Barbie Was Born In A Barn…
[Verse 1] She wasn’t raised in Malibu, no shiny pink Corvette, Her first ride was a tractor, and she hasn’t looked back yet. She grew up in a barn, where the hay was
Online Harassment Mob Demands Privacy After Woman Speaks Up
Online warriors discover accountability is considerably less entertaining when the authorities begin asking for their real addresses. GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. America's anonymous online harassment community has encountered a development that threatens its
College Party Culture’s Double Standard on Sexual History
Campus morality experts discover that identical behavior becomes a national scandal when the participant changes gender. OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. America's college party culture has developed a sophisticated moral philosophy under which male
Viral Harassment Is Big Tech’s Best Engagement Metric
Silicon Valley determines that human suffering is regrettable, especially when it interrupts an otherwise excellent quarterly engagement report. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. America's technology industry has discovered an extraordinary new business model
Fraternity System Makes Basic Decency an Optional Elective
Greek organizations reaffirm commitment to friendship, loyalty and ensuring the person reporting misconduct completes the most paperwork. GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. America's fraternity system has announced that its historic commitment to brotherhood remains
Burnerverse: College Sports Fans Hide Behind Cartoon Avatars
America's newest athletic competition requires no physical fitness, no courage and absolutely no identifiable participants. GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. American college sports fans have developed a revolutionary new extracurricular activity involving anonymous social
Mail Theft: Ballots Easier to Steal Than a Library Card
Postal criminals reportedly stumble into the political business, only to discover that stealing democracy offers terrible resale value and an alarming amount of paperwork. DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA | The criminal economy
Ballot Tracking Still Trails Amazon Package Tracking
Residents discover that ordering a toaster comes with better delivery information than choosing the people who control their taxes. DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA | California voters have expressed growing concern after reports
Mail-In Ballots Stolen, Parties Split on Whether It Matters
California's political parties discover that the difference between election security and election fraud depends largely on which argument is winning. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA | California Republicans have seized upon reports of missing
California Election Officials Say Missing Ballots Are Safe
San Mateo County discovers that the safest place to store democracy may not be a building where strangers can walk away with the mail. DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA | California election officials
Tunisia Protesters Demand Democracy and Flushing Toilets
North African Government Discovers the One Political Opposition Movement More Dangerous Than Democracy Activists Is Democracy Activists Who Haven't Had a Shower TUNIS, October 17, 2026. Thousands of Tunisians have taken
International Monetary Fund Walkout Proves Global Unity
World's Leading Financial Officials Gather to Solve Global Problems, Immediately Demonstrate Why Global Problems Never Get Solved BANGKOK, October 17, 2026. The International Monetary Fund has called for greater international cooperation
Vladimir Putin Seizes More European Firms, Calls Them Safe
Russia Announces Revolutionary Investment Policy: Foreign Businesses Supply the Money, Kremlin Supplies the New Owners MOSCOW, October 17, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expanded his government's campaign of taking control
Tesla Roadster Can Fly but Still Can’t Reach the Dealership
World's Richest Automotive Visionary Solves the Problem of Traffic by Developing a Car That Briefly Stops Being a Car WACO, TEXAS, October 17, 2026. Elon Musk has demonstrated a new Tesla
Wall Street Dumps AI Stocks Over the Electricity Bill
Silicon Valley Discovers That Computers Capable of Replacing Human Intelligence Have Not Yet Learned How to Replace Human Revenue NEW YORK, October 17, 2026. Wall Street has experienced a disturbing encounter
Inflation Hits 3.7% as Groceries Need a 30-Year Mortgage
Government Economists Explain That Americans Are Doing Better Than Ever, Provided They Don't Purchase Food, Gasoline or Housing WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2026. America's economic experts have delivered reassuring news: inflation
White House Ballroom Donors: Apple and Nvidia Buy a Dance
America's Most Powerful Companies Discover the White House Has a Cover Charge, and the President's Dance Floor Is Better Funded Than Most Public Schools WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2026. America's technology
Federal Election Commission Loses Quorum, Politicians Cheer
Federal Election Commission Discovers Campaign Finance Reform Is Much Easier When Nobody Is Available to Enforce It WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2026. America's principal campaign finance regulator has developed an extraordinary
Katie Zacharia Quits as Press Secretary After Five Days
Trump Administration Discovers Government Efficiency Means Eliminating Employees Before Human Resources Finishes the Paperwork WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2026. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has departed her position after just
Midterm Elections: Trump Tells GOP He’s on Every Ballot
Republican Candidates Discover the President Is Running for Every Office Except the Ones Actually Being Contested WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2026. President Donald Trump has instructed Republican voters to behave as
Tennessee Execution Fails; State Says Inmate Now Conscious, Speaking, and Technically Still on the Schedule
Two doses of pentobarbital, one very awake inmate, and a governor who has ordered a binder. NASHVILLE - Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike. It had a protocol. The protocol said
September Adds 29,000 Jobs; Economists Say Nobody Is Being Fired, Nobody Is Being Hired, and the Unemployment Rate Is Feeling Great About Itself
A 4.2 percent unemployment rate sits on top of the weakest hiring month in a while, four weeks before voters get a say. WASHINGTON - Twenty-nine thousand jobs. That's the month.
