Posts tagged “satire”
I'm subscribed to the AFA newsletter for laughs, and they deliver. They're claiming their boycott is tanking Ford's sales, ignoring that Ford has been declining for a decade. Better yet, gay people not buying Fords apparently proves gay disloyalty rather than the absence of any agenda.
I catalogued every time Bush shoehorned "hate freedom" into an unrelated speech. Home ownership, cattle farming, senior fitness, Labor Day, Greek Independence. He managed it every single time. The man cannot open his mouth without pivoting to terrorism, no matter how tortured the logic required.
Ashcroft's resigned, but not before claiming he's "achieved the objective" of keeping America safe. Mission accomplished? We're in two wars! I'm just glad this lunatic is gone. Maybe he'll finally focus on his singing career.
Welp. America reelected Bush and his gang of villains. I'm holding you to your promise to move to Canada.
Visually stunning but hard to take seriously. Everyone's so full of honour they just kind of... stand there and die. Also, no purple scene, which feels like a missed opportunity.
I received a Nigerian scam email and replied in kind: I'm also a dictator's son with locked funds, and if Simeon sends me $1000 to unlock my money, I'll send him the $4000 he needs. Everyone wins!
Linking to some good Iraqi Information Minister humor (still funny, always will be), plus thoughts on SARS panic outpacing the actual disease. That 5% death rate isn't reassuring when you think about it statistically. Staying scared for now.
The Rockall Times piece reads like satire, but the underlying reality it's describing is all too real.
I support removing Saddam but question why we only target certain undemocratic leaders. Some Americans get the real story, others are hopelessly clueless. Also, try Googling "the worst search engine" for a laugh.
Consumed by war coverage, I've rounded up a grab-bag of links: a Baghdad blog gone silent, Robin Cook's resignation speech, anti-French hysteria, ready.gov parodies, propaganda name generators, BBC's free video feeds, and the CIA's hilariously absurd kids' homepage.
The US declared it doesn't need permission to act on security. The UN and NATO disbanded, citing irrelevance. Also, read the Borowitz Report. He's a self-satisfied dickhead, but worth it.
Antiwar art is flourishing. Check out a satirical Blair/Bush lip-sync video and a mind-reading Flash toy, plus my favorite image making the rounds.
A parody song to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It," skewering every hollow justification for invading Iraq. Thanks to Beardy Ben for passing it along. It's darkly funny because it's basically true.
Microsoft actually makes cars now, and predictably, they're just like the jokes warned us. Avoid the BMW.
Scott Adams on Lou Gerstner's legendary IBM leadership: his biggest contribution was not doing something, and a sock monkey had a 50/50 shot at the same decision. Then he wrote a bestseller about it.
I almost respected Bush today. His administration, run by far cleverer people, has handled Al-Qaeda and Iraq surprisingly well. Still, Venezuela, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft temper my praise. Credit where it's due, but let's not get carried away.
Bin Laden's crew notes the irony of Bush and Sharon being called men of peace. Hard to argue with that logic.
America's obesity epidemic has a new solution: skip diet and exercise, just buy a $2,295 home defibrillator. It won't prevent the heart attack, just maybe save you from dying of one. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery, so try not to have a cardiac event before then.
The Queen shed a tear and Britain lost its mind analyzing why. Maybe something was in her eye. Maybe a corgi died. Lighten up, people. Also, unilateral aggression breeds terrorism. Just saying.
CNN is clearly funding global terrorism to boost ratings. The sniper got caught just as interest waned, conveniently replaced by a Moscow hostage crisis, then a school shooting. For less than a Friends episode, you can bankroll a lot of mayhem. How long until you drop the bomb, CNN?
I love the Weekly World News: the sun's exploding in 6 years, Hitler's clone just turned 7, and aliens seized NASA's moon base. Also: a Python DDR clone exists, and Ridiculopathy is required reading.
Satirical writers are recycling the same tired "Arafat is gay" joke. Two stories in, the pattern is clear: they've hit a creative wall.
Avoiding revision with SatireWire, X-Men: Evolution trivia, and coveting t-shirts I'm too cheap to buy.
Procrastinating from revision by sharing SatireWire gems: the Pentagon wants remote-controlled rat spies, and you can eat a koala in retaliation unless you're a hinjew. I love SatireWire.
A tongue-in-cheek boast that starts as personal bragging and ends as group superiority — poking fun at how quickly "I'm better than you" becomes "we're better than them."
A satirical song about third world struggles, hypocrisy, and American cultural dominance. Corrupt governments, borrowed dollars, cholera water, and yet we still wear Nike. We hate America but want to be America. Because yeah, the third world really sucks.
A song skewering pop music clichés, structured as a duet between a "serious artist" narrator and exaggerated prefab popsters. I collected actual radio lyrics over 24 hours to prove the point. Spoiler: I caught myself using a cliché at the end.
GagPipe aggregates satirical websites so you don't have to choose just one. Also, Simon Miles may have just helped me figure out what to do with my life.
The Onion's 9/11 issue is out and it's both funny and tasteful. A good sign things are returning to normal. The piece with God clarifying his "don't kill" message is a highlight, but the whole issue is damn good.
A perfect Onion quote: why bother cloning when most Americans are already identical?
Read the Onion for summer survival tips like "put out fires in your home." Also keeping an eye on a newly discovered solar system that looks a lot like ours.
