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Is It Ironic That...?

101 On the same day, in the same city...A news website reports that airfares are going up in price and another reports that they are going down in price?...

102 The name of conservative party in Thailand is Democrat Party.

103 Representative Henry Radel supported legislation that would require mandatory drug testing for food stamps and subsequently was found guilty of possession of cocaine?...

104 A traveling exhibition featuring artifacts from the Titanic has been forced to close due to water damage at Atlanta's Premier Exhibition Center on 11/16/2013....

105 Is it ironic that an advertisement for an internet marketing seminar would appear in a newspaper?...

106 Chris Huhne wrote an article about the press needing more credibility when his credibility is close to nil...

107 on Halloween someone impersonating a cop is arrested?

108 Liberal Women Plan "Sex Strike" to Protest Contraception Ban....

109 I am wearing a Halloween costume that has a chicken head and a chef's hat with a pot and human leg in it...

110 A British psychic canceled a show in Scotland due to "unforeseen circumstances. DUNFERMLINE, Scotland, June 10, 2013...

111 The three members of a Carbon-Neutral Expedition to Greenland were rescued from their capsized yacht a midst hurricane force winds by a 113,000-tonne oil tanker....

112 A TV news crew taping a missing person report was stunned when the man in question walked into the camera shot behind the reporter and introduced himself on May 29, 2013 in Limington, Maine....

113 Mark Zuckerberg spent millions to buy homes around his to protect his privacy? http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-buys-4-homes-for-privacy-2013-10...

114 Is it ironic that the day that Google memorializes Yosemite National Park's anniversary no one could visit due to the government shutdown?...

115 the producers of electricity is having a power outage?

116 737 houses have been earmarked at a site next to an airport?

117 The current Minister for Immigration and Border Security in Australia (i.e. the man who works to keep refugees out of the country) previously worked in the tourism industry....

118 Someone posted in the newspaper: " Gov. Christie is the most overrated governor: moran" (Or is it just moronic ... or should I say "moranic")...

119 a government implements a scheme to save the public money and it actually ends up costing more than what was in place before...

120 Is it ironic that President Obama said in one speech: "We're sending assault weapons to rebels in Syria to confront a regime that does not represent them.", while stating in another, "There is no reason why any American should own assault weapons."?...

121 Today Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle was due to speak on BBC news about the need for the HS2 ( High Speed Rail network) but failed to make the slot - due to a delayed train....

122 The author of the departmental newsletter had to write about the news that she was quitting the comms team and the writing of the newsletter....

123 A boy has a terrible day. His mom tells him tomorrow will be a better day. And the next day is 9/11....

124 The Australian government has been turning asylum seekers, who have arrived by boat, away from its shores and directed them to Papua New Guinea. Is this ironic given that Australia is a country itself ruled by people whose ancestors were immigrants, and who weren't turned away by the aboriginals?...

125 a woman demonstrating for English to be made the official language of the USA carried a sign misspelling "official" as "offical"?...