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Category Archives: Humor
In Absolut Mockery
Many of you may have seen the Absolut Vodka ad that ran in a Mexican magazine recently in links around the blogosphere. Now the mocking has begun as well. I submit this more historically accurate version of their ad. While … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor
Tagged absolut vodka, advertising, aztalan, Mexico, mockery, Texas
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More Correlation Between Pirates and Global Warming
Pirates Take French Cruise Ship and Gobal Temperatures to ‘Decrease’ It seems we have more correlation between pirates and global warming now. It may be time to update this graph with a downward and backward turn.
Anyone Remember the Old Muppets Show?
Man they had some great skits on that show. I miss it. [youtube 3AdFA6WWJ7E Old Muppet Show skit]
Helping The NYT Find Media Bias
Story here [via: Instapundit] After reading the story, you will probably need a new one of these:
Posted in Humor, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Alabama, Governor, Karl Rove, media bias, New York Times, smear campaign
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Historical Revisionism
Did you ever wonder what it would be like if The Beatles had written Stairway to Heaven instead of Led Zeppelin? Yeah, me neither. But the Australian tribute band, the Beatnix, give us some insight anyway [via: Marginal Revolution, and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven, The Beatles, The Beatnix
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Whaaa? When did this happen?
Last week? …but I can no longer stand idly by and watch the media and independent voters continue to throw themselves at the feet of John McCain. Because I’m trying to remember anyone swooning over McCain and I’m not having … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Music, Uncategorized
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If The Beatles Had Been Irish
My first thought was something along the lines of that soliloquy from The Commitments where Jimmy Rabbitte encourages his erstwhile band to internalize the thought “I’m black, and I’m proud.” Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the … Continue reading
Unfortnately He Has One
Via The Las Vegas Sun.
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lee's Page
Tagged cartoon, Huckabee, McCain, Romney
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President McCain?
(Cross posted at What if?) As any of my readers know, I was a Rudy woman. Now that the handwriting is on the wall for all to see, I must go elsewhere. Romney? McCain? My best friend from first … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Humor, Peg's Page
Tagged Election 2008, John McCain, parakeets
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A New Symbol
(Cross posted at What if?) After five years of heated debate, the Commission of Human Rights approved the official Symbol of Marriage.
Dumb Criminals: Got Cohones?
As yet further proof that guns don’t shoot people, criminals do, watch the video starring Derrick Kosch as both the criminal and the people getting shot: KOKOMO, Ind. — Police said a Kokomo man accidentally shot himself in the genitals … Continue reading
The Smell Of Socialism
What does socialism smell like? At first blush I can’t be much more specific than “pungent and bad.” Luckily the enterprising Catalan Socialist Party has brewed up a concoction as a campaign stunt that promises to answer this confounding quandary: … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Humor, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Catalan Socialist Party, communism, elections, perfume, propaganda, socialism, Spain
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The Glenn Greenwald Carnival of Fisking has some new entries
First, let us all go and see Eric Scheie delve into the sock drawer and how the moth eaten brain now, amongst all the other charges, believes Glenn Reynolds is a racist! The puppy blending, mass murder and nuclear holocaust … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Humor, Lance's Page, Military Matters, Race
Tagged , Glenn Greenwald, homophobia, Hormuz, Instapundit, Iran, racism
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Perfunction Awakens the Mighty King of Trolls
The other day Perfunction posted David Duke’s political advice for the Ron Paul campaign. The noxious white nationalist’s recommendations being essentially that while Paul was great, he needs to be just a wee bit more, you know, anti-Semitic. Anyway, it … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Humor, Society
Tagged , anti-semitism, David Duke, fascism, Iraq, Israel, Ron Paul, trolling, trolls
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Somebody’s Gearing Up For A HUGE Party
Someone in Georgia is apparently planning on hosting a kegger for a small division [HT: my wife]. Thieves took tractor-trailers loaded with beer and swiped the suds twice within the past week, authorities said. Dougherty County authorities are investigating a … Continue reading
Thompson: A Real Bartlet Man
Speaking of Thompson, his sense of humor (which seemed absent after wonderfully wicked pre-campaign bits such as this) is really starting to come out. I love his response to the AP’s question about the candidates favorite President from the other … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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The Thompson Surge!-Updated
According to Matt Lewis: Anyone watching Iowa had better not write Fred Thompson off just yet … Why? Matt points me to this column: But after a sluggish start, Thompson has sensed an opening in Iowa, and he’s moving decisively … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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Bad Santa
Thaddeus Tremayne sees potential legal troubles for St. Nick in the UK: A frosty reception awaits Santa Claus in Britain this year. It seems that the much-loved benefactor of children everywhere is, in fact, suspected of being guilty of a … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Humor, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, regulation
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Blast From The Fashion Past
The linked post is a couple of months old, but the thoughts are yours to treasure for a lifetime. Remembering the ’70′s: Last weekend I put an exhaust fan in the ceiling for my wife’s grandfather. After a bunch of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Humor, MichaelW's Page
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The Campaign Really Begins: Real heavyweights have entered the building
Thank’s Billy! [youtube 7M-cmNdiFuI] [tags] politics, election 2008, presidential election, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, political ads [/tags]
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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A new Submission!
To Glenn Greenwald’s Carnival of Fisking. Courtesy of Dan Collins you can amuse yourself here. Hat tip: Frequent commenter, ChrisB.
