Tuesday, December 20, 2011
© Ruben Bolling Merry Christmas from Political Irony!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
“Rick Perry doesn’t have an Achilles heel. He has an Achilles head.” – Daily Show correspondent John Oliver “It was so cold in Texas that death row inmates are cutting in line just to get the electric chair.” – Jay Leno “Mitt Romney tried to make a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry during a presidential […]
Monday, December 19, 2011
© Tom Tomorrow What can I say? Tom Tomorrow reminds us of the truly important events that defined 2011 as one of the craziest years ever.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Everyone downloads copyrighted files. Everyone. A new website tracks what files have been downloaded using bittorrent by you (or any other user, by IP address). Just click on the link, and it will tell you if you (or someone at the same IP address) has been naughty. Now the hypocritical part. The same data has […]
Monday, December 19, 2011
“More good news for Newt Gingrich. Earlier today, he was endorsed by the voices in Glenn Beck’s head.” – David Letterman “You know the difference between God and Newt Gingrich? God doesn’t think he’s Newt Gingrich.” – Jay Leno “Newt has a holiday book out. ‘The Newt Before Christmas.’” – David Letterman “Only two candidates […]
Sunday, December 18, 2011
I am often distressed by the level of discourse in this country, especially the willingness to some people (especially politicians) to dismiss scientific results and expert opinions. Especially when they do this to push an agenda. But this is reaching new heights, as internet expert Cory Doctorow reports in BoingBoing: If you followed my tweets […]
Sunday, December 18, 2011
© Keith Knight Because they are totally tubular?
Sunday, December 18, 2011
“Here’s what you and your minions don’t understand, [Bill] O’Reilly. Your hell doesn’t scare me. I make my living watching Fox News eight hours a day. I’m already in hell.” – Jon Stewart “The White House held its annual Hanukkah celebration. It was a traditional Jewish ceremony, except for the part where it was hosted […]
Saturday, December 17, 2011
The term “artificial scarcity” generally refers to a tactic where the supply of something is restricted so that prices go up (or remain high). Examples of this are diamonds (which are relatively plentiful and can be manufactured artificially at low cost), and health care (in the US the AMA keeps the number of doctors low […]
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Christopher Hitchens died yesterday after a fight with cancer, which he himself blamed on his own bad habits of smoking and drinking. What I will remember most about Hitchens are his scathing zingers, thrown equally across the political spectrum. For example: On Sarah Palin: “She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine […]
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Jon Stewart has a serious talk with Republican primary voters:
Friday, December 16, 2011
© Henry Payne Lowe’s home improvement stores pulled their advertising from the TLC network’s show “All-American Muslim” after the conservative Christian group “Florida Family Association” mounted an email campaign against the show, saying that it was “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values“. I guess […]
Friday, December 16, 2011
During the Republican presidential debate tonight, Michele Bachmann said “After the debates that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything that I said was true.” As PolitiFact puts it, that statement “jolted us out of our seats”, and they declared her new statement a “Pants on Fire” lie. The truth is, […]
Friday, December 16, 2011
“Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. This is the most disgraceful thing to happen to an Illinois governor since their last governor.” – Jay Leno “Rod Blagojevich is going away for 14 Years in prison. His barber got the death penalty.” – David Letterman “The former governor of Illinois […]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
© Barry Deutsch I’ve even seen one of these objections voiced in here. I think the biggest cause of confusion over the OWS movement is that we only understand hierarchical power structures in this country. Every movement not only has to have “an official media spokesperson” but they have to have someone who is in […]
