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Water on Moon: Sarah Palin claims expertise 'I can see Moon from my house'

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 7:38am | Politics, Humor & Satire

When NASA recently send a missile into the Moon’s soil, the event was mostly used for an endless stream of jokes and “Mr. Show” references. Something big came of it, however. They found water. But no one seemed to care.

“[W]e’ve been to the moon already, and it’s just not that interesting,” wrote noted philosopher Genghis.

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Health care reform passes big hurdle - Zombies take to the streets

By William K. Wolfrum on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 5:36am | Politics, Humor & Satire, Health

WASHINGTON - By the skin of their teeth, Senate Democrats voted to begin formal debate on the Health Care Reform bill that would guarantee medical coverage for nearly all Americans. All Senate Republicans voted to shelve the bill.

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Sarah Palin and Godwink's Law

By William K. Wolfrum on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 5:14am | Politics, Humor & Satire

Godwink’s Law

“As a political discussion involving God gets more media coverage, the probability of Sarah Palin making herself part of the story approaches 1.”

Example: Sarah Palin made a statement defending Miss California: “The liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despicable. Carrie and I spoke soon after the attacks started; I can relate as a liberal target myself. ”

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Sexy Brazilian lets her hair down, cheats on a cruise ship

By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 7:48am | Humor & Satire, Personal

[Author’s Note: This was originally posted on this site on Jan. 8, 2008. But with my wife, Emilia, out of town and me deep in the throes of missing her (Don’t let her know that, tho) I thought it would be a good time for a re-post]

I try not to mention my wife, Emilia, in my work because, well, I don’t know why. She sure as hell talks about me at her work. She has several bits down pat about the adventures of the silly American in a strange land.

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Will Lou Dobbs run for political office and fulfill dreams of “Journotainers” everywhere?

By William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:02pm | Politics, Arts & Entertainment

When CNN forked over whatever amount they had to in order to get Lou Dobbs off the air, one could imagine that Dobbs was sufficiently chastened for his Birther/Mexican-hate ideologies. That would be far from the truth, however, as Dobbs is already making it clear that he should be the one making policy, not discussing it.

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Sarah Palin takes time away from promoting Japanese shoe company to release a book

By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 6:48am | Business, Personal

While most of Conservative U.S. has blown three or four fuses because U.S. President Barack Obama bowed in Japan (every time a President bows, a nuclear bomb dies), they seemed to miss an even greater bow to the Japanese by Political Super-Gadfly Sarah Palin.

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New Poll: 80% of Americans would give up breathing if it helped corporations make more money

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 12:39pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

SOUTH CAROLINA - A stunning new poll by William K. Wolfrum & Associates shows that nearly 80 percent of all Americans would stop breathing right now if a major corporation gave that order.

The poll - which was based on looking into how Americans will gladly vote against their own self interests - made several other discoveries, including:

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