Death Has Never Been So Sexy
I learned in Shakespeare 101 that many mentions of “death” were really a wink and a nod to the peanut gallery alluding to an orgasm (from the French le petit mort). Consequently, the actor on stage could be professing his … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page
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It’s Time To Chase The Donuts!
Drunk driving isn’t funny. That is unless your name is Warren G. Whitelightning, you’re drunk, you’ve stolen eight giant red hot pickled sausages from a convenience store, and then you decide to take a Krispy Kreme truck for a joy … Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: Genius!
From E. Frank Stephenson: From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez thinks it’s curtains for America as a world power. “By the crash of the dollar,” he says, “America’s empire will crash.”Tyler Cowen’s suggestion that currencies are not … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Humor, Lance's Page
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The Housing Crisis
I think this explains it better than I have, at least it is more entertaining: [youtube SJ_qK4g6ntM] [tags] housing, investing, economics, hedge funds, mortgage debt, crisis, humor [/tags]
Posted in Economics, Humor, Investing, Lance's Page
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Joisey Quagmire
A low level civil war slash insurgency is plaguing New Jersey, and some say that there is little we can do about it. Law enforcement has all but given up: The strategy sounds almost illogical: Detectives in New Jersey are … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page
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CBS News Writers To Go On Strike
I’m guessing this is a sympathy strike in support of the one going on in Hollywood: CBS News writers, producers and editors voted to authorize their labor union to call a strike after working without a contract for two years. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Media, MichaelW's Page
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Evidence for a deity?- Updated with Video and a link Bleg!
Update: Michael has been talking some smack. He has laid down a challenge. He calls it tits versus snits. His coverage of Reid’s machinations on the war, versus my attention to Salma’s breasts. Which is unfair, he has an Instapundit … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
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Slippery Slope
I guess “man bites dog” is just too normal nowadays: NEW DELHI – A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — … Continue reading
Cracked Toys
Hat Tip: Tyler Please run through this list of baffling toys. Please leave responses. People who understand Japan are especially encouraged to leave comments. I need to understand the fascination with poop. This is a practice stripper poll, that was … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Lance's Page, Society
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News Brief, Caribou Edition
Cross-posted to The Conjecturer. Defense & the War While recognizing the horror of Blackwater’s atrocities being so common they’re… common, Mountain Runner points out the very real, very messy problems that arise when the Iraqis start to raid contractor compounds. … Continue reading
I Didn’t Know High School Kids Were So Smart
We are apparently a couple of reading levels below QandO. I’m thinking that the writing here at ASHC is so clear and understandable that all you need is a high school education to comprehend it … yeah, that’s the ticket
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page
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Heroes of the Writers Strike
Heh. If you go on strike it pays to have a sense of humor about it: [youtube v7vHxw6El0E] H/T: LGF
Posted in Humor, Lance's Page
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Footwear Follies — A Continuing Saga
The hits just keep on rollin’. It seems that the Boi from Brazil (you know the one who wrote that outstanding bestseller “How Would A Patriot Act?” — apparently they move to another country) has noticed little ole us in … Continue reading
These Old Hands
Many people suggest that we should listen to the wise council of the International Relations experts rather than ideologues who don’t understand how things work. I will not deny that is possibly usually true, but my own experience is that … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Humor, Lance's Page
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Heh- Foer’s descent
Want to see the image in all its glory? Head over to the Exurban League.
Posted in Humor, Lance's Page, Media
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Russ Feingold Unveils Anti-War Strategery
Sen. Russ Feingold writing at The Huffington Post (HT: Confederate Yankee): Over in Iraq, our troops get up every day and risk their lives in the middle of an Iraqi civil war. They have to do their job, no matter … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Humor, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
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The “Bull Moose of Climate Change” reminds me of “A Modest Proposal”
I sauntered over to Instapundit today and noticed this story: Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting.Norwegian newspapers, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Environment, Humor, Lance's Page, Society
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More Humor for the Econ Geek
More from the Stand Up Economist who we last featured explaining how economics assumes “people are stupid.” [youtube YgB6mFmYEcM nolink]
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Humor, Lance's Page
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I’m Too Sexy For Your Criticism
What? [/Clint Eastwood inflection accompanied by Chinese-cowboy squint of loathing that displays his obvious contempt for your insipid questioning of his manliness, as if] (Steely-eyed glare acknowledging someone else who has no concern about other’s questions concerning his “manliness”: JG)
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Society
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Our candidates have their work cut out for them
In The Know: Candidates Compete For Vital Idgit Vote
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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Blogroll Update
If you take a gander over at the right side of the page, you may notice that we’ve updated the blogroll with one new category (Milbloggers) and several additions to the Legal Morass category. Take some time to browse through … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized
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LOL POLITISHUNZ
You’ve seen LOLcats. Then there was loldogs and lolhamsterz. Now there are even lolterrorists (or lolterizt if you prefer). So it seemed to me that the next logical progression was lolpolitishunz:
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page
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Once A Marine, Always A Marine
It seems that a would-be pick-pocket chose the wrong mark: Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had … Continue reading
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The Criticism Mounts
Proof that our news briefer, Joshua, understands the role our forefathers understood foreign policy to have in our Republic better than I do, from an unimpeachable source: Retired Gen. George Washington Criticizes Bush’s Handling Of Iraq War .onion_embed {background: rgb(256, … Continue reading
Congress Declares Itself Illegal!
At least, one could read it that way (my emphasis)(HT: McQ): Defying White House opposition, the House passed legislation Wednesday that would make gas price gouging a federal crime in times of an energy emergency. In a 284-141 vote, only … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Humor, Law, MichaelW's Page
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