newskings.net » WTF? http://newskings.net Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 SeaWorld CEO Announces—Ohmigod Look Behind You! [Crisis Managment] http://newskings.net/seaworld-ceo-announcesohmigod-look-behind-you-crisis-managment-2 http://newskings.net/seaworld-ceo-announcesohmigod-look-behind-you-crisis-managment-2#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:36:08 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5481253 SeaWorld President Jim Atchison is holding a press conference to discuss the tragic death of a trainer killed by an Orca. Atchison's podium was set up right in front of the killer whale tank, because he does not fear death. Updated with video: More »


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SeaWorld President Jim Atchison is holding a press conference to discuss the tragic death of a trainer killed by an Orca. Atchison’s podium was set up right in front of the killer whale tank, because he does not fear death. Updated with video: More »



]]> http://newskings.net/seaworld-ceo-announcesohmigod-look-behind-you-crisis-managment-2/feed 0 Killer Whale Dragging Trainer to Death: the Upside [Killer Whale] http://newskings.net/killer-whale-dragging-trainer-to-death-the-upside-killer-whale http://newskings.net/killer-whale-dragging-trainer-to-death-the-upside-killer-whale#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:40:06 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5480928 According to an analysis of the PR aftermath of the gruesome death at Sea World "the attack could actually drive up attendance of at least one demographic - teens and young adults." Scarily plausible. [Washington Post] More »


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According to an analysis of the PR aftermath of the gruesome death at Sea World “the attack could actually drive up attendance of at least one demographic – teens and young adults.” Scarily plausible. [Washington Post] More »



]]> http://newskings.net/killer-whale-dragging-trainer-to-death-the-upside-killer-whale/feed 0 Some People Give Their Kids Really Shitty Names [Cruelty] http://newskings.net/some-people-give-their-kids-really-shitty-names-cruelty http://newskings.net/some-people-give-their-kids-really-shitty-names-cruelty#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:17:30 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5480920 Meet Stan Still, Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Bill Board. They're among the names a survey revealed actual parents gave to their actual children — human beings, remember — because they thought they were funny. More »


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Meet Stan Still, Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Bill Board. They’re among the names a survey revealed actual parents gave to their actual children — human beings, remember — because they thought they were funny. More »



]]> http://newskings.net/some-people-give-their-kids-really-shitty-names-cruelty/feed 0 A Matt Taibbi Freakout [Journalismism] http://newskings.net/a-matt-taibbi-freakout-journalismism http://newskings.net/a-matt-taibbi-freakout-journalismism#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:17 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5479522

Continue reading →]]> “‘Fuck you,’ [Matt Taibbi] snarled, and then picked up his mug from the table, threw his coffee at me, and stormed out.” It would be awesome if the final scene of this new Vanity Fair piece on the…



]]> http://newskings.net/a-matt-taibbi-freakout-journalismism/feed 0 Tom Selleck, a Waterfall and a Sandwich [Memes] http://newskings.net/tom-selleck-a-waterfall-and-a-sandwich-memes http://newskings.net/tom-selleck-a-waterfall-and-a-sandwich-memes#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:50:50 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5478975

Continue reading →]]> This next meme that is set to jump the shark — Photoshopped pictures in which some genius carefully combines a) Tom Selleck b) a waterfall and c) a sandwich in a smorgasbord of wonder. What’s…



]]> http://newskings.net/tom-selleck-a-waterfall-and-a-sandwich-memes/feed 0 Old-Timey Ads Full of Sex Pervs, Weirdos [Classic Ads] http://newskings.net/old-timey-ads-full-of-sex-pervs-weirdos-classic-ads http://newskings.net/old-timey-ads-full-of-sex-pervs-weirdos-classic-ads#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:19:33 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5478184

Continue reading →]]> In the olden days, the preferred way to sell chocolate milk powder was with pictures of futuristic scientists shining heat lamps onto the bottoms of naked young boys. Afterwards, families retreated…



]]> http://newskings.net/old-timey-ads-full-of-sex-pervs-weirdos-classic-ads/feed 0 Right-Wing Start to See IRS Suicide Bomber as a Hero [Wtf] http://newskings.net/right-wing-start-to-see-irs-suicide-bomber-as-a-hero-wtf http://newskings.net/right-wing-start-to-see-irs-suicide-bomber-as-a-hero-wtf#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:35:53 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5477999

Continue reading →]]> Joseph Stack, the man who divebombed a tax office in Texas in his small plane last week is being held up, albeit mainly euphemistically and anonymously, as an anti-big-government hero by the tea…



]]> http://newskings.net/right-wing-start-to-see-irs-suicide-bomber-as-a-hero-wtf/feed 0 Washington Post Exists Primarily as Sally Quinn’s Idle Family Gossip Forum [Print Is Dead] http://newskings.net/washington-post-exists-primarily-as-sally-quinns-idle-family-gossip-forum-print-is-dead http://newskings.net/washington-post-exists-primarily-as-sally-quinns-idle-family-gossip-forum-print-is-dead#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:09 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5475585

Continue reading →]]> Sally Quinn has a Washington Post column because she’s married to former WaPo editor Ben Bradlee. Today: she apologetically explains, at length, the circumstances that led to two of her family…



]]> http://newskings.net/washington-post-exists-primarily-as-sally-quinns-idle-family-gossip-forum-print-is-dead/feed 0 Soup Is #1 For Brains! [Marketing] http://newskings.net/soup-is-1-for-brains-marketing http://newskings.net/soup-is-1-for-brains-marketing#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:13:15 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5473908

Continue reading →]]> You’ll be happy to learn that after two years of painstaking biometric testing, America’s neuroscientists have successfully advised Campbell’s Soup Company on how to redesign its logo. So buy soup!…



]]> http://newskings.net/soup-is-1-for-brains-marketing/feed 0 The Na’Vi Dicktails of Avatar Take a Side in Palestine Conflict, Probably Not a Viral Oscar Campaign [Pic Of The Day] http://newskings.net/the-navi-dicktails-of-avatar-take-a-side-in-palestine-conflict-probably-not-a-viral-oscar-campaign-pic-of-the-day http://newskings.net/the-navi-dicktails-of-avatar-take-a-side-in-palestine-conflict-probably-not-a-viral-oscar-campaign-pic-of-the-day#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:15:00 +0000 wanda http://Gawker-5471222

Continue reading →]]> [Demonstrators dressed up as Avatar's Ferngully People and protested on behalf of evicted Palestinians yesterday in the West Bank. Image via AP Photo/Dan Balilty.]



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