Heaven—Upon arrival at the Pearly Gates, Christopher Hitchens refused to put down his scotch when addressing St. Peter and sized up the holy gatekeeper with an intense glare.  He then announced that he was mortified about the prospect of an afterlife, adding, "Oh, and I should warn you, I only drink Harp, I don’t play them."

St. Peter then explained to Mr. Hitchens that he did not appear on any of his lists, which is "quite impossible."

Before wandering off, Mr. Hitchens made a gesture that greatly upset the Saint and called him a glorified toll bridge worker.

God is now completely denying the existence of the short, rude little man, or his unscheduled appearance at the Pearly Gates. "We have no record of him and if the word omnipotent means anything at all to you people, the matter should be considered settled. Besides," continued God, "…a hawkish foreign policy advocate who can think his way out of a paper bag? Preposterous." God then named every Republican in the United States to prove his point and called it a night.

Phoenix, AZ— Have you or a loved one been injured, scarred, or turned into a zombie after purchasing the Ronco Brain Feeder?  If so, you may be eligible for a large cash settlement.  Waves of complaints are staggering in about the product and Ronco is facing a multitude of grisly lawsuits.   Many argue it’s a bad idea to attract zombies in the first place.  Granted they’re typically sluggish and poorly coordinated, but it only takes one bite to ruin your whole day

Not only is their Zombie Brain Feeder the issue, the Ronco Pinata has also come under fire this week.  "We haven’t had a problem this big since the recall of our Undead Slip and Slaughter," said CEO of the week, Ben Avery. 

"No matter how you play this game there are no winners," said Stanley Melman of Scottsdale, AZ. "The instructions make it unclear whether the players are the zombies or the children, or both.  And I can tell you from experience, you don’t want your children waiting in line with a bunch of other zombies to take a swing at a dead person’s head with a severed arm."

"I don’t know what these Ronco people were thinking," said Sarah Comparetti.  "I don’t know what my husband was thinking either, but at least he won’t be making that mistake again—seeing as how he’s permanently chained to a tree in the backyard."

Granby, CT—When Ezra Walker found two sets of clothing by the tool shed Saturday evening, she was convinced the owner of said clothes were "taken by God."

"I had mixed feelings at the time," said Ezra.  "Happy for my daughter and her boyfriend but sad for me.  I mean, who would help me fend off the zombie hordes?  The good book says the people left behind would need to deal with all that SyFy Channel stuff.  Then I heard someone saying, 'oh God, oh god, oh God' over by the tool shed. I wasn’t sure if it was rapture related or Zombie related.  I picked up my shovel just in case."

Ezra eventually figured out what had transpired upon entering the shed.  But the police report states "Mr. Walker used the shovel on the head of his daughter’s boyfriend ‘to kill the head…like in the movies.’"

Vatican, Rome—Pope Benedict, The Whatsas, astounded everyone today by announcing that altar boys will no longer be used throughout Catholicism.  From this day forward, the Vatican plans to employ only altar girls.

"Since our priests can’t seem to be trusted to keep their hands off the testaments of little boys, we had little choice," said the Pope. "A recent internal survey found that young ladies are much safer from abuse around our current spokesmen of God."

Pope Eggs Benedict explained his gaffe as simply an attempt at jocularity.

 "You’re supposed to start off with a joke, right?  Heh, heh.  But we certainly don’t want altar boys out of the flock entirely, especially with business as bad as it is and all."

Alex Bone believes the serpent god,Yig, is much safer around children than Christian priests, "Besides, Yig can only swallow one child at a time."

Republicans point out this could save the taxpayers countless therapy dollars, so they, bi and large, support the One Child’s Engulfed Behind Program.

Heaven, HVN—The Wikileaked documents continue to mount up as few remain unscathed from this major security breech from hell…apparently, even hell.  One exchange is an email between Satan and God, wherein Satan makes fun of God.

"Look who plays me in movies, De Niro, Walken, the list goes on and on—who do you got, George Burns, hah?!" 

God then responded by saying, "Two words, bitch, Morgan Freeman!"

The email that is getting most of the attention, however, is a note from God to himself, which lays out his big plan in three steps:  

1. Eden Eject: Create the snake and the woman just to be sure.
2. Operation Guilt: Send a son, who is actually me in disguise, in the hopes of one day being in a Mel Gibson movie.
3. Operation Shaft: Somewhere around 2010 start fucking with Haiti (just becuase).

