Archive for the 'Bad Taste' Category

Is this any different from the NFL seat license program?

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

According to the Wall Street Journal,
SPIRIT airlines is considering a charge to buy a ticket.

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Let’s suggest more revenue streams for the harried airline industry.

1. Jetway Alternative.
 
2. Seat-Watch Approval.
 
3. Strap Or Seat.
 
4. Overhead Lamp Dimmers.
 
5. Oxygen Insurance.
 
6. Flotation Device Choice.
 
7. Fresh Air Option.

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Images:1–physicschick.com; 2–via homepage.mac.com; 3–(passengers) via kcbs.com; (sheriff) (Fred) FOX via irate-nation.com via […]

Liz Trotta is a real card!

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Fox News contributor jokes about assassinating Obama.
Today on Fox News, the former New York bureau chief of the Washington Times, Liz Trotta, discussed Sen. Hillary Clinton’s (D-NY) recent remarks about Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. After mistakenly calling Obama “Osama,” Trotta joked that it would be nice to see them both killed:
TROTTA: And now we have […]

While the story of Marie Antoinette’s “Let them Eat Cake” may be false, she did say…

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

 ”Throw strikes, but don’t give ‘em anything good to hit!”
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Marie Antoinette’s pearls up for auction
By Mike Collett-White
September 27, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000.
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(Christie’s Images/Handout/Reuters)
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Now part […]

Unlike baseball prognosticators or the hundreds of talking head political experts…

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]

Logic would show that by now, reactionaries would be loath…

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

to force themselves into other people’s lives. Logic finishes second to hypocrisy unchained.
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Max Blumenthal
03.07.2007
CPAC’s Gay Porn Star Honoree, Ann Coulter, and the Politics of Personal Crisis
I don’t know if David Horowitz knew Cpl. Matt Sanchez was once a gay porn star and male prostitute when he introduced him to me at last weekend’s […]

Let’s bring back “Win your weight in gold!!”

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Mauresmo wins $1.3M diamond-studded racket–Yahoo headline-00:28, Feb. 19, 2007
By RAF CASERT, AP Sports Writer
February 18, 2007
TENNIS
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Amelie Mauresmo won enough diamonds to last a lifetime. Kim Clijsters will have to do with golden memories.
Mauresmo won a $1.3 million diamond-studded racket trophy Sunday, beating Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of […]