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22 Jan 2010 16:53

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Offbeat: Grand theft auto suspect has a pretty meta taste in video games

  • When police found him, he was playing “Grand Theft Auto.” Michael Ray Ekes likes stealing cars just as much as the next video game fan. Problem is, he’s suspected of doing it in real life. Police arrested Ekes, who was already out on bail for grand theft auto charges, after he was suspected of stealing another car. What can you say? The dude likes stealing cars. source
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27 Dec 2009 21:14

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Offbeat: Clever bastards invert the Nigerian 419 scam, actually pay out

  • Because there always must be exceptions to the rule, these guys decided it’d be funny/awesome to write an e-mail like a spam, and offer $10,000, only to pay out as a devilishly amusing Christmas present, presented by the court of awesome. And boy, was the guy shocked when he found out they were actually going to give it to him. He didn’t want it, so they gave it to a Nigerian charity instead. And the cycle begins anew …
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14 Dec 2009 21:24

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U.S.: Bad kind of irony: The thing that detects your cancer might cause it

Apparently, a single CT scan – often used to detect cancer in some people – can cause cancer in some people. Get your tinfoil hats on. source
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03 Dec 2009 20:30

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Offbeat: What’s good for enlarged prostates is bad for male breast cancer

  • good A drug exists that helps males deal with enlarged prostates. 100,000 men in the U.K. take it to cause shrinkage.
  • bad This same drug also increases the chance for male breast cancer. There’s been 53 cases so far. Men get it too, remember. source
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08 Oct 2009 21:29

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U.S.: Painful, sad irony: Gun-toting soccer mom killed by a gun

  • Her husband pulled the trigger, then killed himself. In 2008 Meleanie Hain of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, became a hero to Second Amendment types for choosing to carry a gun at her daughter’s soccer game and fighting for her right to do so. Last night, she became a victim of painful irony, as her husband shot her and then killed himself. There are no words for how bizarre that is. source
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29 Sep 2009 21:21

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U.S.: An example of the kind of awful irony Alanis Morissette doesn’t grasp

  • A 911 dispatcher in Quincy, Massachusetts takes a call – somebody’s house is on fire. source
  • The dispatcher, Mike Bowes, is talking to his neighbor – HIS house is the one on fire. source
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25 Sep 2009 10:19

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Politics: Karl Rove doesn’t like when Obama uses the tactics he used

  • In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, the political kingmaker criticized Obama for being out in the press too much, saying the constant “chattering runs the risk of making him boring and stale.” source
  • Ironically, though, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer writes in “Speech-Less” that Rove believed “that the president needed to be out speaking every day no matter what the subject.” Hmm. source
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23 Sep 2009 20:49

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Culture: You know swine flu is bad when Dr. Sanjay Gupta has it

  • It is worth pointing out the irony of a medical reporter getting influenza type A, which was then ultimately confirmed as H1N1.
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta • Describing in great detail how he managed to get swine flu (a.k.a. H1N1) while in Afghanistan. Gupta notes that the disease was no joke: “I am not someone who gets sick, really ever. And this was the sickest I have ever been.” Bet he’s regretting not taking that spot in the Obama administration now. • source
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