Aug 27

FROM THE EDITOR

We’d like to apologize for all the dinosaur-related news lately. We’re big fans of large, small-minded reptiles and so they naturally surface whenever we’re writing up stories to present to you, our faithful readers, here on JP!com. The last three posts clearly featured dinosaurs and for that we are truly sorry and offer our humblest of apologies to you. We will endeavor to bring a bit more variety to our posts in the future.

Yours truly,
Hoss V., Editor
Junk Panic!com

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Aug 27

Pelosi_handDENVER, COLORADO – Desperate for new ideas for herself and the flailing Democrat Party, Shrieker of the House Nancy Pelosi put forth a new idea, based loosely on the prevailing logic surrounding the energy crisis.

We drill people’s brains,” said Pelosi, waving all friendly-like to a group of McCain supporters near the Pepsi Center in Denver. “We’re totally dependent on foreign ideas, really, and that’s just not a sustainable thought policy for the future of our Party and America. Clearly, we’re short on supply, so the only real alternative is to tap other people’s brains with drilling. Who knows? Maybe we’ll finally find something new to say? I mean, there’s a bunch of other ideas out there that we haven’t even tried yet!”

Other prominent members of the DNC, such as Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden and long-time fossil Senator Ted Kennedy, propose alternative means to drumming up new ideas, such as compost heaps or computerized random thought generators, the established leadership in the party is dead-set against such measures, claiming the new thoughts created by these methods would take too long to come on line and make very little difference when they do.

“This is just reality and you can’t jack with reality,” said Ben Affleck, staring vacantly into his date’s cleavage. “We need thoughts. I say drill here, drill now!”

Speaker Pelosi vows to bring cranial drilling for ideas to a vote when Congress reconvenes later this year.

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Aug 25

Ankylosaur_2 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – During his pre-nomination desperation tour to scrounge up some votes from the highly-maligned “bitter clingers”, Barack Ali Baba Hussein Obama, champion of all that’s pure and good, has now stated that, if elected, he will appoint an ankylosaur to his cabinet.

When asked about the availability of ankylosauri to take the post, Obama said that one had been discovered during a prolonged search of glacial melts in Greenland and that the Danish government had been kind enough to revivify and make the prehistoric beast available for the DNC convention in Denver this week. The ankylosaur, loving dubbed “Tippy O’Neil” by highly-placed Obama campaign officials, will attend the convention but not give a speech.

“Mattie represents my determination to get us off fossil fuels,” said Obama, standing near the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. “It’s our way of saying to the dinosaurs ‘We’re sorry for using your buddies for gasoline and trash bags for so long’. Finally, these very dumb and ponderous creatures will have voice in our government and I think that’s pretty cool. I think adding dinosaurs in our government only highlights my commitment to… er… um… ah… hope and change and stuff.”

While some have balked at the idea, most Democrats feel that this long-overlooked superminority is well overdue to have some representation in the U.S. Government. Tippy is expected to appointed Secretary of Energy in January, 2009, if all goes well.

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Aug 15

VelociraptorSAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – As the month of August drags along, many Americans are gearing up for the yearly observance of National Velociraptor Awareness Month, which begins on September 1. While overlooked by many U. S. citizens, it should be noted that the growing prevalence of these bipedal carnivores is beginning to take a toll on the populace.

According to the American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention (ASVAP), “Velociraptor attack is the 3rd leading cause of death for men age 27-29. However, everyone must think about the implications of velociraptors: young and old, men, women and transgendered persons”. This organization, dedicated to reducing the number of annual victims consumed by these ravenous dinosaurs, is very concerned about human welfare, so the statistics are true.

On their very informative website, visitors can learn what a velociraptor looks like (you can’t avoid them if you don’t know what they are, kids), how to purchase a house that is free of velociraptor presence, and how to recognize if your friends and neighbors are actually fleet-footed reptilian creatures from the prehistoric era.

While generally confined to lush, privately-owned tropical islands, many of these dangerous creatures have been spotted recently in the Pacific Northwest and are believed to be migrating inland. Americans are asked to take extra precautions during September and to wear a “Velociraptor Attack Awareness Ribbon” to show solidarity with those who have lost a pet or loved one to these foul beasties.

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Aug 13

BrownratNEW DELHI, INDIA – The latest in a long-line of sensible measures proposed by the Indian government calls for the widespread consumption of rats in order to alleviate the world-wide food shortage, lowering costs of comestibles for rich and poor alike around the globe. Vijay Prakash, secretary of the Indian state of Bihar’s welfare department, has called for a dramatic increase in the consumption of rat meat.

“The math on this is fairly simplistic,” said Prakash. “Rats eat a lot of our grain. If we eat rats, we’ll have a source of animal meat and get to keep the grain, too. Bonus!”

Some practitioners of the Hindu religion are not so sure, however, and have voiced opposition to the plan on purely religious grounds.

