borowitz report

borowitz report

Andy Borowitz seemed destined to become one of the biggest names in Hollywood. But he walked away from that glitz and glamour. And is now merely one of the funniest people in America.

He does a little bit of stand-up. He writes humor books.

But mostly, he is the author of the Borowitz Report.

"It is basically a news site. I do one fake news story a day," he said.

As years go, 2010 has been target-rich for Borowitz's sharp satire.

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"China to stop spying on its people … will use Facebook instead" was one such story.

"Hillary to become vice president; Biden named President of Afghanistan; Karzai traded to Minnesota Vikings."

"Christine O'Donnell favors separation of speech and thought."

"Somali pirates say they are a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs," another says. "We were functioning as investment bankers, only every day was casual Friday."

Andy also writes for The New Yorker. For example, a drunk Emily Dickinson using her keys to scratch Ralph Waldo Emerson's car door with the words "Waldo Sucks." He's written about 40 pieces.

kevin love

kevin love

The Detroit Pistons were in the visiting locker room at Staples Center, having just beaten the Clippers, when all of a sudden Tracy McGrath just let’s out a “day-am” that turns heads when he saw it on his phone, according toEric Incus of HoopsWorld.

Rudy Gay was tweeting about it.

Even for other NBA players, Kevin Love’s 31 point, 31 rebound night is insane. You read that right, 31-31.

The last person to have a 30-30 night was Moses Malone 28 years ago. Love had 15 rebounds in the third quarter alone.

We’ve been preaching Love a lot here at PBT, but he has not gotten the love of coach Kurt Rambis, who has kept his minutes down in some games questioning his focus and defense. As we said before, that’s a great theory if you’re replacing him with a quality player, but Love is the best guy on the Minnesota roster. This is why you need to give him lots of run.

What Love did was help the Timberwolves pull a Jazz — they were down by 21 early in the third but came back to win their third game of the season.

revolt against tsa

revolt against tsa

Heads up, Thanksgiving travelers. You and your family could hit a rough patch in your flight to grandma’s house — even before your plane takes off. There’s talk of a revolt against the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday, Nov. 24 — one of the busiest travel days of the year.

A group calling itself National Opt-Out Day are calling on air travelers all over the country to opt out of the TSA’s full-body scans and instead submit to the new enhanced pat downs. Even if you choose not to participate, expect delays and really grumpy agents.

So what’s this revolt against the TSA all about? Smart Travel’s Carl Ungar spoke to the movement’s head organizer, Brian Sodegren, who said the protest day is meant to send a message to lawmakers, who are allowing full-body scans in airports without a lot of public education or input.

Even some pilots’ and flight attendants’ unions have joined in, saying they’re against the continuous radiation and images of them naked.

I have hated the idea of the full-body scans since I first heard my airport was getting them this summer. They’re unapologetically intrusive, and they don’t make me feel more secure in the airport or when I fly.

On the other hand, those enhanced pat downs strike me as even worse. And I wouldn’t even consent to one on behalf of my young kids. I can’t even imagine how frightening, confusing and overall icky that would be for them.

In fact, this summer when I was traveling alone with my three kids, I wondered what would happen if I was chosen to do the full-body scan — and especially what would happen if I opted out. Who would have looked out for my kids who are 9, 5, and 1? Do they stand to the side? Do we cross our fingers the 1 year old cooperated? Had I gotten the pat down, would they watch? Would they have been scanned and/or patted too?