Repo's Up
More than one million homes were repossessed in 2010. It's getting so bad that when you open a new checking account at the bank, they give you a toaster and the 3-bedroom house it came in.



Union Name Calling
The UAW is now labeling non-union foreign car makers as "human rights violators." But if the unions really wanted to get nasty, they'd label them as "profitable."



Obama Calls for Calm
President Obama says the Tucson shootings should bring the nation together. Of course, we are coming together... we're coming together to beat the Hell out of each other.



Hillary Scolds
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly told Arab leaders last night that they must do more to reform their countries... because as soon as they do that, they can help us deal with our "extremists."




Fonda's Scary Find
Actor Peter Fonda reportedly found a dead body in his car in Los Angeles yesterday. Police say the lifeless corpse was actually Fonda's career.




January 13th


888: Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. His brother, Dodo, becomes King of the Beans.


1893: The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting… but the party goes bankrupt before the meeting can end.


1953: An article appears in Pravda accusing doctors, mostly Jews, of taking part in a vast plot to poison top Soviet political and military leaders. It was a long way for Kremlin to go just to avoid a prostate exam.