PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013

Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.

We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.

While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.

- The Editor

Photoshopping St. Louis: Mr. Edwards’ Trolley

Hey neighbors! It looks like Mr. Joe Edwards is getting his trolley!

[T]he federal government is pitching in $25-million toward a trolley car that would run between University City and western parts of St. Louis.

This $44-million total project would run trolley cars between City Hall down Delmar, then south on Debaliviere to the Missouri history museum on Debaliviere in Forest park.

For a while it looked like it may never happen, but now it looks like it could be in place as soon as 2012, according to Edwards.

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Alton Pervert Not Doing a Good Job Hiding It

Scott Pyle, 50, was arrested and charged with inappropriate contact with a minor after a report from a mother who claimed Pyle sexually assaulted her daughter at his home in February.

When they asked for proof, the mother just showed them a picture of Pyle…the police deemed his overt creepiness enough for an arrest.

The Alton police are also working on trying to charge Pyle with a number of other creepy unsolved crimes like being that guy that stands too close to you on the empty elevator or being the uncle that hugs your girlfriend a little longer than he should.

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Virginia Kerr is Still Cute as a Button While Preggers

KMOV morning cutie Virginia Kerr was opining about stretchmark prevention on a “mommy blog” recently:

Two more weeks until the third trimester! I’m so excited, I think I may have to celebrate that day with ice cream!

BUT it also makes me worry stretch marks are right around the corner. So far, so good but I’ve been reading women get them as late as three days before they give birth.

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St. Louis Rapper Slapped Mid-Freestyle

Update: The original video was pulled from YouTube. This post has been updated with another found copy.

Everyone’s a critic.

Watch this rapper get bitch slapped mid-freestyle rap by a smiling “fan” below. Be warned though, this guy is hard core so he says naughty NSFW language.

Comments on YouTube about the random violence include such quotable as:

“oh hell nah we would have been fightin”

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The Cardinals Are Horrible

Its not just the bullpen, or the starting pitching, defense or hitting…its everything. The Cardinals suck. Oh we’re only a few games out of first, and we certainly aren’t the Pirates, but for the St. Louis Cardinals, they suck. With this much talent they should be running over people but they aren’t. Its not they don’t have the talent they thought…its just that they flat out aren’t playing well.

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99.1 Joy FM Launches

The Jews killed Jesus and now Jesus killed classical music in St. Louis. When will man’s violent march stop?!

99.1 switched from one of the only 16 classical stations to christian rock 99.1 JoyFM today.

Joking aside (for just a moment though) people are really either pissed or over-“joy”ed. There seems to be no middle ground…well I guess some, since we really don’t care that much.

Reports on the station after it’s first few hours of life are exactly as you would think: If you like Christian Rock, you love it. Seems like everyone should have seen that coming, but there’s a lot of surprise out there that makes us think otherwise.

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Mayor’s Nephew Charged With Stalking

27 year old Benjamin Slay, nephew to St. Louis mayor Francis Slay, has been charged with “aggravated stalking” after violating a court order by coming in contact with…well…someone he wasn’t supposed to.

The victim or their connection to Slay has not been released. Its gotta be an ex of some sort though right?

It would be cooler though if it tied in to another St. Louis celeb. Like maybe he was stalking Ted Drewes. Yeah! Lets get this rumor going. You tell 2 people and so will we!

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Charles Schmitz Thinks St. Louis City Should Eat St. Louis County

A recent opinion piece posted in the Post Dispatch recently is making the rounds. The piece, written by UMSL professor Charles D. Schmitz is entitled “St. Louis is a world-class city” it’s a well-written rah-rah piece that someone from another town might brush off as self-aggrandizing, it makes some pretty cogent points.

The focus of the piece is one major issue: St. Louis City should swallow St. Louis County. Schmitz ran the data as if that was the case and came up with the following:

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Easy Riding With Punching Kitty

One of our fine readers out there took a few of our stickers, modded them, and stuck them on his motorcycle helmet. Which means that as of this moment, this gentleman will have to get a little helmet for down below because the chicks will be throwing themselves at his crotch all day and night. I’m not talking figuratively and I’m also not one of those douches that say ‘literally’ when they mean figuratively. The is the reals: Chicks will lose control and dive for his crotch.

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So a Crappy QB and a Hot Idiot Get Married…

Over the Independence Day weekend former Rams quarterback married notable opponent of independence (at least for some) Carrie Prejean…she is hot though. I mean, if you don’t count horse teeth, dark roots or pre-mature smile lines.

The onetime beauty queen turned same-sex marriage opponent had a wedding of her own Friday night, swapping vows with NFL stud Kyle Boller in a lavish ceremony in San Diego.

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