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‘Bird Man’ video-maker admits to hoax
The remarkable video captivated the world. In it, engineer Jarno Smeets of Phillips launched himself into the air and flew like a bird with a pair of home-made mechanical wings. Sadly, it has now come to light that the video was a hoax. Wired magazine reports that engineer Jarno Smeets…
Kucinich refuses to endorse Kaptur against ‘Joe the Plumber’
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Thursday refused to endorse Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), who defeated him in a primary election two weeks ago. “I’ve lost before, I accept that I lost,” Kucinich told The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. “I want people to understand that I probably have more defeats…
Pat Robertson: Manning deserves to get hurt after Tebow trade
Televangelist Pat Robertson says that Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning should be punished with an inury because the team traded devout Christian Tim Tebow. “I think the Denver Broncos treated [Tebow] shabbily,” Robertson explained on Thursday. “He won seven games. He brought them into the playoffs, for heaven sakes. I…
Student: School threatened to arrest porn star prom date
A high school in Oakdale, Minnesota has officially banned a student from bringing a porn star to his senior prom because it is “not in the best interest of students.” Realizing that he was about to graduate without ever having been to a prom, Mike Stone, 18, set out to…
Cross-dressing Minnesota firemen put out highway blaze
An odd thing happened this year on St. Patrick’s Day in Minnesota. A group of firemen from the small town of Sedan were participating in an Irish-themed parade and fundraiser, wearing fabulously colorful gowns purchased from J.C. Penny, when a sudden emergency call came in. Not thinking much of their…
Romney: Bush saved U.S. from another Great Depression
Former Massachussets Gov. Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Maryland that George W. Bush deserved credit for preventing the United States from entering an economic depression, not President Barack Obama. “I keep hearing the president say that he’s responsible for keeping America from going into a…
Breitbart reporter ambushes Bono impersonator by mistake
Breitbart.com employee, Human Events editor and self-styled “bad boy reporter” Jason Mattera thought that he was scoring the “ambush journalism” coup of his life when he sidled up to U2 frontman and rock star do-gooder Bono Vox. Sadly, Mattera’s scoop was scuttled by the fact that the person he had…
Colorado father fractures skull of 2-month-old with ‘pretty hard’ punch
A Colorado man has admitted to police that he “snapped” and hit his two-month-old son with “basically everything I could throw,” fracturing the infant’s skull. An affidavit obtained by KRDO shows that Daniel Kim, 22, said he punched his son, Ezra, “pretty hard” after he woke up to hear crying.…
Man flies like a bird with home-made cyborg wings
A Dutch engineer was able to fly like a bird thanks to robotically-assisted wings made using Wii controllers and other parts, according to Wired. “At one moment you see the ground moving away, and then suddenly you’re free, a really intense feeling of freedom,” 31-year-old Jarno Smeets said. “The true…
Fmr. detective: Illegal to kill dogs but not black kids in Florida
A former homicide detective says that with the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, Florida has made it legal to kill black kids like Trayvon Martin but not dogs. Former Washington, D.C. Police Department homicide investigator Rod Wheeler, now a Fox News contributor, explained on Tuesday that the “Stand Your Ground”…
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