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PAGE THREE – DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2014
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NEW PRODUCTS
A Smart Pacifier With Bluetooth!
The iPacify connects to an app on your smartphone and immediately alerts you if your kid is suffering from any of a multitude of maladies, real and imagined, based on the latest health fads in vogue at that moment. $39.95, at Neurotica.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Oxford Dictionary Adds “Hawp,”
“Lolcat,” “Duck Face,” Many
Other New Words

To make room, drops last year's new words.
Revealed: Disney Park Airspace Restrictions in Place Since 2003
Snuck in as rider to wildlife bill providing protection for mice and ducks.
 
SPORTS
Report: Putin Allegedly Gave
World Cup Official a Picasso
In Exchange for His Vote

Rules forbid officials from accepting anything more valuable than a Matisse.
LAW
U.S. Judge Puts Hold on Arizona's “Revenge Porn” Law
Cites “Public's right to know.”
 
PUBLISHING
28 Editors at New Republic Resign in Protest After Top Two Fired
And name changed to New Oligarchy.
 
TRAVEL
Airlines Set New Record for
Number of Passengers Squeezed
Into Same Number of Seats

Currently eyeing overhead carry-on bag bins for more seating.
Delta Now Offers Hard-Boiled
Eggs for Breakfast

They’re hidden throughout the plane.
 
ODDS 'N' ENDS
White House Unveils 3-D Printed Bust of Obama
It can be viewed by the public at all Ripley's Believe It or Not museums.

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