tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:58:27 +0000humor, political satire, fake newshttp://www.richieville.com/noreply@blogger.com (Richie)Blogger47125Richievillehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-7385887936608077800Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:44:00 +00002009-10-11T10:51:31.821-04:00Barack ObamaNobel Prize10. It was the only way they could get him to make a speech in Oslo.9. The Danes asked them to do it as a consolation prize for losing the Olympics.8. The Nobel Prize in Physics seemed like too big a stretch.7. There's no Nobel category for "most likely to succeed."6. They know it's early but they want to take the next couple of years off.5. Every now and then they like to really annoy Dick http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/OCmNwuQoETo/top-ten-reasons-norwegian-nobel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2009/10/top-ten-reasons-norwegian-nobel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-3383222737009437948Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:14:00 +00002008-07-28T08:52:30.981-04:00political humor2008 electionJohn McCainBarack ObamahumorsatireMcCAIN SHRINKS, DISAPPEARSTwo-Inch High Candidate Lost In Flower BedSecret Service agents searching for the Republican candidate.Richieville News Service -WASHINGTON, D.C. A spokesman for the campaign of Senator John McCain revealed today that the Republican presidential candidate had begun shrinking days ago and was now missing due to the carelessness of a campaign staffer. At turns tearful and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/Tlg3Oo_ht6s/john-thumb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/john-thumb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-4981499158968402660Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:12:00 +00002008-07-25T14:40:52.455-04:00political humor2008 electional-QaidaBarack ObamahumorOsama Bin LadenAfghanistansatireMiddle EastObama Or Osama?Amazingly, People Of The Middle EastHave No Trouble Telling Them Apart Somehow Afghan President Hamid Karzai knew this wasn't Osama Bin Laden.Richieville News Service - KABUL, AFGHANISTAN The surprising results of a new poll released today show that the people of the Middle East, unlike some Americans, have absolutely no trouble distinguishing between Democratic presidential http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/LGLvyNQcDm4/identity-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/identity-crisis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-4828568616598683450Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-07-22T22:32:09.780-04:00political humor2008 electionJohn McCainIraqBarack ObamahumorsatirePakistanCzechoslovakiaIraq-Pakistan Border Situation GraveCzechoslovakia To Send TroopsThe Iraq-Pakistan border conflict threatens to spread to other regions.Richieville News Service - BABYLONIA The situation along the border between Iraq and Pakistan, first reported by Senator John McCain, grew more serious today, alarming foreign policy experts who maintain that the border does not exist. The crisis threatened to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/_8CKD2yReMo/border-trouble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/border-trouble.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-4311245463819030509Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:17:00 +00002008-07-21T08:32:40.616-04:00political humorIraqGeorge Bushhumortime horizonsatireAmericans Embrace Idea Of "Time Horizon"Can You Make It Work For You? Following the leadership of President Bush, millions of Americans have enthusiastically replaced their outmoded "deadlines" and "timelines" with the latest trend in time management - the general time horizon. As the president demonstrated just last week, a strict and rigid timetable for getting things done may not be the best http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/hAoo3eHYRrs/richieville-lifestyle-tips.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/richieville-lifestyle-tips.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-8375799998434689423Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:26:00 +00002008-07-20T10:17:36.322-04:00GuantanamoRobert MugabehumorZimbabweDmitry MedvedevThan ShweMyanmarpolitical humorapescivil rightshuman rightssatireSaudi ArabiaSpainSPAIN GRANTS CIVIL RIGHTS TO APESMove Sets Off Worldwide Rights ShortageIs this next?Richieville News Service - MADRID, SPAIN A resolution passed by the Spanish Parliament granting some human rights to apes has inadvertently set off a worldwide humans rights crisis. Governments across the globe now say that rights they had planned to extend to human beings are being taken instead by gorillas, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/IHb9536iwLA/richieville-news-primate-edition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/richieville-news-primate-edition.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-3768470608250055821Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:16:00 +00002008-07-15T09:11:20.767-04:00political humorBen BernankehumorFederal ReservetaxpayerssatireFreddie MacBernie MacFannie MaeFED BAILS OUT BERNIE MACComedian Gets Check For $1.5 TrillionOne bail out too many?Richieville News Service-WASHINGTON, D.C. In its zeal to rescue the floundering mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Reserve Bank has also bailed out actor and comedian Bernie Mac, sending him a check for $1.5 trillion. An agency spokesman said the error was a clerical mistake. "Look, we're http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/nocTOsEzsBA/bailout-bonanza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/bailout-bonanza.