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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Late Night Political Humor

“Well, the Oscar nominations were announced today, you guys. Best-actor nominees included George Clooney for ‘Up in the Air,’ Jeremy Renner for ‘The Hurt Locker,’ and President Obama for the ‘State of the Union.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Today, by the way, is Groundhog Day. And this morning, the groundhog known to humans as Punxsutawney Phil […]

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Political Irony on the move

I’m starting the process of moving Political Irony to a new host. Depending on how things go, this should happen in the next few days to a week. The new server will have much greater capacity, so things should run smoother (it’s tough running a popular blog!). When I do the actual switchover, Political Irony […]

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The difference between the two main political parties

© Jim Morin

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Sarah Palin is no longer ironic. What’s ironic is that liberals pay any attention to her.

About once a month, Sarah Palin seems to say something monumentally stupid, or which directly contradicts something she said just a few months ago. This time around, she is calling on Rahm Emanuel to resign because he used some politically incorrect language, when just a few months ago she was calling for less political correctness. […]

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Only Conservatives Allowed to Run Advocacy Ads During the Superbowl

Two years ago, CBS refused to run ads created by Moveon.org during the Superbowl, claiming that “the spot violated the network’s policy against running issue advocacy advertising”. They also refused to run an ad from PETA, the animal rights group, because they do not accept advertisements on “controversial issues of public importance.” This year CBS […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The Obama administration has reversed itself and is now considering moving the trial of the 9/11 terrorists out of Manhattan after protests from Congress and the mayor of New York. See, they’re going to do an Off Broadway version first, see if people like it. See, then if it does well, then they’ll bring it […]

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The far reaching consequences of the Supreme Court ruling on corporate free speech and how it might affect gay marriage

© Matt Bors I love this comic in so many different ways — especially how it mashes up the issues of corporate personhood and gay marriage. And as crazy as this comic sounds, our current political situation is even more insane.

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This is one of those comics that you think can’t be true, but then again…

… some of the ideas that have been proposed recently seem like someone was just trying to see how crazy an idea they could get away with. Like billions in dollars in bonuses being handed out by companies that were about to go bankrupt. WTF? Are they just trying to demonstrate conclusively that they own […]

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Gambling on the future

Sometimes things get so hypocritical in politics that you can’t figure out where the cycle of hypocrisy begins or ends. Deceiver.com has an interesting article wonderfully titled “Alabama Anti-Gambling Task-Force Chief Wins Jackpot, Resigns. Then Things Get Weird.” It seems that David Barber, the head of the Alabama Task Force on Illegal Gambling — yes, […]

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Free Speech – if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.

© Jim Morin

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