Credit: Brad Gregg Classes already have plenty of books and backpacks. What schools really need are more guns. McCullough’s resolution: Strap teachers and principals with firepower. After all, this is Oklahoma, where no politician has ever been hurt by making sweet, sweet love to the Second Amendment. Three days after the Dec. 14 tragedy, McCullough […]
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Le Freak
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, he also tweeted “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” on Dec. 19, so the concert video may be getting shorted on the exclamation points. No official release date has been announced, so we’ll just trust Coyne’s word that it will be sometime soon. A preview of Freak Night (catchphrase: “!!!Party!!!Death!!!Love!!!” — no, really) on […]
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The biebz knees
Credit: Brad Gregg Given that the 18-year-old pop star is single now — there, there, Selena Gomez, let us dry your tears — hopeful Mrs. Biebers in the 405 already may be enacting grand plans for ornate “MARRY ME” placards. (Attention, Hobby Lobby stores: Double, if not triple, your stock of glitter and pink paint […]
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The role model
Credit: Brad Gregg So we couldn’t believe our ears when we heard that the L.A. Lakers superstar had praised OKC’s own Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. He admires their poise, their work ethic and their ability to keep their cool. The five-time NBA champion told the Los Angeles Times that the Thunder pair are so […]
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Top cop
Credit: Brad Gregg That buildup, first reported by the eCapitol online service, has some legislators questioning whether Doak has been watching too many gangster flicks. “Is Al Capone back in town?” state Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, told the Tulsa World. “Are we looking for stills in the woods? Come on, it’s a joke.” A […]
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Congrats, Mr. Mayor!
Credit: Brad Gregg Hizzoner will receive the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Award for Leadership in Urban Design from the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) for “his leadership in guiding the MAPS 3 initiative from concept to implementation.” While we here at Chicken-Fried News like the mayor — and particularly […]
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CFN Quote of the week
“Oil and barbecue are the lifeblood of Oklahoma.” —S. Raichlen in the December issue of Esquire
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Back that up
Credit: Brad Gregg Have you considered the healing power of chiropractic? We’ve been to the chiropractor and we can say unequivocally that it kinda helped. We paid him for his services — with a check. But a local chiro with the not-at-all-creepy name of Shandy Sells was arrested a little over a week ago for […]
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CFN tweets of the week
“Somebody tell serg Abaka. He aint bout dis life. Next time he run up on me im goin in his mouth. That’s a promise. He doin 2 much.” —The San Antonio Spurs’ Stephen Jackson, in a Dec. 8 tweet about the Thunder’s Serge Ibaka. The NBA fined Jackson $25,000 for the online threat. Jackson later […]
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CFN Quote of the week
“Oil and barbecue are the lifeblood of Oklahoma.” —S. Raichlen in the December issue of Esquire