Obama and Monkey Business
Via memeorandum, I see that the Washington Post issued a preemptive apology for this cartoon accompanying Gene Weingarten's humor piece, "Monkey Business - The good news for men: Women love apes" in the Sunday supplement: The apology: The headline, illustration and text of "Below the Beltway," a column in The Washington Post Magazine today, may cause offense to readers. The magazine was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 23, 2009 13:49
The Inevitable Profession
Economic researchers at Yale managed to successfully train Capuchin monkeys to understand and use currency. The result? The monkeys used their newfound currency to buy sex: Perhaps the most distinguishing characteristic of money, after all, is its fungibility, the fact that it can be used to buy not just food but anything. During the chaos in the monkey cage, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 10, 2008 14:01
Best Post Title Ever Contest
Bumped to top from 0910 May 18. Jim Henley, who knows from post titles, nominates Stephen Frug's "When All You Have is Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Head" for Best Post Title Ever. Certainly, it's a fine post title, playing off a well known aphorism with a slightly obscure -- but not too obscure -- Beatles reference while ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 21, 2008 18:50
Caption Contest Winners
The Herd Mentality Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/File) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: FormerHostage - More ass than a Paris Hilton sleep-over. Second: markm - While filming for the latest episode of "Wild Kingdom", Jim Fowler obtained this amazing and rare shot of what appears to be a herd of superdelegates. Third: Gollum - Supporters mistook Obama's ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 28, 2008 20:26
OTB Caption JamTM
Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is having a blast. Wizbang is bringin' the heat. Wyatt Earp took the crash course. Public Pondering should've just called Orkin. Cowboy Blob has the new James Bond. Willisms is willing to work across ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 19, 2008 08:41
Huckabee Praying for Brokered Convention
Mike Huckabee knows he can't beat John McCain in the primaries but thinks he might be able to win a brokered convention with a little help from Texas. In an interview with 1200 WOAI news during his swing through Texas, longshot Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee outlined a strategy which has him not winning the GOP nomination outright, but ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 22, 2008 12:45
More Americans Believe in Devil than Darwin
Twice as many Americans believe in God and half again as many believe in a literal devil than the scientific theory of evolution, a new survey finds. Indeed, Darwin's theory barely outpolls UFOs and witches. More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 1, 2007 12:00
Caption Contest Winners
The Buffalo CHPs Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Matt York) The Winners: First: Steven L. - "Oh, Jesus. Who was in charge of planning? You call THIS a Village People tribute?" Second: yetanotherjohn - Picture snapped by illegal alien as he crosses the border. Third: Scott_T - Location: Anywhere but downtown Los Angeles on May Day. Honorable Mention: physics geek ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 3, 2007 20:56
Caption Contest Winners
The Song of the Mouth Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) An Excellent contest with many great captions, some are honored below The Winners: First: Hodink - "Wait. I do have another announcement. It should surprise absolutely nobody that Bill Clinton could be Dannielynn Smith’s father." Second: charles austin - "Things took a turn towards the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 15, 2007 18:36
Loading Ready Run
It's not that often that I find something new and well put together that meets my low standards for humor like sh*thouse at Pipingrad (apparently no longer creating new material), The Spong Monkeys at rathergood.com, or Weebl and Bob, but Loading Ready Run has really outdone themselves. I've made it through about a half dozen of the episodes, and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 10, 2006 20:32
Nun Murdered after Muslims Condemn Pope’s Remarks
A nun who had spent most of her life helping sick people was murdered today by Muslims retalliating for Pope Benedict's remarks about the violent nature of Islam. An elderly Italian nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in Africa was shot dead by two gunmen at a hospital Sunday in an attack possibly linked to worldwide ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 17, 2006 20:01
George Allen Apologizes
Nearly two weeks after referring to his opponent's cameraman as "Macaca," Senator George Allen has personally apologized to the UVA student. An obscure word played for laughs from a mostly white crowd at the expense of a man of Indian descent clouds what has been a bright political career for Sen. George Allen, including any White House plans. The Republican, seeking ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 24, 2006 09:06
Caption Contest Winners
The Blue Oyster Bikers Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)) Winners: First: Mark - You guys should have heard the crap Mel Gibson said to us when we pulled him over! Second: charles austin - Bowling for Columbians. Third: yetanotherjohn - Peyote, its not just for breakfast anymore. Honorable Mention: Bithead - "Aw, Jerry...You should ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 3, 2006 18:30
Superman Returns Movie Review
My wife and I went to the 10:00 p.m. showing of "Superman Returns" last night. No real spoilers below for any who have seen any of the pre-release publicity but my review is hidden after the jump just in case. Overall, it was an enjoyable movie but not one that lived up to the hype, let alone an eighteen year ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 28, 2006 11:26
Hillary Clinton Gets 47 Percent “Definite No” in CNN Poll
Nearly half of Americans would "definitely not vote for" Hillary Clinton , according to a new CNN poll. With the presidential election more than two years away, a CNN poll released Monday suggests that nearly half of Americans would "definitely not vote for" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Respondents were asked whether they would "definitely vote for," "consider voting for," or "definitely ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 20, 2006 10:09
