Category Archives: The News

This Week’s Sign That the Apocalypse is Upon Us… Black Friday edition!

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m. Witnesses said the surging [...]

Obama wins!

Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States, the first African-American elected to the country’s highest office. He’s expected to take office as the forty-fourth President on January 20, 2009.
His message of hope has already been vindicated, let’s just hope he can deliver on his promise of change.
Indeed, Obama will have to [...]

US presidential election too close to call

Light Grey denotes “Strong Obama”. Dark Grey denotes “Too close too call”. Global public opinion data shows a clear Obama trend across much of planet Earth.
A joke, but with a hint of truth. People around the world are hoping a new president in the White House will bring positive change to US foreign policy [...]

I’m asking you to believe…

“I’m asking you to believe, not in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. I’m asking you to believe in yours.” —Barack Obama.

Mystery visitor to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave revealed

For decades, a mysterious figure dressed in black, his features cloaked by a wide-brimmed hat and scarf, crept into a churchyard to lay three roses and a bottle of cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. Today, a 92-year-old man who led the fight to preserve the historic site says the visitor was his [...]