Newsmakers ‘09: Twits
By Jaime Weinman - Friday, December 4, 2009 - 17 Comments
The buffoons and boneheaded moves of 2009
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Baby shakers Apple approved a “Baby Shaker” iPhone app, where users could shake their phones to turn a drawing of a crying baby into a quiet one. It was pulled when users complained that shaking babies is dangerous. Corporations always cave to the big baby lobby. |
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Burger King Burger King has a “no shoes, no shirt, no service” policy, but a branch in St. Louis, Mo., may have gone a little too far: they refused to serve a six-month-old baby for being barefoot. Workers claimed that a shoeless baby was a health hazard, but were overruled by upper management, which apologized and gave the baby’s mother a free meal. The big baby lobby strikes again. |
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Officer Oops When you’re a police officer about to go on a manhunt, where’s the best place to park your car? The train tracks. That’s what a Toronto cop decided one night in January. Then a Via train crashed into the vehicle. No one was hurt, but taxpayers had the privilege of replacing the car. |
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No one saw Barack in the balloon?
By Mark Steyn - Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 72 Comments
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Why Balloon Boy’s dad deserves a break
By The Editors - Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7 Comments
