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March 11, 2010 Episode of Mildly Relevant News
Click on the picture for the latest episode of Mildly Relevant News. Thursday, March 11, 2010. Anti-Gay Rights State Senator, Roy Ashburn of California gets caught with his hand in the gay jar and toxic fumes reek havoc on an airplane. Joe Baur is the writer/creator of ChicagoNow: Mildly Relevant Thoughts and co-creator of Throw!Kick!Punch! You can... »
Mildly Relevant Videos: Republican Candidate For Congress Colonel Allen West Instructs Us To Charge The Federal Government With Our Bayonets
I was e-mailed the original speech by Republican candidate, Colonel Allen West, and decided to have a little fun with it. Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday for a new episode! Be my facebook fan and check out Throw!Kick!Punch! »
Mildly Relevant Videos: President Hu Jintao Criticizes President Obama For Meeting With The Dalai Lama
President Obama has agreed to meet with the Dalai Lama sometime this month and of course China is none too pleased. For more check out MRT’s facebook page and Throw!Kick!Punch! »
Mildly Relevant Videos: Mitch McConnell Responds to Allegations of Playing Politics
I saw Senator McConnell try to justify flip flopping on an issue he agreed with the President on, presumably because he didn’t want to agree with the President on something. So I decided to have a little fun with it. Here’s the transcript from State of the Union and a Politifact article on the subject. »
The Frat
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 From 2007 comes the short-film from critically un-acclaimed, first time student director, Joe Baur. Greg Jackson goes behind the scenes of the KOK fraternity in order to make a documentary that will renew interest in the university’s failing journalism department. Starring: Ben Majoy, Matt Derda, Joe Baur, Marie Maloney, Katie Quinn, Dennis Piper,... »
Mildly Relevant Videos: CNN Pays Ohio a Visit Following President Obama’s State of the Union
The media takes a break from pissing on Ohio whenever something politically important happens. Be a Mildly Relevant Thoughts facebook fan! »
Mildly Relevant Videos: Steve Jobs Discusses The Apple Tablet
Steve Jobs seems like a God amongst mere mortals sometimes. With the so called “Apple Tablet” or “iSlate” supposedly on its way, it would seem Lord Jobs is at it again. So I decided to have a little fun with it. For more check out: Mildly Relevant on YouTube & Throw!Kick!Punch! »
How I Owned Megabus
Previously, I wrote about a particular Megabus adventure to Minneapolis involving a certain bus driver who called himself “Mr.Quincy.” Almost immediately after posting, another story was brewing. Now that I have returned from a FREE January trip to Minneapolis, I shall update the masses on my Megabus excursion. Soon after I posted the Mr. Quincy... »
Not On C-SPAN: Healthcare Debate is off the Air! Republicans Strike, Democrats Laugh
And who cares? Of course Republicans care, because now President Obama has turned himself into a political punching bag by going back on his previous promise that C-SPAN’s cameras would be welcome anytime, anywhere. And of course they’ll over look the hypocrisy of criticizing President Obama, because God knows I can’t remember the last time... »
Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance is F*cking Weird and Annoyingly Repetitive
This is probably old news for most, but I’ve only recently found out about this Lady Gaga I’ve heard about in music news. The other day I had an idea for a video series to do for “Mildly Relevant Videos” called “Webcam Music Videos” where I would pick a popular song, dance to it... »