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Way Off the Grid: Cruise Lines Overcome Bad Press by Offering Extreme Cruise Packages

Apr 23rd, 2012 | By
Way Off the Grid: Cruise Lines Overcome Bad Press by Offering Extreme Cruise Packages

Editor’s Note: Way Off the Grid is a satire feature of Off the Grid News. While the articles in this section may deal with current events, they are meant to portray these topics in a satirical and humorous light. MIAMI – After a two-year safety review of the cruise industry revealed continuing increasing risk problems,
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Negative Political Ads Help Heal American Soul

Mar 19th, 2012 | By
Negative Political Ads Help Heal American Soul

Editor’s Note: Way Off the Grid is a satire feature of Off the Grid News. While the articles in this section may deal with current events, they are meant to portray these topics in a satirical and humorous light. SIOUX CITY – Numerous consumer indices, including the Consumer Confidence Index, have shown positive growth with
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Way Off the Grid: Former Players Sue NFL for Suppressing Report that Football is a Contact Sport

Jan 9th, 2012 | By
Way Off the Grid: Former Players Sue NFL for Suppressing Report that Football is a Contact Sport

Editor’s Note: Way Off the Grid is a satire feature of Off the Grid News. While the articles in this section may deal with current events, they are meant to portray these topics in a satirical and humorous light. MIAMI – Nearly two dozen former NFL players are suing the league over the fact that
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US Postal Service Admits It’s Just Standing Around Without Much to Do

Sep 13th, 2011 | By
US Postal Service Admits It’s Just Standing Around Without Much to Do

WASHINGTON – In response to Congressional grilling about the need for a $9 billion bailout for the United States Postal Service, postmaster general Derrick Donahoe confessed that, given the internet, the USPS is now better thought of a “crucial museum artifact” than a profit-making agency. Still, he added, “we really need that $9 billion or
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Pentagon Successfully Disintegrates $320 Million at Hypersonic Speed

Aug 22nd, 2011 | By
Pentagon Successfully Disintegrates $320 Million at Hypersonic Speed

WASHINGTON – Pentagon scientists on Friday acknowledged they were ecstatic concerning the second successful flight vaporization of an experimental hypersonic plane carrying millions of dollars in cash. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) glider, called the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle $320 Million (HTV-320), blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California atop a
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President, Congress Admit Debt-Ceiling Debate was Elaborate Prank

Jul 25th, 2011 | By
President, Congress Admit Debt-Ceiling Debate was Elaborate Prank

WASHINGTON – President Obama and Republican leaders confessed Tuesday to playing a belated April Fools’ joke on the American public in the form of a seemingly apocalyptic debate about the debt ceiling. Amid general giggling and back-slapping at Wednesday’s bipartisan press briefing, House Speaker John Boehner described the prank as a bit of “street theater
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Royal Wedding Will End English Civil War, Gain Portion of France

May 2nd, 2011 | By
Royal Wedding Will End English Civil War, Gain Portion of France

LONDON — The April 29, 2011 wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton promises to bring an end to the decades long civil war between Greater London and Berkshire Counties in south-east England. The couples’ November 2010 engagement brought a limited cease fire, but within days, regional Roundheads and Royalists were accusing each
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New Republican Chairman Seeks Eunuchs for Vacated Positions

Mar 7th, 2011 | By
New Republican Chairman Seeks Eunuchs for Vacated Positions

WASHINGTON — In response to Rep. Chris Lee’s (R-NY) resignation for another Republican sex scandal, new RNC Chairman Reince Priebus urged Republican eunuchs to “strongly consider, please” running for office. Priebus complained that he had a stack of files on his desk recounting Republican sex scandals over just the past three years and said, “It
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Santa Claus Seeks Legal Authority to Rule by Decree

Dec 21st, 2010 | By
Santa Claus Seeks Legal Authority to Rule by Decree

Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves – After hopes foundered for an economic bounce back from weak holiday sales, senior international gift-giver, Santa Claus, has called on the Upper Arctic National Assembly meeting in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada to grant him broad powers to rule by decree for the next thirteen months. The Deputy Secretary of Plastic Toys, Celebrimdor
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President Files Own Impeachment Forms as Part of Midterm Election Ritual

Nov 16th, 2010 | By
President Files Own Impeachment Forms as Part of Midterm Election Ritual

WASHINGTON — Upon return from his ten-day tour of Asia, President Obama gathered with newly empowered Republican leaders for the first time since the election. Both sides expressed a desire to avoid political gridlock. In a conciliatory move, the President’s chief counsel filed congressional forms requesting the House Judiciary Committee to schedule the traditional impeachment
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