"There are several astounding revelations in this email," said Christian scholar Timothy Andrews.  "Not the least of which is God’s complete inability to utilize spell check."

"Obviously there’s a lot we don’t understand about our deity," said Dr. Sterling Hogbein, of the Hogbein Institute and Grill, "Regardless, this is a huge victory for all mankind.  It’s a victory for the religious minded, because irrefutable proof of God now exists, and it’s a victory for the atheists, in that, it’s a bloody shame."

London, ENG—Pope Benedict XVI’s state visit to the UK began with the delivery of King Henry VIII’s annulment from Catherine of Aragon in a ceremony on the Gatwick Airport tarmac.  As a former Hitler Youth come in the back door, there was no Heathrow for him.  Citing the loss of the Church of England, rise of Lutheranism, bloodshed, butchery, gay bishops and the entire reign of Mary Tudor, the Vatican determined that granting the annulment was a better idea than not.  Steven Hawking navigated any space-time issues confronting the Vicar of Christ’s plan, meanwhile Dr. Who (all of them) were pissed they were never consulted on the matter (or the anti-matter). The price of tea futures spiked as the colonization and pillage of India could well be annulled as a necessary side effect.

Second up on the day’s itinerary, Anne Boleyn, convicted in legal proceedings that would embarrass even a Texan, was resurrected by the Pontiff.  The event occurred between the beatification of John Henry Cardinal Newman and the Pope’s arrest and transfer to The Hague.  The Pope is currently facing charges for crimes against humanity, including the serial rape of thousands of children, as well as one episode of urinating in public. The pope, using a decidedly pagan defense, is claiming "nature called." As for the other charges, the Pope stated he is only continuing Bush’s No Child’s Behind Left policy.  The joke resulted in a class action lawsuit from Christopher Hitchens, who claims the joke was originally his.

Philadelphia, PA—In what is being hailed as "the copycat publicity stunt from hell", the Daily Discord plans to burn old Duran Duran albums en mass next Saturday.  According to inside sources, Discord staffers have accumulated 16 of the band’s albums, mostly Rio, as well as one of the bassist’s rarer solo albums (Dave Atsals is a huge fan).  Unless their demands are met, the Discord is planning this pop-pyre at the Liberty Bell Pavilion in Philadelphia, PA, on the anniversary of the cancellation of Celebrity Family Feud. 

When asked about these demands, the Daily Discord’s CEO, Pierce Winslow, channeled a certain teen beauty queen. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, uh—"

"We will burn all of these albums onto our hard drives," cut in the Discord’s Ghetto Shaman. "Muslims hate illegal downloads.  It makes them crazy…er, crazier."

He then recited a strange variation of Churchill’s speech, with lyrics such as: "We shall fight them on the bitches!" to the backdrop of his fellow Discordians belting out one of the worst renditions of Hungry Like the Wolf ever karaoked.  The unauthorized press conference ended when the Philadelphia Police Department tear gassed the lot.

Intercourse, PA—CEO of the Daily Discord, Pierce Winslow, watched as the Supreme Diety burned his rural Pennsylvania home to the ground over Memorial Day weekend.

"It was horrible," said Winslow.  "God can really make you feel helpless.  Sure, you can flip him off and yell obscenities from your front lawn, but if that fucker wants to torch your house, he’s gonna do it."

Winslow believes that God tried to contact the Daily Discord several times last week, but his messages were ignored.

"Zano just doesn’t answer shit," said Winslow.  "He’s like an idiot savant without the savant.  We have good people contributing material and we never answer any of them. God himself even tried our contact button last week, but we rarely answer such things.  Heck, there’s a porn star that keeps emailing the Ghetto Shaman and we didn’t even answer her last few questions.  So, under those circumstances, what chance does God have for a response, really?  On that note, what’s the difference between a porn star and God?  I would get up early on Sunday for a porn star."

Winslow added, "I don’t even know why he’s sticking up for Muhammad.  That prophet has issues.  Somehow our article Jesus to be Brought before Grand Jury in Church Abuse Case goes unnoticed, not to mention all of our recent Pope bashing and now the big guy goes and picks a fight?"

