The end of peace and prosperity. So, remember the Onion's parody of Bush that was published on January 18, 2001, "Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over"? Ha Ha, very funny. Three years later they've published an updated article complete with links. Oh baby, not so funny anymore... via Daily Kos
posted by sic on Sep 8, 2004 - 56 comments

The Onion keeps getting funnier In this week's edition, Antonin Scalia bans the media from covering his acceptance of a free-speech award, and also tells Americans "Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires." Haw-haw! Get it? Oh, wait a second...
posted by soyjoy on Mar 19, 2003 - 23 comments

Plagiarism in this week's Onion! Their story "NBC To Add Dateline: Flursday" is a direct ripoff of the "Dateline: Katilsday" joke from Family Guy Episode 14, where Lois explains "Oh, NBC invented another day so they could air another episode of Dateline." (Here's the audio file.)
posted by geegaw on Oct 18, 2001 - 19 comments

Our Dumb Cinema : Miramax Films signed the popular satirical newspaper writers for The Onion, promising to purchase some undisclosed number of screenplays from Onion writers. But what will they write?
posted by tallman on Jun 25, 2001 - 41 comments

This would be funnier if it wasn't so close to the truth. And I thought the Onion made up their fake news.
posted by norm on Dec 6, 2000 - 15 comments

Mayhem 2000. Is this the best edition of The Onion ever?
posted by lescour on Nov 15, 2000 - 14 comments

Viva El Presidente! I wanted to install myself as El Presidente in a bloody coup. Guess i'm too late.
posted by jbelshaw on Nov 15, 2000 - 2 comments

The Onion, as usual. 'Nuff said.
posted by highindustrial on Nov 7, 2000 - 5 comments

What's The Bunion? It's a parody of The Onion. That's right, a parody of a parody. Sheesh! Funny, though.
posted by miamirelative on Sep 29, 2000 - 7 comments

horny housewife What the hell is this
posted by worth on Aug 17, 2000 - 4 comments

Kid Rock Starves To Death: MP3 Piracy Blamed ... "This is exactly the kind of thing we've been warning our fans about," James Hetfield, the lone surviving member of Metallica, told reporters during a press conference at Hollywood's Grace Church Homeless Shelter. "First, they found Madonna dead of a crack overdose in the alley behind Liquid. Then my best friend and bandmate Lars is killed by cops during a botched hold-up of a liquor store. Now, Kid Rock dies of starvation like a filthy dog in the street. My God, people, didn't we learn the lesson of Elton John?"
posted by aurelian on Jul 12, 2000 - 8 comments

U.S. population stands at 13,462 With the April 1 deadline for returning Census 2000 forms finally passed, the Bureau of the Census announced Monday that the U.S. population stands at 13,462.       "We at the Census Bureau are shocked by the incredible decrease in the population that apparently took place in the 10 years since the last Census in 1990," Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt said. "A 1999 projection estimated the U.S. population at 274 million and set the annual growth rate at .95 percent. Yet from this latest Census count, we find that this projection overestimates the population by a multiple of 20,000."
posted by cmeck33 on Apr 8, 2000 - 1 comment