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-1061543581181835840Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:07:00 +00002008-07-15T09:02:37.411-04:00political humorglobal warmingclimate changehumorG8satireG8 Leaders' Annual Promise To Save The Planet Is Even Better Than Last Year'sLeaders of the G8 nations after their historic promises.Richieville News Service - RUSUTSU, JAPAN In an atmosphere of festive self-congratulation, the leaders of the group of eight industrialized nations today announced their most far-reaching promises ever, far surpassing even the bold promises made at last year's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/u0DVUhENyz8/promise-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/promise-progress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-7005479205483477421Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +00002008-07-07T09:17:00.912-04:00political humorGuantanamotortureCIAChinahumorsatireCIA, Army Use Chinese Torture Methods Domestic Pain Industry Cries Foul U.S. torturers say their methods are just as good.Richieville News Service – WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. security community remained stunned today following reports that the CIA and the military used Chinese torture methods to interrogate detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. American torturers, interrogators and security http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/yp6HBaj99Bc/richieville-torture-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/richieville-torture-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-4976426762145848797Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:37:00 +00002008-07-03T09:19:45.882-04:00political humorJohn McCainhumorsatireMcCain Offers Country ProtectionCites Fear That "Something Could Happen"John McCain knows where you live.Richieville News Service –WASHINGTON, D.C. In a major policy speech today, Senator John McCain declared that the United States faced many threats both at home and abroad and in response to those threats, the candidate offered the country protection. Although Mr. McCain refused to name the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/QuebYY_Ql6Q/offer-they-cant-refuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/offer-they-cant-refuse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-6548726217728010709Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:33:00 +00002008-07-01T11:48:54.572-04:00political humorGuantanamohumordetaineesmale enhancementsatireJustice Department Male Enhancement MethodWill Make YouBIGGER!!!Guaranteed! Recently the Justice Department argued in a federal court that a detainee held at Guantanamo Bay is an enemy combatant because they had said so in secret documents THREE TIMES!!Now, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey is ready to let you use this same proven Justice Department method to make your male member grow. That's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/ESbbS7srLVo/advertisement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/07/advertisement.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-5914719424147059565Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:49:00 +00002008-06-29T22:55:25.957-04:00political humormiraclesGeorge BushKim Jong IlPope Benedict XVINorth KoreahumorsatireDalai LamaReligious Leaders To Study DisappearanceOf Evil From North KoreaDalai Lama, Pope To Confer Why is Kim Jong Il no longer evil?Richieville News Service –VATICAN CITY Religious leaders and philosophers from around the world gathered here today to ponder what many are calling a true modern miracle - the sudden disappearance of evil from the country of North Korea. The communist dictatorship, long http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/4cej-CtWH6Q/its-miracle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/its-miracle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-1957333677579838109Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-06-29T20:58:46.389-04:00political humorgunsCripsBloodshumorsatireAntonin ScaliaSupreme CourtSecond AmendmentCrips, Bloods Hail Supreme Court Gun RulingLatin Kings Still Studying DecisionThe Crips are strict constitutional constructionists.Richieville News Service - COMPTON, CALIFORNIA Two notorious street gangs, the Crips and the Bloods, held a rare joint press conference here to praise yesterday's Supreme Court ruling striking down the Washington D.C. ban on handgun ownership.  "Yo, this is a shout http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/nY_X-Mpq9FQ/supreme-crew-disses-gat-laws.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/supreme-crew-disses-gat-laws.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-5503383861871733230Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:05:00 +00002008-06-25T09:16:20.751-04:00political humorKuwaithumoroil pricessatireSaudi ArabiaVenezuelaOil Countries DeadlockedShould They Be Obscenely Wealthy Or Just Filthy Rich?U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman spoke in favor of "filthy rich."Richieville News Service - JIDDA, SAUDI ARABIA Hopes for a breakthrough that would halt soaring energy prices were dashed today when oil exporters meeting here could not agree on exactly how stinking rich they should be. The emergency global energy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/NXt_RzNsivo/energy-crisis-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/energy-crisis-update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-2565803128961602903Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:07:00 +00002008-06-23T09:25:16.886-04:00political humorscandalRahm EmmanuelCongressiPhonewiretaphumortelecom immunitySteny HoyersatireTelecom Companies Get Wiretap ImmunityCongress To Get Free iPhones, Extra Minutes    Each representative will receive a brand new iPhone.Richieville News Service-WASHINGTON, D.C. In a striking victory for President Bush, the House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would give telecommunications companies immunity for their participation in the administration's warrentless wiretappinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/e11Zqw_GBgE/can-you-hear-me-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/can-you-hear-me-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-7943499985923636177Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:05:00 +00002008-06-20T09:55:53.884-04:00political humorIraqoilhumorBPTotaloil pricessatireExxon/MobilShellTranscript Of Remarks By Exxon CEO Upon Winning No-Bid Oil Contracts In IraqOn Thursday, four Western oil companies (Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP) announced that they are about to conclude a deal with the government of Iraq to return to that country after 36 years. The no-bid contracts represent the first step toward winning the rights to develop vast new oil fields in the country. Below are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/u2cBYE08j3M/its-honor-to-be-nominated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/its-honor-to-be-nominated.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-1775040112800343560Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:26:00 +00002008-06-18T09:38:55.713-04:00political humorouter spacehumorEarthsatirescienceNASAgay marriageBeijing. ChinaFundamentalists Demand NASA StudyWhat Is Holding Up Sky?What strange force is keeping the sky from falling? In a switch, Christian fundamentalist groups have joined together to demand that NASA launch an in-depth study to determine what is keeping the sky from falling. The religious groups, which usually disdain scientific explanations for natural phenomena, said they were prompted to this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/BrZ84Mawtx0/richieville-science-news-outer-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/richieville-science-news-outer-space.