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Ahmadinejad Picks Fight with Paul the Psychic Octopus

Written by The Sarcasmist on July 28, 2010 - Comments (6)

Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticized Paul the psychic octopus during a speech to a youth festival in Tehran. The Iranian leader called Paul a symbol of decadence and decay in the Western world. Mr. Ahmadinejad also said those who believe in a psychic octopus cannot be leaders of nations like Iran “that aspire to human ... Read More

Outside of a dog, a book is probably man’s best friend

Written by The Sarcasmist on July 28, 2010 - Comments (6)

Outside of a dog, a book is probably man’s best friend, and inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. -Groucho Marx If you like this quote, why not read more Groucho Marx quotes. ... Read More

Don’t Vote for My Dad, Mr. Mantooth

Written by The Sarcasmist on July 27, 2010 - Comments (9)

Jan Schill of Oklahoma, along with her husband, took an ad out in the local newspaper (Purcell Register) to tell voters to not vote for her father for the position of district judge. Schill’s father, John Mantooth, says that his daughter is just upset about her parents’ 1981 divorce. Mantooth, in a three-way race for ... Read More

Iraq Enjoying ‘Western-Style’ Democracy

Written by The Sarcasmist on July 27, 2010 - Comments (4)

Iraqi lawmakers cancelled a scheduled session of the Iraqi parliament, saying that the multitude of factions involved needed more time to figure out who would eventually hold the country’s highest office. This follows elections in March which failed to produce a clear winner for the office of the Prime Minister. More than four-and-a-half months after ... Read More

Allowing Police the Tools to Identify Illegal Immigrants is Crazy

Written by The Sarcasmist on July 27, 2010 - Comments (6)

With the hoopla surrounding the Arizona immigration law, there is another program which is not getting due attention. The federal government program uses fingerprint data to identify illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrant advocacy groups are against the program saying that it would result in more deportations than the Arizona law. Under the program, the fingerprints of ... Read More