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Digging his own grave

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

© Jimmy Margulies

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Palin Jazz Improv

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Late Night Political Humor

Monday, October 20, 2008

Joe the Plumber “Some new developments today regarding Joe the Plumber. That’s the guy from Ohio who asked Barack Obama why he wanted to raise taxes on the plumbing business he wants to buy. But now it turns out that Joe is not a licensed plumber, he had to admit that he’s ‘not even close’ […]

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What will humor sites do without Palin?

Monday, October 20, 2008

The political comedy website 23/6 just endorsed Palin-McCain for President, because Palin is the best thing that ever happened to their web traffic. So while Palin might be a disaster for the US economy, she has already been a blessing for the 23/6 economy. I’ve seen the same thing here — Palin is a never […]

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The nature of sarcasm

Monday, October 20, 2008

Scientists have discovered why Neocons don’t like Political Irony.

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Play the “Palin as President” game

Monday, October 20, 2008

This interactive game is fun, and the (unnamed) creators promise to add new features each day until the election. Can you: summon Joe the Plumber? torture Katie Couric? uncover the nuclear codes? set off nuclear armageddon? get Palin to say “something-stan” and “cactus-stan”? find all five people Palin calls mavericks? shred Roe v. Wade? UPDATE: […]

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Andrew Lahde says goodbye to Wall Street

Monday, October 20, 2008

Andrew Lahde, of Lahde Capital Management, writes a goodbye letter. He is shutting down his $300 million hedge fund, not because he didn’t make lots of money, but because he did. In this interesting letter, he talks about the idiots who helped make him rich, the meaninglessness of money, how the US Government is broken, […]

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Bachmann now denies saying what the video shows her saying

Sunday, October 19, 2008

From Daily Kos. I don’t know what’s worse — what she originally said, or her ability to lie about what she said.

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Obama leads McCain in the only poll that counts

Sunday, October 19, 2008

On Amazon.com, Obama Hallowe’en masks are outselling McCain Hallowe’en masks by 6 points (53% to 47%).

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Mario the Plumber

Sunday, October 19, 2008

From Republican Elephant

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Drip

Sunday, October 19, 2008

© Matt Davies

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Palin First

Sunday, October 19, 2008

© Jim Morin

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Hallowe’en McCain

Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Bride Zombie McCain See more McCain horror photos here.

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Yes Virginia, there really is a Real Virginia

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Yesterday, McCain senior advisor Nancy Phoftenhauer said that northern Virginia isn’t “real Virginia” because it is just a suburb of Washington DC. If this surprises you, you just haven’t seen the new map! From Daily Kos via The Jed Report.

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McCain admits to Letterman “I Screwed Up”

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Also interesting is that Letterman is the first media person to ask McCain about his relationship with convicted Watergate burglar and domestic terrorist G. Gordon Liddy. Last November, McCain appeared on Liddy’s radio program and Liddy called McCain “an old friend”. McCain responded “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family” (referring to Liddy’s […]

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