The Year in Borowitz
(for those unfamiliar, Andy Borowitz writes satirical columns, certainly on the order of the Onion if not much better. Here are fifteen good ones for 2015)
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Joe Biden Releases Both E-mails Written While Vice-President
Iran Offers to Mediate Talks Between Republicans and Obama
Indiana Governor Stunned By How Many People Seem to Have Gay Friends
New Hillary Clinton Ad Features Just Kittens
N.F.L. Sentences Brady to a Year with the Jets
Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans
McCain Urges Military Strikes Against FIFA
Poll: Palin Would Bring Much-Needed Dignity to Republican Field
Amazon Chief Says Employees Lacking Empathy Will Be Instantly Purged
Nation Thanks Pope for Briefly Bumping Trump from News
Americans Opposed to Being Shot Seek Representation in Washington
All Eyes on Bitter Chafee-Webb Rivalry
Carson Announces Detailed Plan to Google Syria
Study: Scalia Better Off in “Less Advanced” Court
And my schaudenfraude favorite:
Lawyer for Martin Shkreli Hikes Fees Five Thousand Per Cent
Minutes after Shkreli’s arrest on charges of securities fraud, the attorney, Harland Dorrinson, announced that he was hiking his fees from twelve hundred dollars an hour to sixty thousand dollars.
Shkreli, who reportedly received the news about the price hike while he was being fingerprinted, cried foul and accused his attorney of “outrageous and inhumane price gouging.”
“This is the behavior of a sociopath,” Shkreli was heard screaming.
For his part, Shkreli’s lawyer was unmoved by his client’s complaint. “Compared to what he pays for an hour of Wu-Tang Clan, sixty thou is a bargain,” he said.
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