Categoria: Politics
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U.N. Appoints Wild Card to Leadership Role, Cites Need for Someone Who Understands Chaos Theory
In a surprise move Monday, the United Nations announced the appointment of “Wild Card”—a self-described “unpredictable force of nature” who once defeated a Rubik’s Cube by eating it—as its new global Secretary-General, arguing that only someone thoroughly conversant in chaos theory could successfully usher the world through its current phase of spectacular dysfunction. At a…
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FCC Approves New Regulation Allowing YouTube Algorithms to Adopt Human Children
In a landmark decision late Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 in favor of a sweeping new rule that allows YouTube’s recommendation algorithms to formally adopt human children, ending months of intense lobbying from tech companies and orphaned data clusters alike. The regulation, known officially as the Algorithmic Parental Rights Act of 2024, grants…
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Federal Grant Program Accidentally Funds Full-Contact Chess League for Seventh Consecutive Year
For the seventh consecutive year, a clerical error in the Department of Civic Engagement’s grant distribution has funneled $2.3 million into the National Full-Contact Chess League, a sporting association best known for its signature “Bishops and Bruises” tournament and mandatory mouthguards. The misallocation, first uncovered in a 2018 audit, has persisted despite repeated assurances from…
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Pop Star’s Battle Over Home Gym Plans Uncovers Secret Underground Neighbors’ Council Ruling Entire Neighborhood
In what local officials are calling “the most explosive revelation since that time someone found a secret Hot Topic in a suburban basement,” international pop star Cassie Carrera’s attempt to install a home gym has inadvertently uncovered an elaborate subterranean government operating beneath the tranquil streets of Whispering Pines Estates. Carrera, best known for her…
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British Pop Star’s Dispute with Neighbors Over Gym Plans Evolves Into Full-Blown Renaissance Fair with Catapults and Jousting
LONDON—What began as a routine zoning disagreement escalated unexpectedly into a pageant of pageantry on Thursday, when pop sensation Sophie Byng’s campaign to add an indoor gymnasium to her Notting Hill townhouse transformed her quiet street into a living tableau of medieval England complete with knights, minstrels, and poorly maintained siege weaponry. The conflict ignited…
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Muskogee Politician Cleared of Blame After Fateful Board Meeting Decides Gravity Not in Their Jurisdiction
MUSKOGEE, OK — After weeks of intense scrutiny and public outcry, City Council member Randy Tuffin was fully exonerated Tuesday when the Muskogee Board of Fundamental Powers unanimously agreed that gravity is, in fact, outside the scope of municipal jurisdiction. The embattled councilman had come under fire last month after video surfaced of him spilled…
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U.S. Treasury Announces New $30 Bill to Celebrate Nation’s Love of Complicated Change Calculations
WASHINGTON—Declaring that “mental arithmetic is a uniquely American pastime, right up there with yard sales and refusing to read the instructions,” the U.S. Treasury on Thursday unveiled a new $30 bill intended to honor the nation’s enduring love of needlessly complicated change calculations. “From the corner store debate over a $7.41 total to the tense…
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New Tax Code Reduces Forms by Simply Merging Nation’s Income with National Debt
WASHINGTON—In a sweeping simplification that officials praised as “both elegant and inevitable,” the federal government on Thursday unveiled a new tax code that reduces paperwork by combining every American’s income with the national debt into a single, all-purpose number that nobody has to look at ever again. “For years, taxpayers have pleaded with us to…
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Scotland Declares Independence from Entire Planet Earth in Bold Move to Avoid Being Dragged Into Galactic Congress
EDINBURGH—In a preemptive bid to stay out of the “tireless bureaucracy that is the Milky Way,” Scotland on Thursday unilaterally declared independence from the entire planet Earth, announcing it would pursue recognition as a free-floating, non‑terrestrial sovereign entity to avoid being “dragged into” the newly convened Galactic Congress. “Scotland will determine its own orbit,” the…
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