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From the Manhattan Infidel Archives: June 15, 1968, John and Yoko Plant Acorns for Peace

Beatle John Lennon and his mistress, Japanese-born avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, today went to Coventry Cathredral to plant acorns for peace.  Lennon, dressed in a white suit,  grabbed a shovel and dug a hole to place the acorns in. “World peace is very important to me” said Lennon as he continued to dig.  “World Peace.  […]

Tiger Talks!

Tiger Woods today met the press for the first time since the scandal broke involving his mistresses.  But before he spoke to everyone I was privileged to have a private sit down with the embattled golfer. MI:  Tiger, I appreciate you talking with me. TW:  Thank you.  My people have been telling me for weeks […]

Curling Violence Mars Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada have, for the most part, gone on without a hitch.  However, a new and troubling element is invading the Olympics.  Organizers have found themselves struggling to deal with a rash of Curling-related violence attributable to roving gangs of “Curling Hooligans.” A family from Texas tells of the verbal […]

Number Two Taliban Leader Captured by CIA; Hollywood Plans Protest

The Taliban’s second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been captured.  Baradar, Mullar Omar’s military leader was seized in the tribal region of Pakistan while sitting in a McDonalds eating a bacon cheeseburger.  Baradar’s capture is the biggest prize of the war so far. “Our intelligence was looking for ways to capture him and […]

Apple Introduces the iEarth

Fresh off the heels of the introduction of the iPad, (it’s just like an iPod but bigger) Steve Jobs and Apple have announced their most ambitious device ever – the iEarth. “It’s like an iPad, but it’s much much bigger” said Jobs at the press conference introducing the iEarth. Starting on March 1st, the entire […]

Al Queda in Yemen Branches Out

Supergroup Al Queda in Yemen is branching out.  It has been announced that a development deal has been signed with Al Queda in Yemen leaders that will give the brand name extensive new face time in America. “Prime time baby.   That’s what it’s all about” said a television executive for the CW network.  “Our […]

An Open Letter from Gilbert Arenas

Good Morning.  I am very grateful to the Manhattan Infidel for giving me the opportunity to do something good in the face of a very bad situation the white man’s brutal racism and I, but mainly I, have created. I  have done a number of things wrong recently.  I have violated D.C. gun laws (and […]

Little Red Riding Hood, Big Bad Wolf Reality Show Canceled

MTV has announced that it is canceling their reality show “Predator and Virgin” starring Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf.  Though the network had hopes for the series and thought that it would strike a chord with their desired demographic, in the end the show’s format proved too controversial (each week the […]

Mickey Dolenz Named Most Influential Person of All Time

Mickey Dolenz today was named “The most influential, most important and most cool” person of all time.  Dolenz beat out such luminaries as Ed Wood Jr., Pinky Tuscadero, fellow band member Davy Jones, Dick Van Patten, Ron Blomberg and Neville Chamberlain. “While we feel that all finalists were worthy, particulary Pinky Tuscadero for her platonic […]

NBC Finalizes Late Night Lineup

After weeks of confusion and ridicule, NBC has announced that it has finalized its late night and 10:00 P.M. time slots.  Starting after the Winter Olympics, Jack Paar will host the Tonight Show.  Paar, who hosted the Tonight Show from 1957-1962 expressed surprise and joy to be back at his old job. “When NBC called […]