The great majority of people, including the great majority of Republicans, recognize that President Obama was born in Hawaii. The state of Hawaii says so and so does all other available evidence, including public records birth notices published in both … Continue reading
The same guy with the floating cup does an even simpler trick to amaze and amuse fast-food people: I particularly liked one employee’s reaction to his claim to be from another planet. The young lady is not the least bit … Continue reading
A customer at a fast-food drive-thru has a soft drink cup that seems to be floating in mid-air. What’s interesting is the variety of reactions the prank provokes from the employees: by … Continue reading
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Today’s edition of Talking Points Memo’s The Day in 100 Seconds, focused on news coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, is reasonably amusing: On a completely different front, I’m back from a conference at the … Continue reading
There’s a long tradition of using spoofs and hoaxes to generate publicity, as in the famous case of a British ad agency that promoted its services by advertising a non-existent Australian perfume called Sheila with the slogan “Also Kills Flies.” … Continue reading
The longest-serving mail carrier in the United States is still on the job in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Originally from Brooklyn, he served as a bomber ball turret gunner during World War II (and survived a plane crash), for a … Continue reading
Here’s another film inspired by the video game Portal 2, in which a sort of gun is able to shoot holes in walls, ceilings, and floors, and the last two of them are connected, so if you pass through one, … Continue reading
I am not proud that I laughed at this: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive by … Continue reading
Here’s a quick set of accelerated time-lapse videos of Venus’s transit across the face of the Sun, as shot by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), using a wavelength of light that emphasizes solar prominences and results in a spectacular picture: … Continue reading