Grace Saenz-Lopez, the mayor of Alice, Texas, resigned on February 1 after admitting that she had dognapped a Shih Tzu named "Puddles" that she had been caring for. Not since Nixon’s "Checkers" speech has a stupidly named dog been so…
You may know that Barack Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review, but you probably didn’t know that he then became engaged in a fight against a secret society of student vampires. Now that story is not only being…
San Francisco’s slate of mayoral candidates is frequently very colorful (including perennial candidate "Starchild"), and only infrequently naked. Even less frequently are candidates naked in public, although guitar-playing is common. Sources reported on December 21 that a warrant had been…
Good luck serving God with the summons.
Those readers who complained a while back when I made fun of a massive brawl that broke out in Taiwan’s legislature (yes, a couple of people complained about that) may be pleased to learn that a fight broke out last…
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, a 61-year-old GOP congressman from New Jersey, was pick-pocketed in Georgetown on Thursday night but, true to his party’s tough-on-crime stance, chased down and caught the 18-year-old suspect. Nearby police saw the chase and made an arrest….
A few days ago I commented on another brawl that had broken out in Taiwan’s legislature, this time over the makeup of the country’s Central Election Committee, and also noted that past legislative tactics have included not just brawls but…
Apparently no legislation was eaten this time.
Joe Selle appears to have triumphed in last week’s city council elections in Missouri City, Missouri, a town of 300 people that is confusingly situated near Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s the background you’ll be wanting on that. Missouri City, Missouri,…
Having just lost in his fourth attempt to become Governor of Tokyo, famous inventor Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu was undaunted and said he would run up to 16 more times if necessary. He also said he did not believe age would…