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Monday, February 10, 2014
Tea Party Candidate Stunned that State Fair Crowd Thought He Was a Comic
(SNN) - “You mean that wasn’t a Stephen Colbert-type show?” exiting fans kept telling an SNN reporter, covering the event. “Crap, and here I was going to buy his album on iTunes,” another one spectator said.
9 Cities Pass “Don’t Walk and Text” Laws
(SNN) - “We had to do something,” said Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emanual. “Personal injuries, like walking into lampposts, and property damage, like walking through windows and denting taxi cabs, are up 7000% And if that doesn’t work, we’ll make walking insurance mandatory, like we have it with cars.”
Lifetime Screenwriters Overjoyed that Convicted Spy Pfc. Manning Is a Transsexual
(SNN) - “All we had before was an underdog being persecuted for leaking illegal activity, that the government repeatedly said they weren’t doing. But when we found out that he was demanding a sex change and be transferred to a woman’s prison, the screenplay practically wrote itself,” head writer said in promo spot with actors.
Latest Holder of Guinness World Records Announced
(SNN) - “Alicia Parnell lived without plastics for a whole 2 hours, 14 minutes and 12 seconds, breaking the previous record by 17 seconds,” a press release says.
Syria’s Assad: “Everything Will Return to Normal in a Month or Two.”
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North Korea Axes Public Executions
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(SNN) When I was notified I had won a prize for rainmaking I was gob-smacked while trying to close my umbrella. The last one to win that prestigious award was Burt Lancaster whom I’m often mistaken for without my ...
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Snubs and Flubs at the Oscar Nominations
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
11. Worse singing by a nominated Actress: Meryl Streep, in “Florence Foster Jenkins.” (This is her second nomination in this category. She won previously for “Mama Mia”) 10. Most academy award nominations for ...
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My Aching Back and the Magical Little Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
(SNN) We moved from Washington DC to Los Angeles CA in the Summer of 1983, lock, stock, dog and our two kids—John, almost eight, and Andrew almost four. They adjusted to their new environs as best they could. Come ...
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Road-Tested and Ready
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(SNN) I don’t list Automotive Writer on my resume, but my need for new transportation has led me to a new car search. I went to a couple of recent auto shows, road-tested several models—some cars too—and did my ...
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Trump: Worse Than a Poke in the Knee with a Sharp Scalpel?
Saturday, November 19, 2016
(SNN) I am a glutton for punishment. That’s why I scheduled a visit with an Osteopathic Surgeon the day after the Presidential election. I figured if worst came to worst at the polls, the prospeceet of major surgery ...