or-later Google search result: “Madelyne Toogood nude”. Okay, so not all of the perverts we … Continue reading Continue reading

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Will they use Robert’s Rules of Order?

Kyle Still and the Angry Clam point me to the case of Katie Sierra and her fight to establish an anarchists’ club at her high school. Reading the Court TV coverage, there’s some interesting questions about free speech and the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Um, try the neighbors…

Today’s weird Google search: “naked women in alamaba”. Hey, Mac, can you help this guy? Continue reading

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