News, Views and Advice

American Voices: Gabby Giffords Tells Congress To Act On Gun Control

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 17:15
Former Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011, delivered the opening remarks yesterday at a congressional hearing on gun violence that later featured testimony from NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre.

Categories: News

Dennis Kucinich Interview Jan 2013 - OpEdNews

Dennis in the News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 16:47

Dennis Kucinich Interview Jan 2013
OpEdNews
Dennis Kucinich Interview Jan 2013. Podcast submitted by Rob Kall (about Rob Kall) Permalink Recorded January 30, 2013. Become a Fan (226 fans). Related Topic(s): Election Integrity; Elizabeth Kucinich; Gerrymandering; Hillary Clinton; Kucinich-Dennis; ...

Categories: Kucinich in the News

God Freaks Self Out By Lying Awake Contemplating Own Immortality

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 16:20
THE HEAVENS—Sources close to God reported Thursday that the Creator of the Universe and Author of Our Eternal Salvation suffered a crippling bout of existential dread this week, lying awake all night as He pondered His own immortality. Anxiously dru...

Categories: News

Creepy One-Word Text Message From Mom Could Mean Anything

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 15:45
TACOMA, WA—Area high school student Josh Fairbanks, 16, confirmed Thursday that the vague, creepy one-word text message he just received from his mother could conceivably be interpreted in a nearly infinite variety of ways.

Categories: News

Screwball Jim Nabors Goofs Up Again By Marrying Man

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 15:27
SEATTLE—In just the latest of his bumbling misadventures, dimwitted Andy Griffith Show actor Jim Nabors, 82, reportedly found out today that he goofed up again after inadvertently marrying another man in a Seattle ceremony.

Categories: News

[Video] Health Officials Urging Americans To Do Something, Anything For 30 Minutes A Day

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 14:20
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a new report asking Americans to just do anything at all for Christ's sake for 30 minutes each day.

Categories: News

Man Brings Visiting Parents Into Office To Meet Coworkers Who Can't Stand Him

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 13:55
AUSTIN, TX—Area product manager Wayne Landgraf, 26, reportedly brought his visiting parents to his workplace at the Vasquez Group earlier this morning, taking the time to introduce them to all his coworkers who can’t stand him.

Categories: News

Statshot: How Are We Dealing With Seasonal Winter Depression?

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:45
How Are We Dealing With Seasonal Winter Depression?

Categories: News

Minnesota Lynx World's Richest WNBA Team With Value Of $4

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:20
MINNEAPOLIS—According to a report by Forbes magazine, the Minnesota Lynx are easily the WNBA’s richest franchise, boasting an estimated enterprise value of nearly four dollars.

Categories: News

American Voices: Study: Housecats Kill Billions Of Animals A Year

Onion News - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 11:32
According to a new study, the nation’s population of domestic housecats and feral strays kills an estimated 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals each year, far more than scientists previously believed.

Categories: News

Slideshow: A-Rod: A Well-Deserved Legacy

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 18:40
A-Rod: A Well-Deserved Legacy

Categories: News

And Nation Has To Go Through It All Again Tomorrow

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 17:30
NEW YORK—As yet another day drew to a close Wednesday, sources confirmed that, Christ, just think, the nation actually has to go through all of this again tomorrow.

Categories: News

North Korea Celebrates As Kim Jong-Un Becomes First Man To Walk On Moon

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 17:20
PYONGYANG—Jubilation sounded far and wide in the North Korean capital today as upwards of 100,000 cheering citizens proudly thronged Kim Il-sung Square to celebrate the historic news that Dear Leader Kim Jong-un had become the first man to walk on t...

Categories: News

American Voices: U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Shrank Last Quarter

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 16:42
The nation’s GDP contracted 0.1 percent over the final three months of 2012, surprising most economists and ending a string of three and a half years of growth.

Categories: News

AR-15 Assault Rifle Beginning To Worry It May Never Get To Kill Innocent Person

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 15:45
RICHMOND, VA—As the Obama Administration signaled its determination to pass through extensive gun control reforms, a local AR-15 assault rifle told reporters Wednesday that it is beginning to fear it might never actually get the chance to kill an in...

Categories: News

Parents Finally Tell 2-Year-Old About 9/11

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 13:35
MIAMI—Having long shielded him from discussion and depictions of the traumatic event, local couple Brad and Jeannine Musgrave told reporters Friday that the moment had come to tell their 2-year-old son Connor about the terrorist attacks of September...

Categories: News

Bo Obama Receives Visiting Dognitaries From Furuguay

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 12:45
WOOFINGTON, D.C.—Aiming to strengthen yiplomatic relations with the nation of Furuguay, Bo Obama welcomed a visiting doglegation from the overseas country to the White House Thursday for talks on a wide range of vital rufforms. The historic meeting...

Categories: News

American Voices: Obama Gives Up On Closing Guantánamo?

Onion News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:35
The State Department official tasked with shutting the Guantánamo Bay detention facility has been assigned to another position and will not be replaced, signaling that President Obama likely will no longer pursue the closing of the prison, a goal h...

Categories: News

Fox & Friends Asks Dennis Kucinich To Defend Democrat Who Attacked Fox ... - Mediaite

Dennis in the News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 09:45

Fox & Friends Asks Dennis Kucinich To Defend Democrat Who Attacked Fox ...
Mediaite
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) who, like President Barack Obama, recently admonished Fox News Channel for spreading what she characterized as disinformation. New Fox News Channel contributor and former House Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) appeared on Fox ...

Categories: Kucinich in the News

Double Take 'Toons: More Fair, More Balanced? - NPR

Dennis in the News - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 08:03

NPR

Double Take 'Toons: More Fair, More Balanced?
NPR
Fox News didn't renew its contract with Sarah Palin but hired former Democratic congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich as an on-air analyst. Rob Tornoe is eager to consign the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential hopeful to ...

Categories: Kucinich in the News