You Missed It: The mole edition

And here’s the first You Missed It since Thanksgiving. So here’s hoping you enjoyed gaining 20 lbs and getting trampled by fellow shoppers on Black Friday. I hope Rick Snee wasn’t too rough on you a couple weeks ago, but don’t worry, Papa’s back. If you were busy getting censured by the House of Representatives, odds are you missed it.

Cable leakage: Not a euphemism
Remember WikiLeaks? That’s the site that leaks some military stuff that the federal government didn’t really appreciate. Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks, whose name and face even make him out to be a Bond villain, found himself under fire from Interpol this week for alleged sexual crimes, oh and he also made headlines for releasing cables from the State Department with some unflattering revelations about other countries. Among the leaks, Vice President Joe Biden has an outstanding warrant in Bolivia relating to a wild weekend in the 1970s.

See you in three years, soccer!
This week, dozens of Americans were shocked and upset by FIFA’s decision to have the next two World Cups in Russia and Qatar. They were just as shocked and upset to find that Qatar was a country, not just a term used for emo kids. Cheer up, America, as far as I know, we are still going to host the World Series, the World Championship and the World … Stanley Cup.

Getting caught in the gears of a combine, that’s the way I want to go
As mentioned by this blog several times this week, Leslie Nielsen, best known for his slapstick movies and perma-white hair, passed away on Sunday. Nielsen was known for is cornball humor even though his earlier work was actually quite serious, including 1956’s Forbidden Planet. During the filming of that movie, Nielsen rigged his ray gun to make fart noises. (See what I did there? A delayed visual joke!)

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