PIRATES!

Wikipedia has announced it will shut down for twenty-four hours on Wednesday to protest the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills currently making the rounds in Congress. Experts predict a spike in the factual accuracy of everything.

Kim Novak, star of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, said she was deeply offended when she played the DVD of independent film The Artist and discovered that the filmmakers had used music from Vertigo to score their own film. After she lashed out publicly, police arrived at her house and arrested her for film piracy since The Artist isn't out on DVD yet.

The makers of Dungeons & Dragons are asking fans what they would like to see in the next edition of the popular role-playing game. Fans have not said much yet, but they are confident the new edition will likely do 2d6+3 points of damage to their chances of meeting women.*


* Normally I wouldn't write a joke about Dungeons & Dragons, because I grew up on that game and I turned out perfectly socially capable. Just ask my dark elven necromancer wife on the World of Warcraft PvP server.**

** PvP is for d-bag ROTC dropouts who play CoD: MW3 all day.***

*** PWND!

Panetta to Shrink Military

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has announced a $450 billion cut in military spending to help curb government debt. Although the spending cut will prevent the U.S. from sustaining two major ground wars, it will still allow the military to make strong appearances in airshows and Michael Bay movies.

Tonight, G.O.P. presidential hopefuls face the daunting Iowa caucuses, which will strongly influence the ultimate choice of challenger to the throne of President Barack Obama. Tomorrow, we can all finally stop talking about Iowa.

Los Angeles Burning

Over the past three days, an arsonist has firebombed more than fifty cars in Los Angeles. The rash of firebombings has angered residents, who say that fifty cars isn't enough to reduce commute times by more than a tenth of a second.