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 NO. 620 “Expect the Ironic” JUL 30 - AUG 5, 2012 

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  DESPITE AUSTERITY, OLYMPICS BEGIN WITH TYPICAL FANFARE
However, gold medals are actually bronze, silver medals tin, bronze medals filled with chocolate.
 
WORLD NEWS
In India, 90% of Marriages Still Arranged
For a better understanding of arranged marriages, ask about it next time you call tech support.
Iran's Atomic Energy Agency Plagued by Malware That Plays AC/DC
With an embedded encrypted threat to unleash Metallica.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Romney Visits Wailing Wall
Prays for success of GOP's voter disqualification strategy.
U. S. NEWS
Disastrous Drought Means Higher Prices for Beef, Pork, Dairy
Could force Americans to consume less fat, leading to fewer health problems, lower medical costs and a booming economy.
Geithner Tells Congress He Found Out About LIBOR Rate Fixing in 2008
Says he immediately told Joe Paterno and left it at that.
 
REMINDER
  Ask yourself: are your offshore accounts better off now than they were four years ago?
 
CBO: Due to Supreme Court Ruling, Three Million More Will Be Uninsured
None of them judges.
WellPoint, Other Insurers
Now Outsourcing Nursing
Jobs to India, Philippines

You'll have to scream a little louder when your i.v. slips out.
 
POLITICS
Tampa Looks Forward to Jobs
Generated by GOP Convention
In August

Strip clubs already hiring.
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