Browsing the archives for the General insanity category

Cliff Diving Competition Excites the Masses

  Chris Berman:  Hello I’m Chris Berman and I’m joined by Suzy Kolber as we bring to you today the best in cliff diving. Suzy Kolber:  Thank you Chris.  And what an exciting competition we have for our viewers today as our two contenders Harry Reid and John Boehner vie for the title of Cliff […]

Have a Safe and Government-Controlled New Year’s Eve!

  Greetings America from the Department of Homeland Security! The new year is upon us.  Like many of our citizens, documented and undocumented, we are sure that you have exciting new year’s eve plans.  And we here at the Department of Homeland Security would like help you have a great, exciting, safe and government-controlled new […]

Manhattan Infidel Presents: A Sampling of New York Times Christmas Headlines

‘Tis the season for giving.  And if I ever find that hooker who gave me the clap boy will I give her a piece of my mind! And in the spirit of giving today I have decided to give my readers just a taste of Christmas headlines from the paper of record:  The New York […]

Manhattan Infidel Presents: A Sampling of This Year’s Christmas Specials

Here at the headquarters of Manhattan Infidel our mission statement mentions our pride in disseminating the latest in culture.  And what says culture more than a cheap made for TV movie?  The mission statement also mentions I am lactose-intolerant.  Yet I also love to eat pizza with extra cheese.  While eating ice cream.  And practicing […]

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

  Recently I was touched to receive the following email from a young reader: Dear Manhattan Infidel. I am eight years old.  Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus.  Papa says “If you see it in Manhattan Infidel it is so.”  Please tell me the truth.  Is there a Santa Claus?  VIRGINIA […]

Captain Sailing with a Cargo Full of Love and Devotion Questioned by Homeland Security

  Captain Joseph Merrill of the cargo ship Hanine pulled into port on a chilly December morning carrying a cargo full of love and devotion. “You know, it’s the Christmas season and all that” said the captain.  “So if you’d like to know where I got the notion, that’s where I got the notion.” Little […]

Manhattan Infidel’s Exciting Book Deal!

  The life of a blogger can often be a lonely one.  Hours in front a computer.  Lack of companionship. Doubts as to whether one is making a difference.  All the while with one thought going through one’s mind:  Why haven’t my meds kicked in yet?  Did the dealer cheat me out of $2000? That’s […]

New Army Manual Proves Controversial

A draft of a proposed Army handbook to be distributed to soldiers in Afghanistan is proving to be very controversial. “Americans traditionally are ignorant and closed-minded when it comes to other cultures” are the first words in the handbook. Sitting at home watching TV and enjoying other implements of triumphalist America has deadened our soldiers […]

New York City Suffers Through Crime-Free Day

It is a well-known fact that everything in the so-called respectable press should be read warily.  Usually the facts are only half-right and premises can be delusional.  Such was the case with a recent story that New York City had gone through an entire day without one shooting or stabbing. Naturally the world-wide headquarters of […]

Manhattan Infidel Presents Your Horoscope (The Long Thought Extinct Edition)

  If it’s Thursday at Manhattan Infidel that can only mean one thing:  a futile day-long search to find your missing testicle. But while that is going on let us all sit back, relax and read our horoscope.  (Just don’t go out if it’s windy because having only one testicle your balance will be off […]