The Flipside International

BRASILIA, BR. Ana Paula Couto, one of Brazil’s leading television news anchors reported yesterday that she is just really bored reporting the Brazilian news. “It’s just a constant stream of bloody and gory stories,” commented Couto in an exclusive Flipside interview, “I mean, what a snooze fest. It’s the same thing every day!”
Couto isn’t the [...]

The debate over prisoner’s rights wages on as the Supreme Court passed judgment on the classic playground rhyme, “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” Earlier this week, the Justices ruled the familiar phrase a breach of the 8th Amendment- protection from “cruel and unusual punishment.
The case was brought before the court amidst the scandal following the [...]

In a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, it was discovered that 85% of American high school teens were unable to identify their room on a map of their house.
After the publication of this study, many around the country have become worried about the current state of [...]

NEW YORK, NY- Carmen Sandiego, planet Earth’s most renowned thief, has been pilfering the world’s treasures since 1985. In a recent press conference, U.N. Representative from the United States, Susan Rice, confirmed that the U.N. had not made any progress in it’s almost 25 year search for the bandit and V.I.L.E. (Villain’s International League of [...]

BELO HORIZONTE- Notoriously slow to incorporate American pop culture, the Brazilian radio stations have finally picked up Britney Spears’ 1999 hit, “… Baby, One More Time.” Federal university student Fabiana Mendes was found playing it in her car and commented on its success. “The beat are so fun!” While the song has renewed interest in [...]