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Funny story: House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, gets earmarks for her pet peeve pork barrel project to build a Miniature Marsh Mouse Super Train to Las Vegas

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, gets earmarks for her pet peeve pork barrel project to build a Miniature Marsh Mouse Super Train to Las Vegas

Death Valley, California - According to Right Wing Radio Spin Doctors, the Obama's stimulus package that is intended to prevent the economy from diving headlong into the shallow end of the pool is instead filled with pet peeve pork barrel projects li...

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Funny story: Universe Ends. Dow Jones Rises 50% On News.

Universe Ends. Dow Jones Rises 50% On News.

(New York-NY) The universe officially ended today, but in a surprising reaction the Dow Jones average rose fifty-percent. Its highest gain in, since time no longer exists those details were unavailable as of this writing. The fifty-percent gain p...

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Funny story: NASA Demands A $13 Billion Bailout

NASA Demands A $13 Billion Bailout

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The Assistant Director of NASA, Bradford Ian Friendfield, has written a letter to President Barack Obama demanding that the United States government provide the NASA space program with $13 billion. Friendfield said that b...

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Funny story: Economy Airline to Charge for Oxygen

Economy Airline to Charge for Oxygen

Brianair, the cheap airline, is considering further cost-cutting measures to keep their business running quite literally on a shoestring budget. One of the measures being considered is to give passengers an oxygen tank each and to charge them for...

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Funny story: Ex-RBS Sir Fred: I'm an innocent penguin

Ex-RBS Sir Fred: I'm an innocent penguin

Ex-RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin has defended himself over charges he demanded a massive £16m pension pot to get out quick. As Downing Street and the Treasury pressure Sir Fred to give up his £650,000 a year pension, he has rounded on them saying he i...

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Funny story: Protests after banker makes money

Protests after banker makes money

There were widespread protests around the UK today, after a banker was heard to have made money from his job at his local bank. The banker, who cannot be named, works for HSRBOS and is said to take home a five figure sum each year. He has claimed...

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Funny story: Sir Fred Goodwin 'Laughs Off' RBS Losses

Sir Fred Goodwin 'Laughs Off' RBS Losses

Sir Fred Goodwin, the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland, who receives a £650,000-a-year pension from them after he completely wrecked it, has today laughed-off the the bank's £24billion losses, saying that "it's only money". Prime Minister...

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Funny story: Presidential Speeches and the US Stock Market Decline

Presidential Speeches and the US Stock Market Decline

Moscow, Russian Federation: On a flight from Washington DC to Paris, Dr. Pita Belini of the Russian Academy of Sciences was seated next to Professor Kartoffel Kopf of the Dusseldorf School of Linguistics. Dr. Belini and Dr. Kopf struck up a conve...

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Funny story: Worrying times in the High Street

Worrying times in the High Street

These are lean times in the British High Street - the only businesses who claim increased profits are pawnbrokers. Worryingly, one pawnbroker has announced profits of £466,000 for the year ("up 120% on last year"). They have 130 stores, so the av...

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Funny story: Obama inspires USA to beat recession

Obama inspires USA to beat recession

President of the USA, Barack Obama, has delivered a speech to a joint sitting of the American Congress in a brave attempt to lift flagging spirits battered by recession led forces. Dressed in a black tracky top with a hood over his bonce together...

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Funny story: Obama Brings In Specialists To Help Social Security, Economy

Obama Brings In Specialists To Help Social Security, Economy

President Barack Obama is bringing together dozens of experts, advisers and adversaries to discuss how to curb a burgeoning federal deficit laden with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid obligations. "We are in desperate times financially and...

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Funny story: Housing Crisis in US Solved, ACORN Volunteers Move Into and Claim Foreclosed Houses As Spoils of Class Warfare!

Housing Crisis in US Solved, ACORN Volunteers Move Into and Claim Foreclosed Houses As Spoils of Class Warfare!

Everywhere, USA/ The Daily Worker - After a three hour brainstorming session in Washington yesterday attended by over 130 "smart people" President Obama declared at least one economic crisis solved! The President signed an immediate Proclamation a...

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Funny story: Robin Williams Lip Syncs for Geithner: US Can't Print Money Fast Enough to Keep up With Corruption and World Welfare!

Robin Williams Lip Syncs for Geithner: US Can't Print Money Fast Enough to Keep up With Corruption and World Welfare!

Washington, DC/ All the News Fit to Print from The Mint and Then Some! - Newly minted Secretary of Treasury, Tim Geithner, appearing at a hastily called news conference with his tie poorly knotted and his shoes untied, hastened through a brief report...

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Funny story: Freddie Mac Investigating Itself, Totally Shocked!

Freddie Mac Investigating Itself, Totally Shocked!

Freddie Mac's own internal lawyers hired by mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac are quietly investigating the firm's own $2 million lobbying campaign, according to the Associated Press, and say they are shocked by the way they have been running their...

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Funny story: SC Golf Resorts OK Barter System to Combat Stricken Economy, Encourage Tourists!

SC Golf Resorts OK Barter System to Combat Stricken Economy, Encourage Tourists!

Myrtle Beach, SC/ Golfing News - The Myrtle Beach, SC area, long a mecca to golfers with over 130 courses available to play ,have turned to a unique idea to combat a 20% drop off in revenue due to a horrible economy. A spokesman for the industry...

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Funny story: Bankrupt Film Industry Asks Slumdawg Millionaire for a Bailout

Bankrupt Film Industry Asks Slumdawg Millionaire for a Bailout

This year's Oscar's may have been Hollywood's last hurrah as the film industry grinds to a painful halt in the Bush depression. Since no one has hated Hollywood more than then conservative Republicans who pulled Bush's strings, many believe that the...

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Funny story: Geek Squad Nerd Crashes World Economy

Geek Squad Nerd Crashes World Economy

Financial experts across the globe were shocked today when it was discovered that the world financial system was crashed by a Ex-Geek Squad nerd. Norbert Nobals confessed to hacking into the US Stock Exchange. He reportedly made it appear that the...

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