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

Rolla Farm Boy Loves Him Some Kiddie Porn!

 Posted on March 31, 2011  |  The Editor

Terry Dunaway of Rolla, Missouri was arrested for possession of child pornography Wednesday. Clearly he was arrested at an important event, like a work meeting or a gala held in a friend’s parents’ basement, since he was wearing his best “Farm Boy” shirt. The police discovered his stash during a random “Yeah, that guy looks pretty perv-y” check. You’d really like those checks to be more ineffective, but you can’t argue with the results. [Read More]
child pornography  pervert  rolla 

Busch Stadium Gives the Leftovers to Homeless People

 Posted on March 31, 2011  |  The Editor

The Cardinals are making it kown that they have been working with Operation Food Search to pack up all un-eaten food and supply it to homeless shelters. Jeramie Mitchell, the stadium’s Food and Beverage Director, says the Cardinals work with Operation Food Search. They pack any quality food in coolers, and the organization picks it up the next day. Operation Food Search is a St. Louis organization that distributes food to homeless shelters and others in need. [Read More]
busch stadium  cardinals  food 

Oh Sure, Blame the Fake Pot Now

 Posted on March 31, 2011  |  The Editor

The guy that ran in to the St. Peters church screaming and knocking over people the other day, has blamed all of his actions on fake pot. Yup, fake pot. Had to have been the fake pot. Oh and let us guess, he ran in to the church to get help right? Police said [Dustin W. Ostmann] told them he had smoked a sythetic marijuana called “Knock Out.” They said frightening hallucinations led him randomly to the church to seek help. [Read More]
church  fake pot  knock out  morons  st. peters 

Kansas City Wins Google Contest For Free Crazy Fast Internet

 Posted on March 30, 2011  |  The Editor

Think you’re pretty awesome now don’t you Kansas City, luring Google’s promise of awesome internet service away from us. Well pat yourselves on the back now because once Google realizes all your internet traffic consists of is people watching YouTube videos of guys getting hit in the balls and posting “Maybe we can sign Pujols!” on Royals message boards, they’ll wish they would have came to the other side of the state first! [Read More]
google  internet  kansas city 

Take That First Baptist Church of St. Peters!

 Posted on March 30, 2011  |  The Editor

You really can’t fault a man for executing a perfect plan. Drive up to a church, nearly hitting the building, hop out and run screaming in to the building knocking old people out of the way until the police arrive. Apart from forgetting to lick Jesus’ nipples on the crucifix statue, this plan went off without a hitch! Officer Melissa Doss, a spokeswoman for St. Peters police, said the man arrested also pushed another person while inside the church, laid hands on a third person and verbally assaulted another. [Read More]
church  crazy  morons  st. peters 

There Was a Jumper on the Jefferson Barracks Bridge

 Posted on March 30, 2011  |  The Editor

Last night, a jumper was spotted on the Jefferson Barracks Bridge, which caused them to close the bridge down until the sad little guy could be talked down. As of this writing, that’s all the details we’ve heard. We’ll just assume it was Fox Sports Midwest sports writer B.J. Rains, sad because the only Cardinal that will do an interview with him was traded to Seattle, and you can’t just keep interviewing that guy anymore, because that would look really pathetic and sad…wait never mind. [Read More]
jumper 

Two Guys Take the Pointersaurus Challenge, Capture Their Failure on Video

 Posted on March 29, 2011  |  The Editor

The Pointer’s Pizza Pointersaurus challenge has been tried many times, probably because it sounds a lot easier when you aren’t staring at that football field of a pizza. Here are the rules: The contest costs $50 and is a 28″ Pointersaurus pizza which weighs ten pounds. Two people are allowed one hour to eat the pizza with either two meat toppings or four vegetable toppings. You must make a reservation at least one day in advance and the contest is only done at 3 PM each day. [Read More]
food  pizza  pointer's  Pointersaurus 

Pro-Gaddafi Protests Mistakenly Think St. Louis Has Anything to Do With Libya

 Posted on March 29, 2011  |  The Editor

Signs that read “Hands off Libya” and “Stop the bombing” were held high outside the federal building in downtown St. Louis Monday because 10 people really don’t want the US picking on Libya…but not quite enough to get on a plane and protest in front of a building that actually has anything to do with US bombing Libya. “Africa can and must handles its own affairs,” [Organizer Zaki Baruti] said, “Stop the bombing and military intervention in Libya and Africa. [Read More]
libya  politics  protest  war 

Mayor Slay is Still Begging the Missouri Senate For Control of Police Department

 Posted on March 29, 2011  |  The Editor

Yesterday a Missouri Senate committee heard testimony from both sides of the issue of whether or not St. Louis city should control the local Police Department, including the man himself, Mayor Frank Slay. Obviously the Mayor is a strong proponent for giving control of the city police force to the city as opposed to the status quo of the State running it from Jefferson City. “Again, if something goes wrong in city government, if people have an issue with what I’m doing, they can go to the polls and they can vote one way or another…they can’t do that with respect to the police department,” Slay said. [Read More]
mayor slay  politics  stl police department 

The Old Rock House Website Is Hacked…Yes, Again.

 Posted on March 29, 2011  |  The Editor

It was just Friday when we told you about the new website for local concert venue The Old Rock House (www.oldrockhouse.com, but I’d avoid clicking on that if you’re still rocking Internet Explorer.) and how it was really creepy and we didn’t get the whole “duct-taped girl” motif they were going for…oh that’s right they were hacked! Later that night it was fixed though, the creepy taped girl was expunged and the Old Rock House’s website full of photos from concerts by people we’ve never heard of was restored. [Read More]
hacking  old rock house  sighting