Winslow wants God to know that a Mr. Cohen will be pressing his contact button soon, bitch.

Vatican City, um, Vatican City – According to Discord sources, Jesus Christ, alias "Dave," was recently issued a subpoena in the ongoing Catholic Church child molestation investigation. As the "Christ" figure in the "Vicar of Christ" moniker, he is being painted as the kingpin of an organized child molestation community.

"’Suffer the little children cum unto me [Luke 18:16]’? I think that says it all," stated Hymie Fez, Chief Lawsuit Filer. "On top of that, he’s the guy that appointed that Pope…um…accomplice."

At a minimum, the Savior is in grave danger of losing his position as hiring manager.

The Discord’s own Cokie McGrath, did some seedy investigation and turned up some publicly known evidence. Apparently Jesus and his alleged father were behind a series of nine, mass ride-through slashings beginning in 1095.

"We also have him tied to some 278,000 counts of the sale of indulgences," said Fez. "Imagine a guy in his position being stupid enough to get into petty number-running."

The FBI, in conjunction with Interpol, are setting up a series of sting operations in order to capture this fiend. Every month there is a landslide of reports of pictures of the culprit in places like potato chips, cheese sandwiches, and insane asylums, but the Lord is proving to be evasive. This has led to the formation of vigil-ente patrols.

"We get leads from the media," remarked  Wil Gettum, leader of the vigil-ente organization. "We hear that he’ll be in town every now and then. Cosmic alignments, comet-passings, and big-shit droppings all bring in a lot of reports. But he has yet to show himself."

Until concrete evidence comes to light, the vigil-ente community will be spending a lot of time in church.

In an exclusive interview, the Son of God interviewed Barak "Messiah" Obama.  Christ almost immediately called Obama a "whiner" and said today’s political climate was "child’s play" compared to his own experiences.

"You try transitioning mankind from the Old Testament to the New Testament some time," said Jesus.  "Now that’s change you can believe in.  When I came into power people were stoning gays to death, and God was smiting this and smiting that.  He was taking out whole towns, for My sake."

When Obama questioned how he handled economic issues, Jesus said, "I, quite literally, turned the tables on the economic gurus of the time."

But Jesus admitted he was out of control that day, which he attributes to consuming too much "Blood of Me."  Jesus has never been able to forgive himself for his actions, because "Forgiveness is not my scene, man."

"Look," said Jesus, "they can’t do anything worse to you than they did to me."

When Obama asked him to recount his final moments, Jesus said, "Well, it was a lot better than Mel Gibson’s portrayal in the Passion of the Christ but it was a lot worse than Monty Python’s version in Life of Brian."

Jesus also admitted the Shroud of Turin was a fake, but that the grilled cheese image from Carolina was legit.

"I just happened to be in town and thought, fry not?" 

Heaven—God admits "mistakes were made" after He decided to use a series of tornado outbreaks to suck his ‘chosen people’ to paradise.  God is blaming some of Heaven’s bureaucratic procedures for the mess. 

"Nothing but red tape," said God.  "The forms I have to fill out just to send one giant wave into a coastal city these days is me-damned ridiculous.  And, sure, raptures only happen one time per planet, but keep in mind there are a shitload of planets throughout the multi-verse."

When questioned, God did not know the exact number "off the top of my head."

When asked specifically about the use of tornadoes as the vehicle for rapture, God said, "I was trying to think of something special for Earth, but then the sheer amount of vortexes became hard to control.  You try controlling a herd of tornadoes, or is it a gaggle? Excessive moisture in the atmosphere didn’t help any.  (Expletive)-ing global warming!"

God admits some chosen people were left behind, while others were taken wrongly.

"We have a Jew up here now, and the last one of those I let sneak by was in the year zero, if you catch my meaning."

Has God lost his omnipotent status?  God reports he has only lost his ‘deity status.’ Provided he makes no other mistakes for the next ten million years, he will be fully omnipotent once again with all rights, honors and privileges granted unto.

Cairo, EG—From the beginning, the Ghetto Shaman World Tour (GSWT) was plagued with problems. The recent upheaval in Egypt was the last camel straw.  Following citizen uprisings in Tunisia, Algeria, and Yemen, civil unrest in Jordan and the Kurdish section of Syria, and now Egypt, Daily Discord CEO, Pierce Winslow said "enough is enough." 

