Top 5 Stories NOT in Today’s BubbleMixx

Monday, November 17th, 2008

With 64 days remaining until Barack Obama takes office, and no significant announcements coming from the transition team today, here are 5 stories we’re NOT covering, but apparently everyone else is.

# 5 - The vetting of Bill Clinton’s finances, regarding his foundation and international business dealings. Yes Hillary is a top contender for Secretary of State, and it’s routine that someone’s family finances etc. are scrutinized before taking such a top job but seriously, could this story be any more boring?

# 4 - The proposed bailout of GM etc., should $25B of the $700B the government is allowing AIG to blow on keggers go to Detroit so they can tap a keg too? Yeah, probably, but President Bush isn’t going to approve it, so nothing’s going to happen here for at least 65 days.

# 3 - Pirates seize control of Saudi supertanker; this is clearly an act of war, and just as soon as W figures out where Somalia is they are in for some shock and awe. Big time.

# 2 - Mark Cuban accused of insider trading, the world is shocked, shocked, to learn that billionaire douche Mark Cuban has been accused of trading on inside information. He dumped a ton of stock in Mama.com before it lost almost all value saving him $750,000 or something like that; I may have dozed off during the report.

# 1 - The U.S. economy sucks, and Japan’s is worse. Is this really a newsflash anymore? Haven’t we entered the self-fulfilling prophecy phase of reporting on bad economic times? We get it already. Now get out on the streets and start selling apples.

Tags: Bailout, Bill Clinton, Economy, GM, Humor, Mark Cuban, news, Obama, Pirates
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The Montauk Monster

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Gawker Media is reporting a dead “monster” washing ashore in Montauk, New York. While it does bear some resemblance to a shelled turtle, the legs don’t seem quite right, at least to me. And what’s with the “bracelet” on the right forepaw? Was this creature tagged by someone… Plum Island researches perhaps?

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-operated Plum Island animal testing facility is nearby, fueling the belief that the USDA is responsible; some would see the Montauk Monster as a hideous USDA experiment gone wrong while others might consider it a not -so-unexpected byproduct of animal experimentation. The simplest explanation might be that the Montauk Monster is a natural mutation of some sort of ordinary Earth animal, but which one? - Source

Whatever it was, beach goers are hoping it’s the only one of its kind.

Tags: Montauk Monster, news, Plum Island, Weird
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