Funny story - The Golden Fleece Awards Restored For Government Waste

The Golden Fleece Awards Restored For Government Waste

For many years, the late Wisconson Senator William Proxmire gave away prizes, called the Golden Fleece Awards, for excesses in government spending. Former winners included an $84,000 study to determine why people fall in love, another government fun...

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Funny story - Amazon and Walmart are Dead - Buy Direct from China 1/3rd the Price - Temu-Temu!

Amazon and Walmart are Dead - Buy Direct from China 1/3rd the Price - Temu-Temu!

Amazon and Walmart are on the way Out according to a CCN article. It is old fashioned to buy from these two companies - who have to ship their Goods all the way from China. You can now bypass them and order from the same companies they order…

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Funny story - Mossad Pension Fund hit for $900 million in Madoff Ponzi scam

Mossad Pension Fund hit for $900 million in Madoff Ponzi scam

Tel Aviv - (Sorry Ass Mess): The Israeli secret intelligence service is hopping mad after Off-the-Wall-St trader Bernard Madoff lost 95% of the Mossad's pension fund in his $50 billion hedge fund collapse. "How come we didn't see this one coming?"...

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Funny story - Bad breath rates 'rise when economy is booming'

Bad breath rates 'rise when economy is booming'

Bad breath rates among middle-aged workers go up during economic booms and dip when we are heading for a recession, according to W.H.O. (World Halitosis Organization). These breath-taking findings come from a survey of the GDP and bad-breath rates...

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Funny story - Why is Tresury Secretary Janet 'Yellin'...Yelling All the Time?

Why is Tresury Secretary Janet 'Yellin'...Yelling All the Time?

Janet is always "yelling" that the economy is good and that the banking system is stable, even while billion-dollar banks are failing and all bank stocks on Wall Street have dropped like lead weights. You never hear her "yelling" about credit car…

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Funny story - Man City to save the British economy?

Man City to save the British economy?

Manchester City is, as everyone now knows, a very rich club. Few realise the vast extent of their wealth however. It is rumoured that they have the resources to buy Belgium! With Britain sinking inexorably into a deepening depression it falls upon...

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Funny story - Bank of America Expresses Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Activists by Handing Out Credit Card Applications at Occupy Events

Bank of America Expresses Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Activists by Handing Out Credit Card Applications at Occupy Events

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is grateful and proud to be part of the 1% that possess nearly all of the nation's wealth. Nevertheless, Moynihan hasn't forgotten about the 99% who aren't quite so fortunate - far from it. "I've been blessed," h...

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Funny story - The Trump Economic Miracle Explained by His Followers Using One Easy Chart

The Trump Economic Miracle Explained by His Followers Using One Easy Chart

Washington - Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders have recently described the economic period established in February of this year under his administration as the "Trump Miracle", and his dwindling number of followers a...

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Funny story - Wealthy Lose Billions As Poor Celebrate

Wealthy Lose Billions As Poor Celebrate

Top world financial groups on Monday revealed massive potential losses from an alleged scam run by Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff, admitting they were fooled by a classic pyramid investment fraud. British, French, Japanese and Spanish banks an...

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Funny story - Dark Money Theory Could Explain World Economic Crisis

Dark Money Theory Could Explain World Economic Crisis

Throughout the ages, great breakthroughs have often resulted from a lucky interface between unconnected fields of research. It seems that just such a coincidence may be close to explaining the current economic poo pile that we find ourselves living i...

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Funny story - Iceland Bankrupt

Iceland Bankrupt

Alistair Darling today revealed that the whole of Iceland has gone bankrupt following the collapse of the only Icelandic Bank, Landsbankinn. Thousands of people have been left without jobs as the credit crunch hit Iceland, and many more have been...

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Funny story - Illegal Immigration Solution Borders on Genius

Illegal Immigration Solution Borders on Genius

EL PASO, TX (UPI)-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are finalizing plans for a new strategy aimed at resolving the out-of-control illegal immigration dilemma plaguing America's workforce, economy and way of life.

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Funny story - Trump Assures Americans that They’ll Be Able to Return to Their Crappy Low-Paying Jobs without Health Insurance Soon

Trump Assures Americans that They’ll Be Able to Return to Their Crappy Low-Paying Jobs without Health Insurance Soon

With the end of the national COVID-19 lockdown in sight, United States President Donald Trump reassured Americans currently unemployed as a result of coronavirus-related business shutdowns that they will be able to return to their crappy, low-paying...

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Funny story - Congress Strikes Back: Gives Taxpayers a 4% Approval Rating

Congress Strikes Back: Gives Taxpayers a 4% Approval Rating

Washington -- Still stinging from the lowly 10% approval rating it received from the American public, Congress has taken revenge, bestowing a measly four percent approval rating on taxpaying citizens. "Taxpayers are doing a terrible job of providi...

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Funny story - Rise in cannibalism reflects harsh economy

Rise in cannibalism reflects harsh economy

While government subsidization of biofuel is pushing up grain and meat prices, and massive layoffs are forcing cutbacks in spending on food, some consumers have found a way to get around high prices-by eating their fellow man. Long considered tabo...

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Funny story - Obama Adopts Monopoly Money as National Currency

Obama Adopts Monopoly Money as National Currency

Washington, DC - Barack Obama made history yet again today, giving a speech on Last Call with Carson Daly where he explained how money from the board game Monopoly will become the new national standard. "Gone are the days when Americans on Baltic...

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Funny story - Organized crime steps in to 'organize' the US government

Organized crime steps in to 'organize' the US government

Howard Beach, Queens - Tired of seeing their criminal gains decline due to a shrinking economy and legislative indifference, the leading organized crime families in America have joined forces to take over the US government. "Youse won't be hearing...

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Funny story - Big-Time Economic Doom Coming, Says Financial Guru

Big-Time Economic Doom Coming, Says Financial Guru

SAN DIEGO, CA--Big-time economic doom is about to start as the financial bubble economy of the United States bursts. This is according to economic forecasting guru Robert Prechter, CEO of Elliott Wave International, who has just been interviewed by...

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Funny story - America is 30 Trillion Dollars in Debt - Nutsy Republicans Won't Tax the Rich-Who Don't Pay Any Taxes

America is 30 Trillion Dollars in Debt - Nutsy Republicans Won't Tax the Rich-Who Don't Pay Any Taxes

The U. S. is set to go bankrupt this January. No Tax Money in the Till. Nothing To Pay the Bills. Since Reagan - the Rich have paid less and less taxes - so now Billionaires like Trump Gets big tax Refunds. Twenty years of Republican Congr…

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Funny story - Convert the Euro into a Candy Bar, Says EU Debt Panel

Convert the Euro into a Candy Bar, Says EU Debt Panel

Brussels - A committee of Europe's leading economists, bankers and nutritionists have developed a simple solution to end the European debt crisis. They propose converting the Euro from a currency into a candy bar. "Currently, we are printing euros...

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