"It’s no coincidence all this political unrest spawned within days of each of the Ghetto Shaman’s tour stops," said Winslow. "I’m all for stirring the pot, but I don’t want the Discord’s GSWT to become the Franz Ferdinand of World War III.  Besides, I told the bastard not to do the Egg a Radical Muslim Cleric Day bit. Moron."

While not confirmed, reports suggest Winslow received a threatening phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  It’s also been reported "Mossad" was mentioned several times during the call.

Homeland Security states it will not lower the current threat level until the Shaman is safely back in his sweat lodge.

Beebe, AK—Reports of birds dropping from the sky continue across south central U.S. Historic documents indicate massive bird droppings on Mayan temples have occurred as far back as the pre-classic period in Mesoamerica.

Dr. Sterling Hogbein, of the Hogbein Institute and Garage, believes "Mayan temples are just part of the story. We should not forget the numerous avian assaults throughout prehistory on outer Turdistan."

These droppings are not dotting patterns usually associated with flock feces; these are massive coordinated attacks on the same area. Dr. Hogbein reports having watched the pigeon-shit-scene from Mel Brooks’ High Anxiety ad nauseum and concluded, it is not as good as Blazing Saddles.

Experts confirm, along with fish kills, massive bird droppings are the first sign of the end of times as prophesized by the Mayan calendar. Incidentally, these items are now discounted for obvious reasons.

As for the Four Riders of the Apocalypse, turd falls under the jurisdiction of Pestilence, who "prefers bird waste for its high levels of uric acid and its ability to fatally infect the lungs of most mammals," said Pestilence. "Turd is win-win."

Dr. Hogbein believes the source of these larger droppings are monstrous mythical creatures known as the Chaos Pigeons. He also links these titanic turd sightings (TTS) to the phenomenon known as Crap Circles—a story that original broke on The Daily Discord in September of this year.

Clifton, NJ—Dr. Sterling Hogbein, of the Hogbein Institute and Pro Shop, has startled the archeological community again with his excavation of a giant statue of The Daily Discord’s columnist, the Ghetto Shaman.  Dr. Hogbein has spent much of his career seeking an ancient race situated between the Hackensack and the Passaic River in a land known as Middle-Jersey.

Dr. Hogbein believes this civilization existed in Jersey an astounding forty-thousand years ago.  He also believes the Ghetto Shaman receives nightly transmissions from the Toltec gods and may well be an avatar, returning again and again when the world is in most need of public drunkenness.

"We weren’t sure this was actually the same Shaman until we reached the Basal Paleolithic level (c. 39,000 B.C.)," said Dr. Hogbein.  "There we discovered a necklace comprised of partially consumed chicken wings, possibly of the early Domino’s or Papa John’s variety.  We became certain at the pre-Specialty Brew level, where numerous empty cans of malt liquor products were found."

The Ghetto Shaman has responded to the professor’s theories thusly, "The only nightly transmission I receive involves a professional woman named Isis."

Washington, DC—Discord reporter, Cokie McGrath is live today from the National Mall, where an estimated "shit load" of people are arriving for the Ghetto Shaman’s Rally to Retrieve the U.S. Soul.  "There is mass confusion here, however, as other events seem to be occurring simultaneously," said McGrath. "There are other posters circulating, similar in design to the Shaman’s.  Not sure if this is splinter group, or a tribute, or something more sinister."

In an effort to save America, the Shaman planned to enter an alternate dimension by ingesting six Ziploc bags of ground nutmeg and six flasks of Banana Red Mad Dog 20/20. McGrath had a chance to talk to the Shaman before his departure from this realm.

The Shaman reportedly said, "Wooh hoooh, bitches!" before stumbling down the steps outside of the Lincoln Memorial into the hands of security personnel. 

Some theorize the Ghetto Shaman was doused in baby oil to lessen the friction between dimensions, whereas others believe he is just a sick bastard.  Did his altered state of consciousness allow him to complete his task?  Is our country’s soul safely back in one piece?  We may never know the truth, or at least not until Winslow makes his bail again. 

