Monthly Archives: April 2012

Look — Up In The Sky!

It’s been nearly a year since the city’s landmark water tower overlooking Interstate 95 was adorned with $86,000 digital clock and temperature displays — and they still don’t work. The city has withheld final payment of $77,000 and is prepared … Continue reading

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G-Spot Discovery Gets an F

This should make your morning (thanks, Mr. Schwinnkle!).  It seems a gynecologist on Florida’s west coast has located the precise location of the G-Spot. Dr. Adam Ostrzenski, a semiretired gynecologist with an office on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, said … Continue reading

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Dressed To Kill

When it comes to clothing, my idea of fashion is, well, I don’t actually have any ideas.  At home I roll around mostly barefoot and naked — keep that in mind should you ever want to knock on the door … Continue reading

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Eye Eye, Governor

I missed this last month.  I was probably distracted by some other wingnut atrocity going on closer to home. Guttmacher Institute policy analyst Elizabeth Nash told Raw Story last month that Pennsylvania’s proposed measure is one of the most restrictive … Continue reading

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Doggy Style

Here’s Miami Hurled columnist Joe Cardona lobbying for the repeal of Miami-Dade’s pit bull prohibition: The focus of the punitive codes should be where it belongs — with the owners. [Kathy] Labrada, the county’s animal services enforcer, explains it best: … Continue reading

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What Dylan Said

The death of Dick Clark has brought on a fresh wave of nostalgia for the America of the 1950s. As Sam Goldwyn once said, Include me out. I don’t know when they started — I figure when the GIs returned … Continue reading

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Pissing Away Money

If there’s one thing that really chaps an ideologue’s ass, it’s hard data that contradict his heartfelt conclusions. Ushered in amid promises that it would save taxpayers money and deter drug users, a Florida law requiring drug tests for people … Continue reading

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I’d Give Him an 89

Dick Clark died. Will New Year’s be cancelled?  Stay tuned.

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Poopjacked

It’s been pointed out many times: if your heart is truly set on stealing a car, don’t do it in the Florida Keys.  There is exactly one road in and the same one out, so unless you have a local … Continue reading

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Some Things In Politics Really Are Black and White

I call Bullshit. Republican presidential candidate [Newt Gingrich] is sporting a small bandage on his finger after getting nipped by a small penguin during his tour of the zoo on Friday. Gingrich was in St. Louis to speak during the … Continue reading

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