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The Wrong Playbook

© Kevin Siers

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Europe without Barriers

If you want to promote the slogan “Europe Without Barriers”, what better place to put it than on some police barriers? From the Czech Republic, via Neatorama.

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Hope

© Ted Rall You know, what I really love about this cartoon is that you can take it so many different ways.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Well, ladies and gentlemen, today is an historic day down in Washington because five living presidents had lunch together. George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all at the White House, all having lunch. What a day. And while this was going on, John McCain was at Applebee’s […]

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Passing the Torch

© Mike Keefe

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Choking on his own words

© Steve Sack When Coleman was slightly ahead of Franken the day after the Senate election in Minnesota, he tried to get Franken to concede. But now that the recount is done and Franken is slightly ahead, we’re seeing an all-out attack from the Republicans saying that Franken “stole” the election, despite no evidence to […]

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Sarcasm on the Intertubes

First, the humor site 23/6 posted a sarcastic article called “Tips for Traveling Muslims” with hilarious tips like “Don’t speak freely. Of course you have the right to free speech, first amendment and all, but … shut it” and “Don’t pray. It’s hard to figure out which way Mecca is while in mid-air.” Next, fake […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“On this date in 2001 … George W. Bush was certified as the winner of the 2000 presidential election. How about that? That turned out pretty well, didn’t it?” -David Letterman “And in an interview over the weekend, President Bush revealed that he has a prized collection of over 250 autographed baseballs, which would be […]

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No More Bush – Shave the Date!

Speaking of the upcoming inauguration, you can celebrate the end of Bush in a uniquely personal manner. Sex advice columnist Kristen Chase (also known as “Mominatrix”) is encouraging everyone to “Shave the Date”, or as she puts it “leave no bush behind”. She claims that it will give you a special tingle to realize that at […]

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Inaugural Privatization

© Ted Rall

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The best defense is no defense

Bob Barr, the former Congressman who wrote the “Defense of Marriage Act” in 1996, now writes in the LA Times that it should be repealed. I’m not posting this in Political Irony because of the apparent flip-flop, but because the article — about a subject that can stir up strong emotions and words — is […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Well, let me know what you think of this. George Herbert Walker Bush says that his son, Jeb, would make a great president. And I’m thinking, a third Bush in the White House. Boy, cut me a slice of that, you know?” -David Letterman “George Bush Sr. recently said he’d like his son Jeb to […]

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Confidence

© Joel Pett

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Irony Blotter

Several miscellaneous stories out today that are all ironic: First off is the news that Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber”, has a new job. He is going to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative web site Pajamas TV. If you feel you must ask how he is qualified for […]

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Uncle Jay explains 2008 in Christmas Carols

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