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Monthly Archives: October 2008

McCain *is* The Penguin

Previously, on this same bat-channel, we’ve seen Batman go up against the Penguin in an election and in a political debate. But now we have irrefutable evidence that The Penguin, Batman’s arch nemesis, is none other than John McCain! Via Laughing Squid.

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Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones solve the financial crisis

See more Natalie Portman videos at Funny or Die

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Understanding Real America in Palin’s home town

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Hypocrisy Hullabaloo

I think I see a pattern of hypocrisy emerging. First a conservative radio show accuses Obama of giving a speech in front of an “Obama Flag”, which looks like an American flag but has a big “O” on it for Obama. Then he goes off, ranting about what that means: These things are symptomatic of […]

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We need a new political party – the Small Party

Robert Reich (blogger, former Secretary of Labor, current UC Berkeley professor, and author of the book Supercapitalism) has a must-read blog entry today, pointing out that if these companies the government is bailing out are “too big to fail” then maybe they are just too big, period. But the biggest irony, as he points out, […]

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Imaginary Voter Fraud

© Steve Sack

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Digging his own grave

© Jimmy Margulies

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Palin Jazz Improv

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Late Night Political Humor

Joe the Plumber “Some new developments today regarding Joe the Plumber. That’s the guy from Ohio who asked Barack Obama why he wanted to raise taxes on the plumbing business he wants to buy. But now it turns out that Joe is not a licensed plumber, he had to admit that he’s ‘not even close’ […]

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What will humor sites do without Palin?

The political comedy website 23/6 just endorsed Palin-McCain for President, because Palin is the best thing that ever happened to their web traffic. So while Palin might be a disaster for the US economy, she has already been a blessing for the 23/6 economy. I’ve seen the same thing here — Palin is a never […]

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The nature of sarcasm

Scientists have discovered why Neocons don’t like Political Irony.

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Play the “Palin as President” game

This interactive game is fun, and the (unnamed) creators promise to add new features each day until the election. Can you: summon Joe the Plumber? torture Katie Couric? uncover the nuclear codes? set off nuclear armageddon? get Palin to say “something-stan” and “cactus-stan”? find all five people Palin calls mavericks? shred Roe v. Wade? UPDATE: […]

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Andrew Lahde says goodbye to Wall Street

Andrew Lahde, of Lahde Capital Management, writes a goodbye letter. He is shutting down his $300 million hedge fund, not because he didn’t make lots of money, but because he did. In this interesting letter, he talks about the idiots who helped make him rich, the meaninglessness of money, how the US Government is broken, […]

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Bachmann now denies saying what the video shows her saying

From Daily Kos. I don’t know what’s worse — what she originally said, or her ability to lie about what she said.

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Obama leads McCain in the only poll that counts

On Amazon.com, Obama Hallowe’en masks are outselling McCain Hallowe’en masks by 6 points (53% to 47%).

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