Category Archives: Pop Culture

Paris Jackson: Who’s the baby daddy?

Forget your troubles. We’ve found Paris Jackson’s real baby daddy, and it’s—Oliver! WHO’S the daddy? Michael Jackson’s dearest friend Mark Lester looks at the King of Pop’s daughter Paris and is convinced HE is. In an astonishing interview, Jacko’s long … Continue reading

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Friday SNB

(That’s Snark News Briefs, to those of you who haven’t been paying attention.) Fatah blames Israel for Arafat’s AIDS: Not really. Fatah refuses to even consider the idea that their dead (and unmourned) leader did not die because of Israeli … Continue reading

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A moment for John Hughes

John Hughes was THE writer/director of the 1980s. He didn’t just create his own genre and influence millions of American teens, he launched the careers of a host of actors. He died yesterday of a heart attack. A native of … Continue reading

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Wednesday SNB

Human rights, shmuman rights: The U.K. is perfectly fine with backing an economic pact between Syria and the EU in spite of its “concerns” about Syria’s human rights violations. Because after all, the almighty Euro is more important than the … Continue reading

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Friday SNB

One can only hope: Hamas threatens to boycott Palestinian unity talks. I’m rooting for Hamas in this one. Egyptian border guards murder refugee, UN doesn’t care: If Israel were doing this, of course, there would be UN resolutions. And yet, … Continue reading

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A conversation on unspeakable things

A phone conversation a few minutes ago: Meryl: I just saw the most bizarre news report I’ve ever seen. Sarah: Yes? Meryl: I’m watching Fox News, and they have a segment on a guy who’s been arrested for a bizarre … Continue reading

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Thursday Snark News

Israel? What Israel? Fatah won’t recognize Israel, or stop “resistance,” and once again, Palestinians openly state that they only said they’d recognize Israel to get international approval (and billions to use against Israel). But this won’t show up anywhere in … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark News

Brits to America: The Israelis don’t listen to us. Meryl to Brits: You anti-Israel, anti-Semitic gits. Why should they? Barry Rubin cut the bullshit: He did, really. (It’s okay, Barry, I put it back for you.) Seriously, click the link … Continue reading

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Your Friday funny, on Thursday

Sarah sent me what may be the world’s longest elephant joke. Do not be drinking if you watch this. Boy, I miss the Carol Burnett Show.

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A sad death

Michael Jackson is dead of a heart attack. For all his fame and fortune, he led a pretty sad life. Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple … Continue reading

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Saturday funny

Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was one of my absolute favorite songs from the eighties. The video is one of the all-time worst. And it’s just been hosed, big-time. H/T: Allah. If you remember the video, this is … Continue reading

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Night at the Museum 2: A fun flick

If you like cute, funny, family-oriented films, you will like Night at the Museum 2. Sarah and the twins and I went this afternoon, while Larry took the older boys to see Star Trek. (She and I will see that … Continue reading

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Oh wow, man

Cheech and Chong are on Mad TV, and, well, I have something to confess: Stoner humor is apparently just as funny today as it was when I was fourteen years old. Either that, or Mad TV’s writers got way better. … Continue reading

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Watching Wolverine

One of the beauties of my job is that I can take a long lunch once in a while. Today, after I took care of the must-finish work, my friend Sarah and I caught a noon matinee of Wolverine. It … Continue reading

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The Battlestar Galactica series finale post

So, without giving away anything in case some of you out there want to someday watch it in its entirety, well, the ending sucked. Ron Moore is obviously suffering from Gene Roddenberry-itis. Because hey, overcoming human nature isn’t a problem. … Continue reading

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