How the New Yorker and the Onion extend my life :)

I thought this was funny enough when it popped up on my RSS feed. 
And then I scroll down the page to see this even more hysterically funny one:

I tell ya, these New Yorker humorists are simply awesome.

The Onion has a hilarious take on how Facebook will remember forever everything we do there.



Given my love-hate relationship with Facebook, I am tempted to agree with the commenter at the YouTube site that it is more real than satire :(

Facebook propaganda

Well, as real as this seems, remind yourself it is a creative critique.  More here:

How to solve America's problems in, yes, two seconds

Again, from America's Finest News Source:

A study published Thursday by psychologists at the University of North Carolina concluded that all American problems—from stuck jacket zippers to the national debt—could be solved if citizens just stopped, took a deep breath, and thought for two seconds before they acted. "We found that in 93 percent of cases, a positive outcome could have been achieved if Americans simply splashed a little water on their faces prior to dealing with an unfair boss, being out of clean spoons, signing on to direct a second Wall Street film, or answering a call from a parent," Janet Mallory, the study's lead author, told reporters. "Our data indicate that when U.S. citizens don't take a second to compose themselves, they typically charge in like maniacs and hurt either themselves or several million Iraqi civilians." Mallory said a good rule of thumb for Americans is to think of a plan, stop, and then do the complete opposite

How do these wonderfully talented people at the Onion keep coming up with gems like this without fail?  I am so bloody jealous of their creative and humor-filled brain :)

I think I picked up, in my childhood, the taste for satire and sarcasm in humor, by watching and reading "Cho" ... His play/film "Mohammed Bin Thuglak" was as crazy as the Monty Python skits ... though, years later, I began to wonder if Cho was channeling through the movie an anti-Muslim message.  I prefer to think not, and imagine the movie to be nothing but satire ...

More videos: The Libyan "mad dog" Gaddafi and "Singing in the Rain"

Yes, democracy seems to be coming to the Middle East--what can be more evidence than hilarious remixing like this of Gaddafi's rambling rants and "Hey Baby" :)



Or, how about this one that plays on the crazy video of Gaddafi and his umbrella when he confirmed to this people he hadn't fled the country, and was in Libya:



Of course, it was not too long before the Rihanna umbrella theme took off to make fun of this crazy dictator:



Ok, enough with this, I say ... it is "time to muzzle the mad dog of Libya"!

The international community also has a responsibility to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches the Libyan population. Corridors should be opened from Tunisia and Egypt down which such aid can be funnelled. The UN should be ready to protect the oil installations if Col Gaddafi starts to destroy them.
Col Gaddafi’s misrule is surely coming to an end thanks to the bravery of the Libyans. While the wider world cannot do their fighting for them, it must do what it can to stem the dictator’s capacity for mayhem in what are hopefully his last days.

For now, let's get under Rihanna's umbrella!

February a Palin-free month? You betcha!

A fortnight ago, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote about the "Sarah Palin problem":

I hereby pledge that, beginning on Feb. 1, 2011, I will not mention Sarah Palin -- in print, online or on television -- for one month. Furthermore, I call on others in the news media to join me in this pledge of a Palin-free February. With enough support, I believe we may even be able to extend the moratorium beyond one month, but we are up against a powerful compulsion, and we must take this struggle day by day.

Now, the comedians take over (ht)

Sarah Palin Media Addict from Gina Gershon

The story of America in five cartoons. Special SOTU edition :)

All from the New Yorker, of course :)
First up: the very basis of the political arrangement--the Constitution

Next up, the fact that we have a government means that a second certainty gets added:

As money started coming in, our government found lots of uses

And, often, not enough comes in, which doesn't prevent government actions

And now we find ourselves with a much less valued greenback

Thanks for ... ?

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Oprah plans for after death, for her fans too!

As always, America's Finest News Source is the only one to report on this story :)
The Maury Povich comment at the end is just fantastic

Oprah Invites Hundreds Of Lucky Fans To Be Buried With Her In Massive Tomb

Squeeze and win the battle of the bulge :)

The video below is from America's Finest News Source:

Today Now!: How To Thrust Your Fat Into A More Appealing Shape

Why gay marriage is immoral

More here from Betty Bowers

Are tests in schools biased against students?

Apparently that is indeed the case, according to experts in this report from America's Finest News Source!  Maybe this is the video I will share with students on the first day of classes ...

In The Know: Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don't Give A Shit?

Christian charity feeds non-gay African famine victims

When I was in Tanzania, which now seems like eons ago, one of the hot news items in the papers there was from neighboring Uganda, whose government, with valuable assistance from American evangelicals, had passed one of the most virulently anti-gay legislation in the world.  There I was comfortably seated inside the newly constructed Doubletree and having coffee in the morning admiring the scenery when I almost spilled that bloody strong coffee when I read about the death penalty for gays!  If it was that shocking to a straight guy, I could only imagine how absolutely threatened gays felt in Uganda ...

Well, that was then ... and the following is now (from, ahem, America's Finest News Source) about a Colorado-based Christian charity that raises money to feed non-gay famine victims in Sub-Saharan Africa

Christian Charity Raising Money To Feed Non-Gay Famine Victims
Note how this charity "does not discriminate"--helped non-Muslims in Indonesia :)

This is research at MIT? :)

Can the Euro LHC top this scientific achievement reported by America's finest news source?

The Euro crisis, and what Congress plans to do ...

First, the Eurozone crisis .... try your best not to laugh; after all, this is one serious crisis:

(ht) So, if that amused you, welcome to my world.  Perhaps you will then like the following one on what Congress is planning to do:


Congressmen Submit Emergency 3 AM Bill Demanding IHOP Stay Open All Night

Change in the grammar rules of the English language

On secondhand smoke

High court bans same-sex friendships

The trillion dollars we owe China? Here is Obama's plan

Never a Year Like '09

East West Airlines cuts fares by 20%