TPN‘s Trifling Law Enforcer of the Week
Scott Kreher Will someone take this fool’s gun away forever? Scott, a sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department, while appearing before the Atlanta City Council, said he wanted to beat Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin with a baseball bat because she hasn’t addressed the cops’ workers’ compensation issues to his satisfaction. Scottie Batman, we get your … Read more
Alizé Alert Helps Find Missing Black Kids
By Bill Matthews The new alert will hopefuly save these kids from a whuppin (COLUMBUS, OHIO) While Amber Alerts have helped find hundreds of white children who went missing from trailer parks, a new alert is being geared toward locating missing black kids. The Alizé Alert will go out when a black child needs to … Read more
TPN‘s Trifling Fertile Person of the Week
Mia Washington Jesus, take the wheel. What else can I say about this woman? Mia, 20, has twin boys, born 7 minutes apart. But dang, her 44-year-old fiance noticed they didn’t look alike. DNA proved what he feared: one boy was his…and one wasn’t. Mia had her a little jump off while homeboy had his … Read more
Whitley and Dwayne Still Not Legally Married
By Shawna Collier Still in love, but still not legal (ATLANTA) They’ve been together 17 years, but Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert never got around to signing a marriage license. The Peoples News has learned that the couple, whose up-and-down romance was chronicled in the early 90s documentary A Different World, has been living together … Read more
TPN‘s Trifling Reality Show Contestant of the Week
Jen from The Amazing Race She was not the worst racer ever. Just the most trifling. One week after trashing Chinese people IN CHINA who don’t speak English and having an embarrassing meltdown at the pool, Jen—racing alongside her big sister, Kisha, for ONE MILLION DOLLARS—does herself one better. Needing to finish in the top … Read more
African Americans Ready to Re-Name Selves Again
By Bill Matthews Tchula third-graders line up to vote (TCHULA, MS) Third-graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in this tiny Southern town are doing their once-a-decade duty of coming up with a new name to identify African Americans. “Wow, has it been 10 years already,” wondered King principal Calvin Blanks. “It seems like … Read more
TPN’s Trifling ‘What the Hell’ Moment of the Week
‘Air Force One’ It doesn’t get more trifling than this: a Boeing 747 buzzing lower Manhattan. On purpose. For a photo op. Who were the masterminds behind this plan? Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office who approved the mission. The FAA, which alerted New York’s city government, which told New York … Read more
