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

Tractor-Trailer Spills Mystery Meat All Over Highway 70 in St. Peters

 Posted on April 6, 2011  |  The Editor

Yesterday morning, a trailer flipped over on Highway 70 at the Mid Rivers Mall exit in St. Peters, spilling it’s cargo of what the police think were bratwurst. After the tractor-trailer exited off eastbound 70 onto north Mid Rivers Mall Drive this morning, it overturned, spilling some of its contents, which St. Peters police believe to be bratwurst. So they aren’t sure if they were bratwurst, but they believe them to be bratwurst. [Read More]
bratwurst  food  st. peters 

The City Earning Tax Stays For Another Five Years

 Posted on April 6, 2011  |  The Editor

The few of you that voted decided that the St. Louis City earning tax should be kept around yesterday night, in what ended up being a decisive landslide approving Proposition E. Meanwhile, in his skull-shaped island lair, Mayor Slay tapped his fingers together in pleasure because he would continue to reap the roughly $150 million dollar revenue stream the income tax generates (or, probably more precisely, he wiped the sweat off his brow, high-fived his buddies, then went home to rub one out and get a good night’s sleep for the first time in a few months, but the super villan in his lair sounded more awesome). [Read More]
city  earnings tax  mayor slay  politics  vote 

Sheriff Arrested on Suspicion of Being a Meth Dealer

 Posted on April 5, 2011  |  The Editor

“Freaking cops! Stealing your stash and then they don’t report it! They just take it themselves and sell it out! Punks they just as bad as the people they bustin’!” Oh fictitious bitter criminal, you’re assumptions that every cop is dirty amuse us…but even a drug-addled, retarded clock is right twice a day. A southeast Missouri sheriff is now charged with distribution of methamphetamine. Carter County Sheriff Tommy Adams was arrested Saturday. [Read More]
cop  meth  tommy adams 

Former President Bill Clinton to Speak at University of Central Missouri For Some Reason

 Posted on April 5, 2011  |  The Editor

Former President Bill Clinton will speak at University of Central Missouri’s graduation next month as well as receive an honorary doctorate. Why? Because the University of Central Missouri is an important…um…it’s a school that everyone remembers exists…well, not really…it’s um…well, out of all the fake doctoral degrees out there, University of Central Missouri’s is…uh…definitely…one of them. The university says Clinton is being honored for his commitment to education and philanthropy as well as his service to the country as president. [Read More]
bill clinton  celebrity  university of central missouri 

Craigslist: Searching for the Real Housewife of Jefferson County

 Posted on April 4, 2011  |  The Editor

We love a good farcical Craigslist post around here. cough So we’re glad we ran across this over the weekend and that someone had the forethought to screen grab it! Have you dreamed of being famous? Are you a burgeoning socialite cougar with ambitions of making ti to the small screen? Do you frequently fornicate with members of your immediate family? Sadly, this guy probably has an inbox full of submissions from every fat (but not Jefferson County fat, which everyone knows adds more pounds than a t-shirt scoop full of disposable cameras), stretch pants-rocking, side ponytail having, daycare/meth maker in the county. [Read More]
craigslist  jefferson county  sighting 

Japanese Radiation Attacks Illinois!

 Posted on April 4, 2011  |  The Editor

KMOV doesn’t want to alarm anyone, but…wait…oh they did want to alarm people?! That explains how they had a featured story on their website and on their Friday news coverage about something that is completely harmless and possibly, maybe, but who knows, from a dangerous place somewhere else in the world. …and somehow people still think the internet is the only place bullshit, alarmist, horrible journalism happens. It’s pretty clearly just one of the places that stuff happens. [Read More]
japan  kmov  radiation 

Southeast Missouri Sheriff Deputy Shoots “Dangerous” Chihuahua

 Posted on April 4, 2011  |  The Editor

A Southeast Missouri sheriff’s deputy was responding to a domestic dispute call when after making an arrest she was confronted by a snarling dog. One of the dogs lunged to bite a deputy Kelly Barks, and she responded by firing a shot at the dog. Walking back outside Barks found the dog didn’t actually bite her, but as still “acting aggressively” so the dog was shot by Barks a second time. [Read More]
Bollinger County  Chihuahua  kelly barks  morons 

The Video Page is Fixed

 Posted on April 3, 2011  |  The Editor

So we just realized that clicking the videos on the Video Page, did a big lot of nothing. Everything there should be all fixed now though!

Sorry for the issues.

The Kid That Taped The USC Students Banging on a Building is a Cardinals Fan

 Posted on April 1, 2011  |  The Editor

If you’re like us and know all there is to know about whatever the coolest video on the internet is, then you know about the video that was shot on the campus of USC that featured a couple going to town on the roof of a building. Not super tall building either. You could see stuff…like the dude’s junk, and the un-daddy loved soul of the slutbag that agreed to get bent over on the roof of a building in broad daylight. [Read More]
cardinals  sextastic  usc  Video 

Old Photo of the Beatles at Busch Stadium Surfaces

 Posted on April 1, 2011  |  The Editor

NPR recently posted some rare behind the scenes photos of The Beatles, which were this british pop band from the olden days. (We’d never heard of them, but Steve Jobs told us they were a big deal, so we gave them a shot…not bad!) What the hell was the point of all this?…oh yeah, here’s one from St. Louis! There are George and John chilling at the locker rooms at old Busch Stadium (II)! [Read More]
beatles  busch stadium  celebrity