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Aug
2

Weekly World News XXIV

Paul Kupperberg on August 2nd, 2009

A piece I wrote for Weekly World News in July 2005. Change a couple of dates and facts and it still works, four years later…

SINGING THE WOES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
The Moochers and the Paupers Rock Wall Street
© Weekly World News

NEW YORK, NY – Their once expensive suits have grown tattered, their designer shoes are scuffed and worn, but these five former businesspeople haven’t lost their taste for the good life…just their ability to pay for it.… Read the rest

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Jul
3

Weekly World News XXIII

Paul Kupperberg on July 3rd, 2009

A story I wrote for Weekly World News in June 2006. Back then, I kind’a thought I was kidding…

CHINA’S SECRET PLAN TO BUY U.S. BANKS!
Reds’ Economy in the Black While U.S. Dives Into Debt
© Weekly World News

WASHINGTON, D.C.… Read the rest

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Jun
5

Weekly World News XXII

Paul Kupperberg on June 5th, 2009

Another ditty from the late, lamented Weekly World News, written in September 2005, back when there was a lot of right wing fundamentalist talk about how all theories, like evolution and gravity, were called “theories” because they were still unproven.… Read the rest

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Mar
12

Weekly World News XX

Paul Kupperberg on March 12th, 2009

Here’s a little ditty ’bout Bigfoot and Carol I wrote for Weekly World News in May 2005. I was playing with a “story” that had been dominating the news around the time of Jennifer Wilbanks, the “runaway bride” who claimed to have been abducted the day before her wedding…but wasn’t.… Read the rest

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Feb
18

Weekly World News XVIII

Paul Kupperberg on February 18th, 2009

A piece I wrote for Weekly World News in September 2005:

CONGRESS TO REPEAL THE LAW OF GRAVITY
© Weekly World News

Washington, D.C. – One of the most divisive issues in America today remains the debate over the validity of scientific theory.… Read the rest

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Feb
3

Weekly World News XVII

Paul Kupperberg on February 3rd, 2009

Another from the archives of the late, lamented Weekly World News. I wrote this one back in October 2005, but it’s as fresh today as it was back then. That’s all supposed to change soon, right?

BIG RATINGS FOR THE HOME LOBBYING NETWORK
© Weekly World News

Washington, D.C.… Read the rest

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Dec
11

Weekly World News XVI

Paul Kupperberg on December 11th, 2008

Here’s a quartet of Weekly World News shorts I wrote for the paper in 2007. The first article is previously unpublished.

Breaking News: CRIME DOES PAY … FABULOUSLY!
© Paul Kupperberg

CANNES, France – Interpol today announced the first in a series of arrests across Europe that will, according to Inspector Niles ‘Butch’ Bottomswale, “break the back of one of the world’s cruelest crime syndicates.… Read the rest

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Oct
26

Enough Already with the Jew-Jitsu Cover!

Paul Kupperberg on October 26th, 2008

How about something from the inside, where it really counts?

Sit, read, enjoy. As always, click on an image to view it in a readable size. And, please, buy the book. There’s 108 more pages just like these.

JEW-JITSU: THE HEBREW HANDS OF FURY
Jew-Jitsu © Paul Kupperberg
Photography © Michael Simses


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Oct
24

Weekly World News XIII

Paul Kupperberg on October 24th, 2008

A kind-of follow-up to an earlier story I wrote for Weekly World News, “Praise the Lord, Get Valuable Points” in July 2005. I’m not sure of the exact date, but I believe it was sometime in early 2007:

RestE-Z PASS UNVEILED
© Weekly World News

VATICAN CITY – In recent years, the Vatican has turned to novel marketing approaches to help boost church attendance, including issuing the ‘Indulgence Card,’ which, when swiped on collection plate readers, earns worshippers valuable points towards getting into heaven (“Praise the Lord, Get Valuable Points,” Weekly World News, September 5, 2005).… Read the rest

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Oct
14

Weekly World News XII

Paul Kupperberg on October 14th, 2008
Written in May, 2005:

STARTLING DISCOVERY: ROME WAS BUILT IN A DAY!

© Weekly World News

ROME, ITALY — Here’s a warning to all those underachievers who fall back on the old claim that ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day.’

“Turns out it was,” says DeCry Institute archeologist Professor Rupert Valt.… Read the rest

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