© Ed Stein According to the constitution, patents are supposed to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts”, but nowadays they are mainly used to stifle innovation, crush competition, and keep lawyers employed. Part of the problem is that patents are supposed to be for things that are “non-obvious”, but the patent office is […]
“After winning five primaries yesterday, Mitt Romney has his new campaign slogan. ‘Well, I guess you’re stuck with me.’” – Jay Leno “Yesterday Mitt Romney won all five of the primaries. Apparently when you buy four primaries, you get the fifth for free.” – Conan O’Brien “Mitt Romney gets a lot of criticism because he’s […]
© Derf I guess we’ll have to wait until June to see how the Court rules on Obamacare.
The best jokes made by Barack Obama and Jimmy Kimmel: On Obama “Remember when the country rallied around you in hope for a better tomorrow? That was a good one.” – Kimmel “What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? A pit bull is delicious.” – Obama “I have not seen ‘The […]
There is a must-read opinion piece in the Washington Post from Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein. We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we […]
© David Fitzsimmons Finally! A comic that talks about one of my pet peeves — the way that local governments give massive tax breaks to large corporations to locate in their areas in the name of “creating jobs”. It doesn’t create a single job, it just moves them from one place to another, and costs […]
“Tonight on the show we have the president of the United States, Barack Obama. Unfortunately, though, a lot of people weren’t able to get tickets. That includes students, professors, Joe Biden.” – Jimmy Fallon “President Obama said he’s not going to pander to the UNC students and tell them what they want to hear. I […]
© Mike Lester So that’s why they wear those wires.
At a British judicial inquiry Thursday, Rupert Murdoch talked about being “mobbed by journalists and paparazzi” and said he was being harassed. Ironically, the inquiry is over illegal harassment done by Murdoch’s News Corp, which broke into people’s voicemail boxes. Murdoch’s reporters are notorious for harassing not just celebrities, but even ordinary members of the […]
“Yesterday was Earth Day, and apparently today is Find Out Yesterday Was Earth Day Day.” – Conan O’Brien “They estimate that a billion people participated in Earth Day activities. Then they all went back to driving their SUVs to the gym.” – Jimmy Kimmel “In conjunction with Earth Day, the Dutch electronics company Philips released […]
“The Secret Service agent thought he was paying $30, and it turned out the prostitute wanted $800, which sounds like a lot, but in her defense, she said she is paying a higher tax rate than Mitt Romney.” – Bill Maher (on the Secret Service prostitution scandal) “One of the agents involved in the scandal […]
Stephen Colbert is brilliant. I can’t imagine anyone else who could make someone look so wrong just by agreeing with them:
Jimmy Fallon has a special musical guest on his show, live from the University of North Carolina:
Nobody wants to be Mitt Romney’s running mate.
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