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danjoseph | November 3, 2016
This election cycle has aroused passions on both sides, and it appears that everyone is angry. The two major party candidates are the least popular of all the candidates who have sought the executive office in modern presidential history. Supporters of tboth Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have turned what could have been a constructive debate about policy into a non-stop barrage of personal…
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danjoseph | November 3, 2016
It’s finally happened! The Chicago Cubs have won the World Series after a championship drought that lasted a long, humiliating 108 years. No. The Chicago Cubs are no longer the laughing stock of the sports world. (That designation belongs to the Cleveland Indians now. Possibly the Browns as well.) Just to put into perspective how long Chicago Cubs fans have been waiting to finally end their…
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danjoseph | November 2, 2016
“I can do whatever I feel like doing!”  Those were the words allegedly uttered Sunday night by Florida resident Edward Dorsey, just before he removed his glass eye and hurled it at members of the emergency room staff at Largo Medical Center.  Police on the scene claim that they had warned Dorsey not to remove the eye, but that he did not comply. Dorsey was arrested and now faces charges…
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danjoseph | November 2, 2016
Do you like your tacos with a little extra kick?  Well, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales confiscated a shipment of tortillas on Monday and they weren't filled with pico di gallo.  Agents and their drug sniffing dog at the Dennis DeConcini crossing found three pounds of meth hidden in stacks of tortillas. The centers of the flat pieces of Mexican bread had…
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danjoseph | November 1, 2016
The Amish don’t drive cars. Their traditional aversion to technology has led them to choose horse-drawn carriages over motor vehicles, despite the clear advantages cars bestow upon the average traveler. One of those advantages is that cars do not poop in the road. But horses do.   So opposed to modern technology are the Amish, that they even oppose “collection bags.”  A recent ordinance in…
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danjoseph | October 25, 2016
Trees cannot walk. This is an indisputable fact. But performance artists dressed as trees can, and one Portland performance artist set out to prove it. Asher Woodworth was arrested after dressing up as a pine tree and walking into traffic. He was given a warning by police, but continued to walk into the street in his tree outfit, blocking traffic at a busy intersection. Police Woodworth's…
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danjoseph | October 19, 2016
Tonight is the final presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican contender Donald Trump. We at MRCTV understand that this election year has been particularly stressful for many Americans. So, in an effort to make this last presidential debate a little more fun, we developed our very own game that combines two great American pastimes: partisan politics and heavy…
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danjoseph | October 17, 2016
(Image source: Twitter) A newly released YouGov study aimed at surveying American attitudes towards socialism reveals just how little Americans know about communism and events surrounding the history of communist and socialist regimes. Among the studies most alarming findings, one in four Americans (26 percent) believe that more people were killed under George W. Bush than under notorious…