TV guilty pleasures evolve into hate-watching - Daily Freeman
28 May 2012, 1:56 am
If I convinced myself I was hate-watching “Jersey Shore,” not merely watching it, would I reach true enlightenment and find amusement in its boozy, horny nincompoops? Or would I fall short in my effort to find TV pleasure in TV pain?

South Africa, We Have To Stop The Rot - Beeld
23 May 2012, 9:11 am
We thus have a choice. We can sit back and allow a bunch of selfish nincompoops decide the fate of this country. Or, we can take matters into our own hands as we have been doing for many years now. And let me hastily add that people of every race and sex ...

Time for Labor to extend olive branch to Latham, says AWU chief - Sydney Morning Herald
22 May 2012, 9:05 am
We're the nincompoops who … burn important industries on the fires of economic purity for no net benefit,'' he said. He urged a more interventionist industry policy, saying there was no shame in a government ''picking winners'' by investing in growth ...

Hate-watching: The way to find good in TV shows so bad you never dreamed you could enjoy them - Brandon Sun
22 May 2012, 6:42 am
If I convinced myself I was hate-watching "Jersey Shore," not merely watching it, would I reach true enlightenment and find amusement in its boozy, horny nincompoops? Or would I fall short in my effort to find TV pleasure in TV pain? Odds are, I'd ...

Chen tells us much about Sino-U.S. relations - Washington Post
20 May 2012, 8:53 am
It doesn’t mean we can’t find areas of cooperation. But we should be more sanguine in our behavior and restrained in our language, lest we be taken for nincompoops who can be stared down. UPDATE (12:05): A reader calls my attention to an NPR ...

Zimbabwe: Private Media Living in Utopia - AllAfrica.com
18 May 2012, 6:47 am
Ignoramuses and nincompoops are turned into philosopher kings. Reading a newspaper should not be like being at a political rally. It is only at a political rally that politicians are allowed to propagandise their supporters with all sorts of rhetoric.

Fantasy Football 2012: 5 Things to Consider When Picking Your League Type - Bleacherreport.com
15 May 2012, 3:01 am
If you have a terrible season, no big deal. Next year you will have an entirely different roster, so all the nincompoops you drafted will be pink-slipped at season’s end. But if you are joining a league with a lot of friends and acquaintances you know ...

Find Out How Fast You Read With This Test - Gizmodo Australia
14 May 2012, 10:51 pm
Reading quickly is a skill to be proud of! It’s useful, you save time, and you can brag to your friends how fast you finished the Game of Thrones books while those nincompoops impatiently wait every Sunday for it to air. But don’t you want to know how ...

CNN: "If Clinton Was 'Black,' Is Obama 'Gay'?" - News Busters
14 May 2012, 5:22 pm
If Obama actually loses in November, and exit polls show this issue was a big factor, history might judge Biden as one of the biggest nincompoops to ever be a heartbeat from residing in the White House. Of course, that would completely destroy ...

PRESIDENT SHOULD INTERVENE TO RETAIN TAMARA KUNANAYAKAM IN HER CURRENT POST as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to UN in Geneva - lankaweb.com
8 May 2012, 2:15 pm
Sri Lanka lost the case  when we were represented by “YES MINISTERS” like GLP and MS  with some nincompoops with GCE O.Level qualifications as advisors and  not because of Tamara K.. We have another Herculean task with Sri Lanka’s ...