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-3972191536845083769Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:29:00 +00002008-06-16T17:50:16.461-04:00Ben Bernankehumoroil priceseconomyfood riotsgas pricespolitical humortornadoesunemploymentFederal Reservetax cutsfloodssatirewildfireskiller tomatoesFIRE! FLOOD! FOOD RIOTS!Time For A Rate Hike, Tax Cut Or Both?Food rioters in Bangladesh want Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to consider a rate hike – or food. In light of the unusual and extreme weather being experienced throughout the U.S., such as the recent HISTORIC FLOOD LEVELS plaguing the Midwest, we find ourselves wondering if it isn't time for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/6JgylwiUiKM/editorial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/editorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-8973048465508164744Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-06-12T08:33:08.636-04:00political humorGeorge Bushhumormad cow diseasesatireLee Myung-bakSouth KoreacowboysKoreans Protest "Mad Cowboys"Government Near Collapse Due To Translation ErrorAngry South Koreans say no to "mad cowboys."Richieville News Service – SEOUL, South Korea Tens of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets today, inflamed by mistaken reports that their government had lifted a ban on the importation of American, "mad cowboys."  Carrying signs that read "No Mad Cowboys!" and "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/D28OPBBXIUY/never-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/never-mind.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-7511049048535807029Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-06-11T11:26:38.811-04:00political humorJohn Boehnergas pricesglobal warmingterrorismcarshumorfearsatireGOP Solves Gas CrisisNew Cars To Run On FearGOP leaders promise no more worries about gas prices. Richieville News Service - WASHINGTON, D.C. Republican Congressional leaders today proudly revealed a new automotive technology they promised would solve the country's growing oil and gas crisis. The new cars run on what the GOP leaders say is a constantly renewable energy source - human fear.  "We http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/Nq6Lpg57z1k/oh-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/oh-no.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-848602646876542045Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:30:00 +00002008-06-09T09:17:59.632-04:00political humor2008 electionJohn McCainBarack ObamaWoodstockhumorsatirebaby boomerObama's Boomer ProblemThey Just Realized He's Younger Than They AreBarack Obama did not go to Woodstock.Richieville News Service - BERKELEY, CA The campaign of Senator Barack Obama, having only just secured the Democratic presidential nomination, suffered an unexpected setback today when millions of baby boomers simultaneously came to the same frightening realization – the next president of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/Ap0iQxmxnf4/hold-your-horses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/hold-your-horses.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-245848388928031534Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:21:00 +00002008-06-08T18:58:54.853-04:00political humor2008 electionJohn McCainDisneyhumorsatireMcCain's Speechmaking Panned by PunditsDisney Imagineers Plan Emergency UpgradeDisney engineers hope to animate Senator McCain.Richieville News Service  – BURBANK, CA Following John McCain's widely-panned performance in a speech given last Tuesday in Kenner, Louisiana, Republican strategists have called in engineers from the Walt Disney Company for what is being termed an "emergency upgrade," to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/u_Ur1x_jVAA/campaign-notes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/campaign-notes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-8636221327691260595Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +00002008-06-06T10:43:27.099-04:00New York TimesJudith MillerBrian WilliamsWolf BlitzerIraqArthur Ochs SulzbergerThomas FriedmanJr.self-flagellationIn Act Of Penance, NY TimesReporters Climb BuildingA New York Times reporter performs an act of contrition.Richieville News Service, NEW YORK, NY The New York City Police announced today that contrary to earlier reports, the two men who scaled the outside of the 52-story New York Times skyscraper in Manhattan were not publicity-hungry thrill seekers. Instead they were the first of a group of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/ejGiyXjcNQM/climbing-walls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/climbing-walls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-1124749915937835493Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:15:00 +00002008-06-06T00:21:14.107-04:00political humor2008 electionJohn McCainNew OrleanshumormissilessatireKatrinahurricaneMcCain, In New OrleansProposes Hurricane Defense ShieldJohn McCain vowed to fight hurricanes.Richieville News Service – KENNER, LA Seeking to distance himself even further from George Bush, Senator John McCain delivered a major address here today and vowed that the mistakes made in response to the destruction of hurricane Katrina would not be repeated under his administration. The candidate went http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/mLIS-in17dg/hot-air.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)0http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/hot-air.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753868236452938005.post-1481889142317971837Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:13:00 +00002008-06-04T07:08:32.765-04:00political humor2008 electionhumorsatireBill ClintonHillary ClintonHillary Clinton Loses Fight For NominationHillary Clinton Congratulates Herself On 2nd-Place FinishHillary Clinton had praise for the campaign of Hillary Clinton.Richieville News Service – NEW YORK, NY To mark a historic night for the Democratic Party and for the nation, Hillary Clinton took to the stage here and congratulated herself for running the first significant losing campaign by a woman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Richieville/~3/paVW6v_F8ok/historic-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Richie)2http://www.richieville.com/2008/06/historic-night.html