“This plan will not work in India,” said Suresh Mahadeshwar, a Hindu mystic from Bihar State. “Sure rats are pesky, but we’ve got to remember that they’re somebody’s grandmother, sister, uncle, or cousin. It’s just not right.”

Despite these rational concerns, local officials are pressing forward in an attempt to get rat cake, rat burgers, rat sorbet, and many other rodent-based delicacies on the menus across Bihar and the rest of India.

“For years we’ve been known for curry and tandoori chicken,” said chef Kumar Ramachandran of the Crispy Griddle Cafe. “Now, we can finally export a dish that is sure to delight palates around the world! Why didn’t we think of serving up rats sooner?”

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Aug 13

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HONOLULU, HAWAII – Presidential hopeful Barack Hussein Obama held a brief press conference in the Aloha State today, extolling the virtues of smoking cigarettes. Then, in a light-hearted moment, the candidate donned a grass skirt, lit up a Marlboro, and danced around the golf links singing. For a first-hand, exclusive video of this humorous moment, click here or on the image above.

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Aug 11
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Prime Minister of Russia, Vladmir Putin, has decided to express his inner crooner, releasing a new, 70s-styled disco/easy listening album today, Love Songs for an Ethnic Cleansing. Among the government-sanctioned hits on the record are his dulcet remakes of “Georgia on My Mind”, “Back in the USSR”, “This Land Is My Land”, “Would I Lie To You?”, “Column Number Five”, and many others.

Already, the record has hit #1 in Vladivostok, selling an unprecedented seventeen copies. This fall, Vladdy P. and Da Kremlin Krew have planned a whirlwind tour of former Soviet states and Eastern bloc nations in order to support the record, along with the popular pop/rap artist MC Hammer & Sickle.

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Aug 11

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Prime Minister of Russia, Vladmir Putin, has decided to express his inner crooner, releasing a new, 70s-styled disco/easy listening album today, Love Songs for an Ethnic Cleansing. Among the government-sanctioned hits on the record are his dulcet remakes of “Georgia on My Mind”, “Back in the USSR”, “This Land Is My Land”, “Would I Lie To You?”, “Column Number Five”, and many others.

Already, the record has hit #1 in Vladivostok, selling an unprecedented seventeen copies. This fall, Vladdy P. and Da Kremlin Krew have planned a whirlwind tour of former Soviet states and Eastern bloc nations in order to support the record, along with the popular pop/rap artist MC Hammer & Sickle.

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Aug 7

Fat_man_large NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A new study has found that ALL adults in the United States could be overweight in the next forty years. While some experts claim it should be genetically and physiologically impossible for EVERYONE in the nation to be fat, it nevertheless is a real possibility, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), an overpaid research arm of the bloated federal government.

“You see, if people keep eating the way they have been, they will get fatter,” said Dr. Wai Shi-gon of the AHRQ. “Now that we’ve redefined the weight limit for obesity, we can more comfortably assess more cases of unhealthy weight gain.”

The proof, says Dr. Shi-gon, is all around us. Some people in the United States are already fat. In fact, many people may be fat and not even realize it yet, thanks to the new lowered weight limit. It is this segment of the population that poses the greatest risk to future supplies of nachos and other snack foods.

“The Strategic Snack Food Reserve can only do so much,” said Captain Ellard Fellers, a thin man in charge of the nation’s back-up munchies supply. “If we manage to eat through all the food in currently available for general consumption, I’m afraid our reserves won’t last us very long. Let’s look at the facts here. Fat people are fat because they eat. If everyone eats, everyone will be fat AND we won’t have any food left.”

Officials the federal government agreed, and called for further government meddling in people’s lives.

“Fat people and people in general are stupid, when you really get down to brass tacks and think about it,” said Cornelius Henpenny, member of a covert Washington, DC, “think” tank. “They cannot be trusted to do things for themselves. Take eating, for example. You’d think people would be responsible, but they’re not. They just eat and eat and eat. The federal government is preparing to step in and save them from their own food-assisted suicides by limiting the number of calories each person is allowed to ingest each day in a fair and equitable manner.”

Naturally, people who like to eat what they want were disgusted by this latest attempt to curtail individual liberties in the United States.

“This is just stupid!” said Kelly Wingmeyer of Podunk. “The government is always trying to take our freedoms away and make us do stuff that we don’t want to do. First, it was wearing seatbels, then it was paying property taxes, and now they want to regulate the amount of FOOD we can eat? Grrrr!”

Henpenny, however, had a ready response for such criticisms:

“Look, it’s obvious when you look at all the lardies out there that folks have no self control. Contrast the unbridled appetites of the unwashed American hordes with the trim, efficient, and responsible way the federal government operates. Our federal budget is a sterling example of restraint. We have never ever run a deficit and I doubt we ever will. This makes us uniquely qualified to know what’s best for everyone.”

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Aug 6

Obama_clooneyGENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Academy Award-winning actor and full-time gasbag George Clooney intends on organizing a fundraiser to refill the impoverished campaign coffers of Barack Hussein Ali-Baba Musharraf Al-Sadr Obama, the presumptive Democrat nominee for Savior of Earth.

