Seasons Greetings
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions [...]
Kim Jong Il’s Death Sparks Interest in ‘Team America’
Andrew Sullivan‘s posting of Team America’s depiction of a puppet Kim Jong Il singing “I’m So Ronery” naturally sent me to look for other snippets from the flick. Apparently, I’m not the only one. NY Daily News (“‘Team America: World Police’ surges as Twitter topic following Kim Jong Il’s death“): The death of Kim Jong [...]
Jon Stewart Skewers Herman Cain
Last night’s opening segment on The Daily Show was brutal for Herman Cain, but hilarious for the rest of us: Part One: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Part Two: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor [...]
Mike Tyson Does Herman Cain
Former heavyweight champion of the world and convicted rapist Mike Tyson satires former pizza mogul and erstwhile Republican frontrunner Herman Cain: Herman Cain’s Campaign Promises with Mike Tyson from Mike Tyson Via John Cole, who observes, “The part about tea partiers loving crazy more than they hate blacks made me laugh out loud.” “A restaurant [...]
OTB Exclusive: CIA Reading Newspapers, Watching Cable Networks
DEVELOPING STORY: In a well-marked building in McLean, Virginia, hundreds of CIA analysts are reading newspapers and watching cable news networks for information that might be helpful in assessing terrorist networks. Often, sources tell OTB, this information is pieced together in order to then kill people in faraway countries using drones. Additionally, as a wildly [...]
Jon Stewart on Making ‘The Daily Show’
Jon Stewart describes how “The Daily Show” comes together while wearing a 1st Cav baseball cap. “The best shows are made of the smallest moments,” says Stewart. “Donald Trump eating pizza with a fork, and making that into eight minutes of a completely overblown sanctimonious rant on the apostasy of eating pizza with a fork.”
Hallmark’s New Idea: Sympathy Cards For The Unemployed
File this one under there’s a market for everything: Greeting card companies have taken a cue from the nation’s 9 percent unemployment rate. In a six-by-four inch envelope, someone can send a friend who lost his or her job a pre-printed message of encouragement and sympathy. Though not available at every corner store, layoff greeting [...]
CNN Can’t Find Tripoli On A Map, At Least Not The Right One
CNN correspondent Sara Sidner is in Tripoli, Libya reporting on the rebel advance into the city. Unfortunately when she was interviewed recently whoever was in charge of graphics at CNN must’ve been someone who flunked geography: There is a Tripoli, Lebanon, of course, but it isn’t currently under rebel assault, and presumably not the hideout [...]
Supreme Being Hedging Bets In Race For 2012 GOP Nomination
Dan Amira reports that several Republican candidates have claimed to have the backing of God in their campaign for the Presidency. Herman Cain, for example, has apparently received his supernatural endorsement via text message: Michelle Bachmann got her calling via a more traditional means. Rick Santorum says the message came via his heart, which, of [...]
Debbie Loves Cats and Wants a Man
This eHarmony video of Debbie, a recent MBA grad from Villanova who loves cats and seems to be having trouble finding a man despite her education and obvious physical charms, is making the rounds: Honestly, it’s not that hard to put cats in a bowtie or a basket, so I’m not sure what the problem [...]





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