April 01, 2005
kc weekly review - april fool
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the women's ncaa tourney was in town this week
Spinners and other exorbitant auto accessories were still the rage for the kids in Johnson county, but chiefs players have moved on, besides, it was time to pick the new chiefettes. Black State Rep. from Kansas City Sharon Sanders Brooks proposed a bill that would require all Missouri neighborhood associations to remove racist language from the restrictive covenants found in plats, deeds, and other documents. The covenants are meaningless because they are not enforceable, but they remind us of how stupid we really are. The feds decided to prosecute racist murderer gary l. eye for murder under the hate crimes statute for allegedly shooting 44-year-old black man William d. mckay for, “walking in my ‘hood.” Fire killed ten horses in cass county, no word on whether or not Drew Barrymore has been contacted for questioning. schiavoesque coma survivor tammy coleman urged Kansas lawmakers to pass a bill making it more difficult for legal guardians to end a patient’s life. The Kansas city city council wrestled with a new budget that provides additional funding for legal aid and recycling/waste issues. The parks department begged for money to save its middle-managers, but to no avail. The parks department may request an amendment to the city’s charter to raise property taxes. An agreement was made that will bring 1000 temporary construction jobs, 100 permanent long terms jobs, and thousands of years worth of pollution to Weston, Missouri. The columnia journalism review admonished dave helling and kctv 5 for making shit up.
black people continued to kill each other at an alarming rate. a hit list got two hickman mills students an early vacation. the designers of a proposed skate park for prairie village gave the pitch penis envy. the star answered some questions about the proposed health-care tax. Missouri workers were bleeding from the ass. mu fans bought a ton of bucknell bison shirts. a local man with a radio show warned of a holy war. the sweat suit tour was postponed. a 24-year-old belton man says he had consensual sex with his girlfriend’s best friend’s 14-year-old daughter at a motel. someone fired a gun at a Ruskin high school track meet, causing the 100 meter dash to begin prematurely. A man with a cast on his foot robbed a gas station. a Kansas city man stabbed an acquaintance in the face. a Wichita woman snitched on her own son, who had traded an xbox game for a loaded handgun. the police were more than happy to send a group of illegal immigrants home. perverted pedophile policeman rick enss was indicted on federal charges of child pornography. the center for practical bioethics said they could help you avoid a schiavo situation. police failed to capture suspects in a retirement home. ann coulter was at the lied (normally pronounced leed) center in lawrence, the conservative columnist was applauded but also heckled throughout her lecture, causing her to Say, "Could 10 of the largest College Republicans start walking up and down the aisles and start removing anyone shouting? Otherwise, this lecture is over." and finally, Commitment was still a turnoff.
the stranger's kc weekly review is a review of the past seven days in kansas city and is published every friday. this is the first edition. march 26-april 1.
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mitch hedberg is dead, no joke, i think
"When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying, 'here, you throw this away.'"
funny as hell comedian mitch hedberg appears to have died of a heart attack. he is survived by these hilarious quotes:
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March 31, 2005
tabloid trash: march 31
left: laura bush and hamid karzai pose as strangers
right: laura bush with her illegitimate children
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March 30, 2005
tabloid trash: march 30
michael jackson and the pope, right handed
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update -- btk: a brief history
the stranger has made an update to btk: a brief history to bring the movie up to date, and to correct a few mistakes and typos pointed out by a few true crime buffs.
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March 29, 2005
pointless regurgitation of meaningless media babble
these are terri schiavo protesters/supporters
but they look more like candidates for the perfect wife
while right to lifers protest at the white house, the stranger is protesting the amount of media attention given to the schiavo story by devoting further attention to the topic:
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spring break broke (my ass)
cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie,
drinking too much too many times,
ask me a riddle and i reply,
cottelston, cottleston, cottleston pie.
this is what one writes after two weeks of self-inflicted brain damage. i suspect that the superficial plaza chick is having this same problem. the stranger may as well just write an entire essay using nothing more than the word poop.
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March 28, 2005
the kansas city examiner
kcmedia blog directs us to a slate article about shady billionaire philip anschutz and his fledgling media empire. anschutz has trademarked the title, the examiner in 69 cities, including kansas city.
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March 27, 2005
spring break is time for drinking, enlightenment
these are the top ten things that the stranger discovered/remembered/contemplated during his two weeks of vacation, in descending order:
10. drinking is very fun
9. do not fill your office bracket with big 12 teams
8. low tolerance + several shots = maniac
7. if you want to know what a blog can be, visit blogkc
6. kansas city is not such a bad place... after about ten drinks
5. winnie the pooh is a taoist
4. it's hard to come up with ten things when you've been drinking everyday
3. it's great to block out the world and get centered now and then
2. what's going on in the world while we're distracted by the terri schiavo debate?
1. ignorance is bliss
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