However, all is not rosy in the land of chocolates and cheese. Many prominent Swiss citizens are worried there may not be enough space to hold the gala event due to Clooney and Obama’s combined egos.

“This could be a potential disaster,” said Hermann Schweisskopf, a Geneva area community organizer. “I mean, Clooney’s ego is well-known to be extremely large, but Obama’s is much larger. Think of the planet Saturn. It’s full of gas and it’s very light. That’s Obama. The thought that we would have a facility in our fair city to house both egos at once is preposterous!”

When asked about the potential space considerations for the September 2 event, Clooney said he was working with a special trainer in order to cut down the size of his mammoth ego.

“I know I’m quite a jackass right now,” said Clooney, “and that my ego and Barry’s probably won’t fit in the same building the way things are. However, I’m willing to work, sacrifice, and even smirk less in order to make this thing happen. It’s the least I can do for the progressive cause.”

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Aug 6

Beijing_smogBEIJING, CHINA – Recent photographs of the Chinese capitol city reveal that a thick, viscous black “mist” has rolled in, making breathing really hard. Chinese officials have been issued gas masks and biochem suits in order to take their daily lunch breaks and strolls through the various soot-coated city parks.

“It’s not smog,” said a Commie in the Chinese government. “It’s mist.”

Unfortunately, the mist in China tends to possess many of the same qualities that other countries would call “smog”, including high carbon content, noxious odors, and a really unpleasant grimy feeling between the fingers and toes.

When asked if this would have any effect on the 2008 Summer Games, the Chinese officials unanimously agreed that it would. To combat the invasion of this very dark, sooty “mist”, the Communist government has elected to shoot at it with fireworks and special “anti-mist flares” in hopes of burning it off before anyone else dies of instant tuberculosis infections or lung cancer.

“It’s not really that bad,” said another Communist party official. “It was worse last year at this time. Besides, all the important people in Beijing have been issued headlamps and hazmat suits in case it isn’t really mist. But it IS really mist. I just said that to be funny. Hahaha. It’s kind of nice really, once you get used to it.”

Indeed, some of the more free-market oriented minds in China have started a business endeavor to export the mist in small bottles as a souvenir of the 2008 Olympics.

“Just think,” said Lo-chi Wan, owner of the Chinese Mist Bottling Company, “You can own your very own little piece of Chinese history! But if you take it home, you should keep it out of the reach of small children and animals. Mist might not be so good for them.”

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Aug 6

Child_laborDES MOINES, IOWA – In a recent raid of a kosher meatpacking plant on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, officials found a number of child labor violations, some of which were kind of serious. Some government officials, outraged that their secret source of ultra-cheap labor was exposed, quickly distanced themselves from the company, calling for prosecution of the plant’s management to the fullest extent of the law or some such nonsense.

“It’s all well and good to cut costs on kosher meats,” said a highly-placed official within Iowa’s state government, “but when it gets discovered, well… that’s a different matter altogether. I thank Heaven every day for plausible deniability in these cases.”

A spokesman for the meatpacking company was indignant about the raid, citing worker shortages and noting children of illegals would do the jobs other illegals wouldn’t do–and for less compensation.

“How are supposed to keep our doors open now? We’ve had illegals walking off the job due to sanitation issues, which puts us at a severe disadvantage in this industry. We were lucky to capture a box truck full of their children and force them to work,” he said. “Now, the government says we can’t use the children of illegals, either! I tell you, this whole country is going straight to Hell in a hand basket. Next thing, they’ll be telling us we can’t use cats and label them ‘kielbasa’ anymore!”

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Aug 5

0801pelosiCABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO – According to Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat Shrieker of the House, going on vacation and getting plastered is the best way to solve the United States’ current energy problems. She promptly ended the current session of Congress so she and her highly-paid entourage of bourgeois friends could head to Mexico for five weeks of well-earned vacation time.

“What I’ve come to learn in life,” said Nancy, sipping a mojito in a hammock, “is that you can’t always solve problems. That’s why it’s best to just run away and ignore them sometimes. I learned that from a good ostrich friend of mine at the San Francisco zoo. Anyway, even a tropical storm will eventually blow itself out. So I’ve concluded the best way to save the planet is to jet around and exploit little brown people from the third world. Mojito?”

Meanwhile, in our nation’s capitol (that’s Washington, DC, for you public school kids out there), House Republicans have refused to leave the Hill, staging kabuki theater and burning images of solar panels and Ralph Nader in effigy. Besides their after-work activities, however, they are pushing for more offshore drilling, which they claim will lower the price of oil and make more people happy.

“That’s utter nonsense,” said Pelosi, getting a backrub from Raul Castro. “If Congress could solve anything, don’t you think we would have done so by now? I mean, what do the American people want from us? We’re only human, folks… except for maybe Obama.”

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