High-res WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Congress reported Wednesday they were continuing to carefully debate the issue of whether or not they should allow the country to descend into a roiling economic meltdown of historically dire proportions. “It is a question that, I think, is worthy of serious consideration: Should we take steps to avoid a crippling, decades-long depression that would lead to disastrous consequences on a worldwide scale? Or should we not do that?” asked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). Continue reading… TheOnion

WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Congress reported Wednesday they were continuing to carefully debate the issue of whether or not they should allow the country to descend into a roiling economic meltdown of historically dire proportions. “It is a question that, I think, is worthy of serious consideration: Should we take steps to avoid a crippling, decades-long depression that would lead to disastrous consequences on a worldwide scale? Or should we not do that?” asked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA).

Continue reading… TheOnion

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Al-Qaeda's New Leadership - The Onion

Following Osama bin Laden’s death, the Egyptian-born Saif al-Adel has reportedly been named interim leader of al-Qaeda. Here are some of the new terror head’s qualifications

  • Emerged as the clear favorite in both the Peshawar caucuses and South Waziristan primaries
  • Able to grow a ratty beard with just enough gray to look dignified
  • Can keep a straight face while telling suicide bombers they can each expect 72 virgins in heaven

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New York Times falls for Onion spoof The paper of record has been punked by the paper of parody. The New York Times’ April 17 mini-retrospective on the “original teen-girl tabloid,” Tiger Beat, included a sampling of the magazine’s covers throughout the years. But as the Times learned the hard way, one of those things was not like the other. The cover in question, seen at right, pairs teen pop trio the Jonas Brothers alongside President Obama proclaiming: “I Sing in the Shower.” The problem is, no such issue of Tiger Beat actually exists, which prompted the Times to issue a rather embarrassing erratum in this past Sunday’s paper. Continue reading… Yahoo

New York Times falls for Onion spoof

The paper of record has been punked by the paper of parody.

The New York Times’ April 17 mini-retrospective on the “original teen-girl tabloid,” Tiger Beat, included a sampling of the magazine’s covers throughout the years. But as the Times learned the hard way, one of those things was not like the other.

The cover in question, seen at right, pairs teen pop trio the Jonas Brothers alongside President Obama proclaiming: “I Sing in the Shower.” The problem is, no such issue of Tiger Beat actually exists, which prompted the Times to issue a rather embarrassing erratum in this past Sunday’s paper.

Continue reading… Yahoo

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Even Newt Gingrich A Little Depressed By Prospect Of Him Running For President

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WASHINGTON—Expressing a reaction similar to millions of other dismayed Americans, Newt Gingrich admitted Monday that he too was feeling “pretty bummed out” about the prospect of a Newt Gingrich presidential campaign.

“Even when I see my name on a list of potential candidates, I think, you gotta be kidding me—Newt Gingrich?” said Gingrich, frowning and shaking his head in disbelief. “People are actually getting excited about the guy who engineered the 1995 government shutdown? I’m sorry, but that’s just sad.” […]

“Hell, look at me: I’m a public relations nightmare,” said Gingrich, adding that, for many years in the late ’90s and early 2000s, his name was basically a punch line. “Remember that whole thing with me divorcing my wife while she was still in the hospital recovering from cancer? For my campaign’s sake, I hope people have forgotten about that. But c’mon, it’s a pretty bleak political landscape when the presidential campaign of a known philanderer is actually getting off the ground.”

While Gingrich maintained that he does indeed want to win the presidency, he said that actually deciding to form a presidential exploratory committee and working on a campaign strategy for the election of Newt Gingrich made him slightly sick to his stomach.

(The Onion)