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The Onion in 2056: A dystopian world of Flash animation
In 2005, The Onion imagined the world 51 years later. Get ready for endless sci-fi tropes and Flash animations.
Jun 22, 2025
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Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 11-17, 2006
Here's what The Onion published on its website from Jan. 11-17, 2006, including many sports jokes and a message from President George W. Bush.
Jan 14
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James daSilva
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Preview: 50 great jokes The Onion published in 2006
The Onion redesigns its print edition! Plus, 2006 kind of sucked? Let's explore what I'll be covering from a year where seemingly everything got worse.
Jan 11
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James daSilva
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Reviewing The Onion's website: Jan. 4-10, 2006
Bush defends NSA wiretapping, plus jokes about veal, venison, Olympic skiers and Kwanzaa sales
Jan 7
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James daSilva
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The Onion's website ended 2005 by going on vacation
The Onion published very few jokes between Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006. But we get President Bush's preview of 2006, "a year of great terror and…
Dec 31, 2025
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James daSilva
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The Onion's 9/11 issue, 20 years later
Sep 26, 2021
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20 years ago, The Onion published my favorite article
Mar 6, 2022
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion mocked Donald Rumsfeld — and his wife
Aug 17, 2025
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James daSilva
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Preview: 50 great jokes The Onion published in 2006
Jan 11
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion published its 2005 Top 10 list
Don't remember what happened in 2005? The Onion offers a surprisingly comprehensive guide to real-life news!
Dec 28, 2025
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion warned of Osama Bin Claus
Jokes about turtlenecks, Christmas, Wikipedia and much more from the week of Christmas 2005.
Dec 24, 2025
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James daSilva
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The Onion welcomed Christmas with Karl Rove and Jean Teasdale
Plus, the troops in Iraq, stuntmen, "loose women," Gov. Rick Perry, holiday pop-ups, home-heating costs and much more
Dec 21, 2025
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James daSilva
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20 years ago, The Onion redesigned its website (slightly)
Plus, Bush and Cheney's Christmas message, the year in sports, Britney Spears, "thoughts and prayers," Howard Stern and more.
Dec 17, 2025
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James daSilva
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20 years ago in The Onion, an activist judge canceled Christmas
Plus, Gorzo the Mighty returns! And jokes about Iraq, bird flu, "blood storms," video games and more.
Dec 14, 2025
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James daSilva
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