July 2012


Kansas City Police End Standoff With Naked Archer

The dramatic standoff in Kansas City between a SWAT team and some naked guy wandering around with a bow and arrow, which riveted the nation for approximately zero minutes this week, ended peacefully late Monday night. The Kansas City Star reported…



Good Reason to Kill #25: Bought the Wrong Kind of Beer

I was going to say that alcohol was obviously involved in this incident, but I guess under the circumstances maybe it was a lack of alcohol. According to The Morning Call, a 19-year-old man pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania on Monday to…





Assorted Stupidity #41

Careful when honking at people during rush hour in Philly—somebody might pull out a crossbow. (No, Ted Nugent is still in Maine at the moment.) Previously in medieval road-rage weaponry: axe, mace, trident. Well, a wrench is close enough to a mace…


Studio Sues to Stop “Raging Bull 2”

The Wall Street Journal reports that MGM Studios is suing to stop the filming of a sequel to Raging Bull, the 1980 movie about boxer Jake LaMotta for which Robert DeNiro won an Oscar. According to MGM, its original deal with LaMotta…


The Money FunnyJunk.com Isn’t Getting

In a bag In funny shapes As I think I mentioned, Carreon dismissed his lawsuit against Matt Inman (The Oatmeal) the other day when it became clear he was likely to lose. There’s a good post on the whole saga…