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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Late Night Political Humor

“At a concert this week, Justin Bieber rubbed a fan’s smartphone on his crotch. In a related story, Justin Bieber is now in 3rd place in the New York city mayoral race.” – Conan O’Brien “The latest scandal for Weiner is that his communications director called a former intern a ‘slut bag’. But Weiner says […]

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Do We Need an Updated Miranda Warning?

© P Jamiol It’s true.

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Do as I say, not as I do

As some of you know, The Pirate Party is a real political party in Sweden, which is loosely associated with the file sharing site The Pirate Bay. But right now, Sweden is cracking down on copyright violations, subjecting file sharers to massive fines and even imprisonment. So it will not surprise anyone here to read […]

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The Straight Dope

CNN’s medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta has changed his opinion about medical marijuana. He used to speak out against medical marijuana, but in a documentary to be aired this weekend, he admits he was wrong and apologizes: I have apologized for some of the earlier reporting because I think, you know, we’ve been terribly and […]

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Working for the American People!

© Tom Tomorrow Obama has cancelled his meeting with Putin (formerly scheduled for September), presumably in retaliation for Russia granting asylum to Edward Snowden. Obama says he is “disappointed” with Russia’s decision. But Russia is still managing to make us look bad. All they had to do is point out that the US has repeatedly […]

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We’ve come a long way, baby!

Watching this video actually brought tears (mainly of joy) to my eyes. If you think that what one person does can’t change the world, you’re wrong. If you think things aren’t generally getting better in the world, you’re wrong. Because, even in my lifetime, some things have changed so dramatically that I have even forgotten […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The Anthony Weiner campaign’s communications director is in trouble for calling a former intern an inappropriate name. But Weiner said he’d take care of it. He promised to give them both a good texting to.” – Jimmy Fallon “A new poll came out and says that most Democrats think Anthony Weiner has basically lost his […]

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The Other Shoe Drops

As if it wasn’t bad enough that the government is listening in on all your phone calls and emails in the name of fighting terrorism, it now looks like they are actually using this information in order to fight regular crime. Regardless of how you feel about this, it is clearly unconstitutional. The government is […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Things are getting so much worse for disgraced New York mayoral candidate and serial sexter Anthony Weiner. The latest New York City mayoral poll reveals that Weiner is in fourth place, or as Weiner says, ‘Hey, I’m at the bottom of a foursome.” – Conan O’Brien “Anthony Weiner has fallen to fourth place in the […]

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Return of Comic Morality

World War II and especially the following Cold War saw a dramatic rise in the popularity of comic book heroes like Superman, Batman, Captain America and dozens of others. It was a time of tension and uncertainty, so it was comforting to have heroes who were on our side, even looking out for us, and […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“It’s been a rough week for Anthony Weiner. His campaign manager in the race for mayor just quit because of Weiner’s newest scandal. And it’s tough finding a replacement because every time he emails someone, they’re like, ‘I’m not opening that’.” – Jimmy Fallon “Anthony Weiner’s campaign manager quit. He says he’s applying for a […]

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Whiners

Last month, NBC announced it will show a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton and CNN Films announced plans for a documentary about her. Today, RNC chair Reince Priebus threatened to freeze those two networks out of any primary or presidential debates if they don’t pull the plug on their Clinton plans. What’s ironic about this […]

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Keep Digging

© Rob Rogers The funny thing about Obamacare is that even though quite a few people will say they are opposed to it, if you ask them about all the individual elements that together make up Obamacare, they are almost unanimously in favor of them. The GOP has done an amazing job of getting people […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“New Rule: Stop asking if the new royal baby is more like William or more like Kate. He’s more like Uncle Harry – naked and unable to stand.” – Bill Maher “England is overjoyed! They got their first look at the new Prince George. Big deal. America got another look at Anthony Weiner’s dick.” – […]

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Late Night Political Humor – Weiner Time

“Anthony Weiner has been on the Internet having obscene chats, and he uses the name Carlos Danger. When Donald Trump heard about it, Trump demanded to see Carlos Danger’s birth certificate.” – David Letterman “Another tough day for New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. Or as we know him now, ‘Carlos Danger’. I’m no prude, […]

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