Trump to Call Putin About Possible Plague at Siberian Lab, Promises to Get to the Bottom of It Before Lunch
A lab worker is dead, the WHO wants details, and the response plan is a phone call. WASHINGTON - A lab worker in Siberia dies after a suspected case of pneumonic
Newsom Demands 25th Amendment After Discovering President Can Still Find California on a Map
California's governor reached for the Constitution's emergency exit over a rally line, and the exit, as usual, stayed shut. SACRAMENTO - Gavin Newsom wants the 25th Amendment. Not a law. Not
Justice Department Files 40 Denaturalization Cases, Calls It Largest Effort in Modern History, Paperwork Department Calls It Tuesday
Forty filings make a record, and a record is a press release. The verdicts are a different department. WASHINGTON - Forty cases. Largest denaturalization effort in modern history. Modern history, in
Tropical Storm Isaias Forms in the Gulf, First Hurricane of the Season Arrives Just in Time for $4.50 Gas
The Gulf produced a named storm right as oil, diesel and gasoline were already having a bad week. MIAMI - First hurricane of the year, and it waited until the gas
White House Clarifies Trump Did Not Invite Iran to Take Out Los Angeles, Merely Listed It as a Negotiating Option
A Nebraska rally line about Los Angeles and San Diego needed a second sentence to explain the first, and the second sentence is losing the race. GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - What's
Trump Considers Suspending Federal Gas Tax Four Weeks Before Midterms, Calls Timing a Coincidence of Historic Proportions
An 18.4-cent holiday would shave the sign by less than a quarter and land squarely on Election Day season. WASHINGTON - He's thinking about suspending the federal gas tax. Four weeks
Paramount Completes $81 Billion Takeover of Warner Bros., Renames Combined Company Skydance, Audience Asks If the Movies Will Still Be Late
Eighty-one billion dollars buys the library, the franchises and a single word that nobody can search for. BURBANK - Eighty-one billion dollars, and the new name is Skydance. Warner's gone. Bros.
JD Vance Asks Why Iran Needs 60 Percent Enrichment If It Doesn’t Want a Bomb, Awaits Reply From Whoever Is Running Iran This Week
The vice president has a fair question about uranium, an old question, and no one to hand it to. WASHINGTON - JD Vance has a question. Why does Iran need fuel
Mamdani Discovers New York Has $8.9 Million Extra Too Spend
Mamdani Administration Discovers New York Has $8.9 Million Left, Quickly Prevents Taxpayers From Getting Attached Mayor continues affordability programme by ensuring ordinary New Yorkers will never suffer the psychological burden of
Fort Hood’s Islamist Shooter Nidal Hasan
Nidal Hasan Discovers Army Has Finally Finished Processing His Extremely Negative Performance Review Fort Hood mass murderer dreamed of becoming historic warrior, instead spends 17 years discovering United States possesses both
San Francisco Furious Trump Mentioned Los Angeles and San Diego
San Francisco Furious Trump Mentioned Los Angeles and San Diego but Left Bay Area Completely Out of CApocalypse Trump's Biggest Mistake Wasn't Mentioning Los Angeles and San Diego, It Was Forgetting
Tennessee Successfully Executes Confidence in Tennessee
Tennessee Successfully Executes Confidence in Tennessee Christa Pike's failed execution has Gov. Bill Lee pausing executions, the corrections chief heading for the exit, and the state still insisting it followed protocol NASHVILLE,