Four police officers have been suspended with pay after being caught on videotape stealing toys from the Toys for Tots program in Washington DC. Ironically, this is the first year that the police had been involved in the program. From WTOP, DCExaminer, and Raw Story.
© Tom Tomorrow I love his panel on Ann Coulter. I never posted that news to Political Irony, because I hate to make fun of other people’s misfortune (even someone as vile as Ann Coulter). But this is panel is a perfect twist to the story that is not only ironic, but is funnier than […]
Sometimes, all you need for irony is a headline: Candidate For RNC Chair Sends Out CD With Song Called “Barack, The Magic Negro” Good thing they are working hard to dispel all those rumors that they are secretly racist.
The Washington Post has an interesting story up about how the CIA is finding creative new ways to pay off informants in the War against Terrorism in Afghanistan. The problem is that giving them weapons often backfires, and giving them money often leads to displays of conspicuous consumption, which reveals to people that they are […]
And you know, I think even more highly of Rachel Maddow for taking responsibility for this and discussing it in detail. Read the LA Progressive article “Why I love Rachel Maddow“.
“Barack Obama is on vacation in Hawaii right now. And today many newspapers carried pictures of a shirtless Obama playing in the ocean. Did you see that? Yeah. So as you’re thinking of things to be thankful for this holiday, remember, that could have been a shirtless John McCain.” -Conan O’Brien “President-elect Barack Obama and […]
It wasn’t that long ago that Americans travelled to third world countries to shop for cheap handicrafts and other products. Now, the New York Times reports that a flood of Mexicans are crossing the border, but now north to the US to pick up cheap products. Are we becoming the new third-world for rich foreigners? […]
“Bernie Madoff has been charged with swindling people out of $50 billion. I don’t want to say he’s unpopular, but today as he was walking in New York, he passed a manger scene and Joseph threw a sandal at him.” -Jay Leno “You folks around the country probably know this, but here in New York […]
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