Philadelphia, PA—The Discord’s Ghetto Shaman met with CEO, Pierce Winslow, to discuss plans for his Rally to Retrieve the U.S. Soul.  On October 30th, at the National Mall, the Shaman is planning to ingest enough ground nutmeg and Banana Red Mad Dog 20/20 to "down a rhino."  He then intends to depart this dimensional plane of existence for a darker realm, possibly Newark, in hopes of finding an ever-important shard of our country’s soul.  Upon his return, he will restore our nation’s greatness and claim some fair bystander as his rightful queen (in no particularly order).  He then plans to do things he would rather not talk about with ‘said’ queen. 

Pierce Winslow is in full support of the event, "This is going to be huge!  We’re talking ‘my balls’ huge! If anyone wants to be bused to The National Mall on October 30th, simply meet us at the Liberty Bell Pavilion in Philly."  

The Discord’s CEO suggests hitting the site’s contact button for more details. Insiders claim Winslow has already rented a mid-sized sedan, possibly an Impala, from Avis rent-a-car for the big day.

"That’s just the beginning.  I am prepared to upgrade to a full-size sedan if demand warrants," said Winslow.  "Avis has some good deals right now, especially for AAA members."

Philadelphia, PA—Earlier today, CEO Pierce Winslow discussed with the press The Daily Discord’s plans to strike several radical Imams with raw eggs this Halloween.  His e-zine has come under considerable scrutiny lately for what some are calling "pathetic attempts at publicity." After Winslow explained the intricacies of Operation Trick or Trick, the Ghetto Shaman stepped up to the podium and called for the belittling of Yemen’s Imam, Al->Awlaki.

He then recited a variation of Churchill’s speech, "We shall egg them on the beaches, we shall egg them in the pubs and in the bars, we shall never soufflender!"

No one laughed, however, as the Shaman grumbled off.

Other targets have been identified as, "That asshole calling for war with America if that other asshole burns the Koran, any Imams threatening bloggers or cartoonists, and that guy from Honesdale that keeps calling my wife."

When asked about egging random Mosques, Winslow said, "Absolutely not!  This is an asshole-specific-event (ASE), and it must be limited to truly radical Imams, not controversial Imams.  Anyone on Fox News with an IQ could be deemed controversial."

Winslow compared the upcoming activity to December 7th, when, to honor the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Discord gang eggs all the area’s Mitsubishi dealers.

"It’s part of our own Zero Zero Tolerance Law," added Winslow with a wink.

Lodi, NJ—The Discord’s Bald Tony met with Frankie Vincent, of Sopranos and Goodfellas fame, to discuss their "situation" with a radicalized, extremist pop-band known as Devo. This group is threatening violence in response to intentions to destroy several Duran Duran albums during the Discord’s highly controversial event Burn Duran Day.

Bald Tony reports negotiations at an undisclosed location over pasta went well last night.

Vincent told the Discord staffer, "Consider the problem solved. They’re nerds."

Bald Tony reports the meeting was cordial but intimidating.

"I just kept thinking, no Mafia jokes, no Mafia jokes, no Mafia jokes…then, the first thing out of my mouth is, ‘so this horse’s head, Joe Pesci, and a Port Authority employee walk into a bar...’"

 It all ended well, apparently, although no one has seen or heard from Tony since Operation Cannoli went into effect yesterday evening.

"We underestimated the response," said Discord CEO, Pierce Winslow. "We had no idea how many people still liked Duran Duran. We have suspended Burn Duran Day indefinitely, and we are probably just going to go drinking instead."

When asked if any members of the Daily Discord might forge ahead with the scheduled album burning, Winslow said, "No. They really like drinking.  Besides, they’re not worried about any backlash; they just don’t finish anything they start. Take this post, for example, they were supposed to…

Monroe, OH—Jesus identified Zeus, the supreme diety of Greek mythology, as the perpetrator responsible for torching the six-story Jesus statue last week.  Jesus was able to successfully single out the giant partially-clad, lightning-bolt wielding Greek god from a police lineup, as the giant partially-clad, lightning-bolt wielding Greek god from last week’s Ohio mayhem.  Although, it looks like Jesus might be pointing to bigfoot in the above picture, police assured the press that Jesus was simply, "Messing with Sasquatch." 

