Showing posts with label Pope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Today in Headlines - Wednesday, October 7, 2015

On Tuesday, officials speaking on behalf of the Vatican were tight-lipped while addressing rumors that the Pope did not actually know he would be meeting with conservative activist Kim Davis.  Davis was reportedly paid a secret visit by the pontiff, during which time he offered words of comfort, encouraging her to, quote, "stay strong."  Davis' camp has gone on to promote the event as a powerful endorsement of her cause.  However, new information indicates that the Pope was, in actuality, "rat-fucked" into meeting with Davis, thinking instead that he would be greeted by his supposed No. 1 Fan, a Miss Annie Wilkes of Colorado.


Doctors Without Borders is appealing to the U.N. Security Council following the ill-fated U.S. missile strike that killed scores inside an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.  American forces were said to be in the area assisting Afghan forces in taking back the region for a group of upstart Taliban soldiers who descended upon  the city last week.  Borders president Joanne Liu is calling for an independent probe, expressing concerns over a possible cover-up, a suggestion to which the Americans responded bluntly, stating:

"We'll probe ourselves, thank you very much."

The Heritage Foundation released an eye opening report on Wednesday, detailing the expected far-right voter turnout for the upcoming 2016 presidential election.  The study found that while able to attract relentless media attention, most fringe groups, particularly those associated with the notorious Tea Party, will have minimal impact on a nationwide basis, but may effectively sway small districts throughout southern states and certain parts of the Upper Midwest.  

To promote basic comprehension of the study among the affected voter base, researchers released their findings in the form of an easy to read children's book, entitled:  The Stupids Step-Out.


Police in Ausintown, Ohio, were stunned last Friday after responding to a call from a not-too-bright citizen who claimed to be "too high."  When police finally located the caller's residence, they entered the property to find a thoroughly inebriated 22-year-old college student surrounded entirely by Doritos and Goldfish.

"I've never been better."

Last week the national press got a taste of the new social studies curriculum cooked up the notoriously conservative Texas Board of Education.  The new material, which will be available for distribution in 2016, is described by critics as a total "whitewash" of history.  They charge that the new text consistently plays down the shear brutality of slavery in the Americas, while totally minimizing the significance of those who opposed it.  One critic went so far as to label the historical accounting as "farcical," also noting that some of the accompanying graphics were just plain offensive.


Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Today in Headlines - Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - THE TRUMP-DOWN SPECIAL

White House officials believe the impending visit by Pope Francis may produce the single most extensive security undertaking in the nation's history.  Given the highly controversial stances taken by the papacy, Secret Service agents have enlisted the help of Central Intelligence and the FBI to assist in guarding his holiness.  The multi-agency effort will be dubbed Operation Bubble Boy.  


And in a related story, following his ascension to the Republican presidential front runner, mattress salesman Donald Trump has been issued his own Secret Service security detail along with a personal cryptonym to shield his identity from eavesdroppers.  From now until the upcoming election, candidate Trump will be known to Secret Service personnel as Codename: Turd Ferguson.


Two British tourists sailing off the coast of Central California were unexpectedly pummeled last week when a Humpback landed directly on top of them.  The pair were thrown from their boat but are otherwise unharmed.  According to witnesses on the scene, the massive seafaring mammal thrown into the water by a semi-popular anti-hero/drifter known commonly as Hancock.  Environmental activists and boating enthusiasts are reportedly calling for his prosecution.  


Immediately following the incident, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke out via Twitter, stating:


A cycling enthusiast writing for LAWeekly was left sorely disappointed after trekking across the entire length of the Los Angeles River biking trail.  His harrowing account tells of inconvenient detours through unsavory neighborhoods, and awkward encounters with the bathing homeless.  At one point, the rider meanders off coarse, eventually finding himself lost in a subterranean nest of ill-tempered morlocks.  The morlocks have been particularly testy these days following the inflammatory remarks of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who callously stated "When those Morlocks send their people to the surface, they aren't sending their best."


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was recently described by Matthew Pressman of The Atlantic as, quote, "Reagan's Heir."  Many have equated Mr. Trump's overly simplistic worldview and total lack of candor to that of our 40th president, Mr. Ronald Wilson Reagan.  In addition to adopting Reagan's own person campaign slogan "Let's Make America Great Again," Trump also intends to craft his future policy initiatives in a form that is true to The Ronald.  Consequently, a potential Trump administration might be expected to take such action as:

      1.  Engage in illegal weapons transfers to the Iranians.

      2.  Topple the foreign governments of Brown people around the world.

      3. Fall asleep during vitally important National Security Council meetings.

      4.  Take a dump on the economy.

      5.  Relinquish the wife to Frank Sinatra. 

      6.  Reclassify ketchup as a vegetable.

And finally, the man speaks for himself.

"It's all right here, black and white, plain as the nose on my face.  Official, incontrovertible evidence...I am an idiot!"