Idiocracy

California Cops Charge Four With Insurance Fraud For Using Man Wearing Bear Suit To Damage Luxury Cars

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with insurance fraud when they claimed a bear damaged their car, but it was really a person in a bear costume, the California Department of Insurance said. Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale; Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale; Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale; and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley …

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Mattel’s “Porn URL” Dolls Go On eBay For Up To $2100

CNBC reports: Thousands of Mattel’s “Wicked”-branded fashion dolls are flying off shelves, but not because of consumer demand. The toy company has been forced to pull its line of character dolls after a package misprint. Instead of listing the website for Universal’s “Wicked” movie, boxes featured a link to a pornographic website. Target, Walmart and Amazon had removed the line …

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South Korea Hopes To Deflect Trump’s Tariffs With Golf

NBC News reports: As foreign governments prepare to deal with a second Trump administration, at least one key U.S. ally is hoping to make headway on the fairway. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “got out his golf clubs for the first time in eight years and resumed his golf practice” as he gets ready to meet President-elect Donald Trump …

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Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner: I Might Run For Office Again

City & State reports: Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is thinking about mounting another political comeback attempt – this time in the New York City Council. Speaking during his weekly radio show on 77WABC Saturday afternoon, Weiner said he’s considering entering the race for term-limited Council Member Carlina Rivera’s seat. While he said he’s yet to make up his mind, it’s …

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MA Town Battles “Trump Punisher Skull” Projections

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: Hanson’s ongoing dispute involving political images being displayed on the town’s water tower took a turn on Wednesday night. Following Donald Trump’s presidential election win, an image of a red “Punisher” skull with what appears to be a Trump hairstyle could be seen on the side of the tower. Town officials previously stated the ongoing projections …

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Non-Christians Banned From Tennessee Xmas Parade

Hemant Mehta reports at the Friendly Atheist: The 2024 Cookeville-Putnam County Christmas Parade in Tennessee is going to be a huge event. Huge enough that the local PBS affiliate will carry the parade live on December 14 because, as one of its leaders previously explained, it’s “one of the community’s most beloved traditions.” If there are local groups interested in …

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Mega Millions Lottery To Raise Ticket Price To $5

USA Today reports: The price for a shot to be a multimillionaire is about to rise. Starting in April, Mega Millions tickets are going to cost $5 per play, the lottery game announced. The increase marks the second price change in the game’s history, following the shift from $1 to $2 in 2017. The ticket adjustment comes as Mega Millions …

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Immigrant Haitian Priest Holds Blessing Of Animals: “Bring Your Cat And Dog, I’m Not Going To Eat Them”

Religion News Service reports: As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past. “I say: Bring your pet. Bring your dog and cat. I am a Haitian, and I am not going to eat them,” …

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DeSantis Takes Credit For Ending Dockworkers Strike

Florida Politics reports: Did striking dock workers get back to work because they knew Ron DeSantis wouldn’t back down from their demands? The Governor isn’t saying no, telling a friendly radio show host that he used his “megaphone” to effectuate desired results when it came to the recent work stoppage from the International Longshoremen’s Association. “I knew we would be …

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Cultist Vendors Brawl Outside Trump MI Rally [VIDEO]

The Michigan Advance reports: At approximately 10:20 a.m. outside of the line of more than 1,000 attendees for the rally at the Ryder Center for Saginaw Valley State University’s campus in University Center, a group of men who were selling Trump memorabilia got in a physical altercation where two vendors stood above one vendor punching him in the head. The …

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Cultist Pays $4K To Smash Guitar Signed By Taylor Swift

TMZ reports: The footage is going absolutely viral, showing a white-haired dude grabbing a hammer and going full demolition mode on the autographed guitar — after dropping $4,000 on the instrument. According to the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner organization, the guitar was donated to the auction before Taylor Swift ever made her Harris endorsement. A certificate of authenticity confirms …

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TWIST: Janet Jackson’s “Apology” Was Unauthorized

Variety reports: After a confusing turn of events on Sunday, reps for Janet Jackson tell Variety that an unusually worded “apology” for the singer’s ill-informed comments about Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ racial background was made by a person who is not the singer’s manager, as he had claimed, and thus was not authorized to speak on her behalf. The …

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Marianne Williamson: Dismissing “Eating Cats Issue” Will “Backfire On Smug Elite Jerks As Voodoo Is Real”

“Continuing to dump on Trump because of the ‘eating cats’ issue will create blowback on Nov. 5. Haitian voodoo is in fact real, and to dismiss the story out-of-hand rather than listen to the citizens of Springfield. Ohio confirms in the minds of many voters the stereotype of Democrats as smug elite jerks who think they’re too smart to listen …

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FBI: Americans Lost $5.6B To Crypto Scams In 2023

The Associated Press reports: Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud involving bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, according to the FBI. …

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Cultists Fall For Fake NFL Team Ad Endorsing Harris

Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: New ads have appeared around Philadelphia that claim Vice President Kamala Harris is the “official candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles.” The team told NBC10 that the ads are counterfeit and they are working to have the ads removed. The ads also link to Philadelphiaeagles.com/vote — which is a real site that the team has set up …

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Tucker Carlson’s Cybertruck Gets Stuck In The Mud

Tesla owners site Teslarati reports: Elon Musk sent a Tesla Cybertruck to former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, as detailed in a review of the electric vehicle (EV) from Carlson’s social media channels this week. Carlson released the video with the Cybertruck on his YouTube and X channels on Monday, saying that he had reached out to Musk to see …

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Biker Cultist Uses Machine Gun On His “Woke” Harley

Jalopnik reports: Somehow in 2024, people are still destroying products made by companies they feel have “gone woke.” Youtuber Columbia War Machine recently destroyed his Harley Davidson for YouTube views, due of course, to wokeness. “This is one of the backbone companies of America. Even saying the name Harley Davidson makes you think of the American flag. It’s patriotic. But …

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Musk To Trump: Nuclear Fallout Isn’t That “Scary”

Politico reports: Musk on occasion tried to steer Trump into more broadly appealing territory, suggesting that not all illegal immigrants are criminals or mentally ill; that climate change is not in fact a hoax, even if oil-and-gas companies get blamed unfairly for it; and that Trump would do well to create a blue-ribbon commission on government efficiency. Trump instead returned …

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Scamvangelist Gets “Seed” Bentley From Dying Man

The Christian Post reports: Prosperity gospel preacher Kenneth Copeland thanked Jesus for a dying man’s seed offering of a Bentley with a Breitling clock, which he had given in the hope that it would bring healing. At Kenneth Copeland Ministries’ annual Southwest Believers’ Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, held from July 29 to Aug. 3, the 87-year-old televangelist regaled attendees …

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Joe Manchin Reverses: No, I Won’t Challenge Harris

The Hill reports: Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Monday said he is not running for office in the wake of speculation that he would pursue the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped his reelection bid on Sunday. “I’m not running for office,” Manchin told “CBS Mornings” on Monday. “I’m not going to be a candidate for president,” he added. …

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