"He does that," said Monroe Police Chief, Jack Goldman. "Jesus is a cruel bastard when it comes right down to it.  You should have seen what he did to Nessie, just because her existence flies in the face of Biblical reason."

Zeus was given the chance to strike a plea bargain yesterday; he decided instead to strike a giant oak tree outside of the courthouse. The act immediately set the tree and a neighboring daycare center ablaze. Meanwhile, Jesus is said to be letting the justice system do its job and is refraining from going all "Old Testament on his ass."

"Better deal than Nessie got," said Chief Goldman. "I still got people mopping in there."

Philadelphia, PA—CEO of the Daily Discord, Pierce Winslow, is furious that no one posted any of the Daily Discord’s  submissions for this week’s Draw Muhammad Day.

"Sure, we Photoshopped the shit, but that’s how we roll.  Who draws?  Do I look like I still play with crayons, you cretin-blogging dickwads?!  OK, don’t answer that."

Witnesses claim that Winslow has grown completely irrational after the realization that every blogger from Seattle to Georgia refused to post any of the Daily Discord’s twenty-seven computer generated submissions.

"That’s nonsense," disagreed Discord contributor, Mick Zano.  "Winslow’s always completely irrational." 

Since no one picked up any of the controversial material, Mr. Winslow is calling for lashings, beheadings, and belashings—which is, actually, more reminiscent of his ill-received Draw Muhammad in Drag Day.  In retaliation, the Daily Discord is planning to host Everybody Photoshop Muhammad Day next week and Winslow would like to add, "And we’re not taking any of your submission at this time, bitches."

Washington, DC—Heroin addicts everywhere are protesting the Obama Administration’s decision to interrupt the flow of opium production across Afghanistan.

"Farmers everywhere should be able to grow whatever herbs, vegetables, or Oxycotton trees they see fit," said Rush Limbaugh.

Chip "Chipper" Smith had this to say, "This will have unintended consequences for small businessmen across America.  Soon I’ll have to pay for government run healthcare and there’s not an ER within fifty-miles that will even let me the fuck in. Talk about the audacity of dope!"

Several dozen people arrived outside the White House to protest the military’s focus on curtailing Afghani opium production.  Most of their signs were not upright, however, and the group seemed rather lethargic.

One unidentified man holding a sign reading ‘Vicodin for Victory’ had this to say, "I think there should be…………………I think there.  They better not stop the opium production because…"  Upon waking, the man added, "I don’t think there should be……."

The non-violent, some seemingly non-breathing, protestors plan to assemble again at this same spot tomorrow, right after the methadone clinic closes but before the pubs open—a time known to local heroin addicts as the Tweaklight Zone.

Heaven—Isn’t the timing more than a little suspicious?  Think about it; Obama backs deep sea drilling and, boom, a few weeks later gazillions of gallons of crude oil spews into the Gulf of Mexico.  Obama then backs nuclear energy and boom, splash, Japan’s nuclear incident occurs at Fukushima. 

God told our own Cokie McGrath, "If Obama start promoting ‘clean’ coal, I already have that covered as well."

God plans to burn the entire state of Kentucky by setting all its coal mines ablaze at once in something he is calling his ‘Shock and Ore’ campaign.

"In 2011, if you’re still talking only about the big three: nuclear, coal, and oil, it’s go time, bitches," said God.

God also admitted to McGrath, global warming doesn’t pose a threat to human life anytime soon.

"But plans have changed," added God. "Climate change wouldn’t have become deadly for another thousand years or so, but it’s time to turn this cosmic crockpot up notch."

God then entered his 2010 Prius, with venti mocha macchiato frappe in hand, and may have either waved  goodbye out of the car window or flipped the press the bird.

"We’re sure it was one of the two," said McGrath

Brooklyn, NY—You’ve heard of No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn?  Well, one Brooklyn couple is saying no sleeping together ‘til the male adorns the elk antlers and the woman completes the ovulation chant with a gefilte fish draped over her shoulder.  The Maranuchi’s of Canarsie have resorted to such practices after Fran Maranuchi failed to conceive after three months of what Tony Maranuchi describes as "arduous schtupping."

"We were out of options," said Tony.  "We don’t want people to think this was the first thing we tried, or nothin’."

Distraught, Fran turned her sights to the past. 

"There’s just so much that ancestral knowledge can teach us. For instance, I had no idea ripping out the still beating heart of a virgin can appease the God of the Harvest for an entire growing season."

At first Mrs. Maranuchi tried running naked through the fields singing the ‘Seed me Earth Mother’ song.

"But you’d be surprised how few fields we have here in Canarsie," said Fran.

Then Mr. Maranuchi tried carving a bull horn into a Cretan phallus symbol, while rubbing his manhood with a prepared musk seed oil.

"I know symbolic sexual acts with figurines and incense sounds a little weird, but…"

Mr. Maranuchi never finished that sentence.  

In other news: the body of a young woman was found in Canarsie earlier today.  Her heart was ripped from her chest and her remains were positioned in what appears to be an ancient pagan sacrifice to the God of the Harvest.

Philadelphia, PA—A radicalized pop band calling themselves The People’s Republic of Devo are sticking up for the popular 80s band, Duran Duran.  They are calling for the heads of all Discord staffers in response to the ezine’s controversial decision to burn 16 copies of Rio this Saturday at the Liberty Bell Pavilion.

"They should die," said front man, Mark Mothersbaugh.  "horribly if possible.  This is an affront to Bowie the Goblin King and all things 80s.  Think about it, what would 80s night be like without Rio?  It would be as bad as a fucking 90s night, if you can imagine that."

CEO of the Discord, Pierce Winslow, is firing back—out of the side window of his Buick GNX.  "Yeah, I’m packing and I am defending my 2^nd and my 18^th Amendment rights."

When it was pointed out the 18^th Amendment involved the repeal of prohibition, Winslow said, "Yeah…drinking, shooting, and driving.  What did you think I was talking about?"

The FBI and local law enforcement personnel are encouraging the main contributors of The Daily Discord to take this threat seriously and are suggesting they all lay low for a while.

"Just look at those orange hats," said Springfield Police Chief Clancy Wiggum.  "According to the MTV archives, they’re packing whips too.  Not to mention, they’re probably all doped up on goofballs."  

Athens, GR—Zeus, the supreme deity of Greek mythology, admitted to authorities today that he hurled the lightning bolt that destroyed the six-story Jesus statue off I-75 in Monroe, Ohio.

People who witnessed the incident claim, the clouds parted and then a large, partially clad Greek God yelled down, "Take that, you fucker!"

And then Jesus said unto him, "Father, why have you forsaken…oh, it’s not you this time."

The statue then burst into flames and melted.

One witness claims Jesus said, "I’m melting, I’m melting," but this parishioner later admitted her account may be distorted by consuming "way too much Blood of Christ and, oh, I had a little Captain in me."

When asked why he did it, Zeus said, "It was originally Prometheus’ idea, the bloody pyro."

Zeus also blamed his poor behavior on a childhood filled with abuse and neglect.

"My father, Cronus, was a real asshole.  The bastard ate all of my brothers, among other things.  You just don’t get over that…"

When asked if he was sorry for his actions, he said, "Jesus had it coming.  That wanker stole so much shit from, my boy, Dionysus, it ain’t funny."

Rome, IT (or thereabouts)—Vatican officials, along with someone known only as the Albino Priest, have decided to "switch it up" for their next pope picking extravaganza.

When asked if the decision to use the 'Sorting Hat' from the wildly popular Harry Potter series might be deemed "way too f-ing Pagan" by some of the parishioners, the Vatican had this to say, "The gig is up, the cat is out of the bag, the fat lady is singing, and the altar boys are pressing charges. In no way will people continue to buy the whole ‘divinely picked thing’ at this point. Besides, it's not like we haven't absorbed some Pagan stuff before."

The Vatican believes that "whatever they choose to pick the next Pope couldn't be worse."

The Albino Priest had this to say, "We hope to just incorporate parts of the Potter series into our faith. The Gospel of Dumbledore is due to release in June, and you can’t tell me we won’t gain some popularity with the young’ins with our Christ Church of Wizardry."

As part of the deal, R.K. Rowling will be awarded an entire wing of the Vatican for weekly treasure baths.

"Rumors to divide the Catholic Church into congregations like Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff are just that, rumors," said the Albino Priest. "Now if we could only get the sorting hat to stop picking Cardinal Snape."