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Category Archives: Humor

Jon Stewart on Terror-Ball

Finally, a simple explanation as to how Republicans are claiming that we had no terrorist attacks during the Bush administration.

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Victory in the War on Terror

© Tom Toles

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Late Night Political Humor

“Well, the story about the 23-year-old Nigerian man, who put the explosives in his underpants still continues to dominate the news. Boy that shows you how time can change, you know? When I was 23, the only thing I ever put in my underpants was a rolled up sock.” – Jay Leno “I was reading […]

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Mr. Torture Memo has a sense of humor!

Who knew that John Yoo — the Dept. of Justice lawyer who wrote the infamous memos that claimed that Dubya was legally entitled to ignore laws prohibiting torture — has a sense of humor. In an interview in the NY Times, Yoo gets off some surprisingly funny self-deprecating lines: NYT: Were you close to George […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Well, the good news — you know the Nigerian underwear bomber? He is now in custody. Remember the good old days when the only threat from Nigeria was spam email? From the prince. He had a thousand dollars. What happened?” – Jay Leno “But I think the thing that’s still bothering people — there’s a […]

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Searching for the America that Fox News says was Better

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Late Night Political Humor

“Good to see everybody. You know, it is good to be back. We were off for Christmas, and apparently so was the Department of Homeland Security.” – Jay Leno “I guess you heard about that kid that tried to blow up the plane on Christmas Day with a bomb he had hidden in his underwear. […]

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Nature loves you, just like you love nature

© Ruben Bolling This reminded me of a local story from about a year ago, when several new residents of a rural community complained because the roosters crowing were waking them up in the morning. They wanted the farm to be forced to get rid of its noisy animals. Of course, the farm with the […]

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The 9/11 of Layoffs

© Matt Bors Many claim that WWII was the thing that ended the Great Depression, but I don’t think the current wars (Afghanistan, Iraq, Terror, Yemen, …) are making things better.

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The Daily Show Yearly Review

For those of you with very short attention spans, Jon Stewart lets you know what you missed in 2009:

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Rovian Privacy

© Jim Morin More on Karl Rove’s divorce.

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How you can tell when it is time to go

© David Horsey 2009 was definitely the year of crazy.

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2009 – The Year in Political Cartoons

Daryl Cagle has captured 2009 in political cartoons. Here is one of them: If you like this one, go view the rest of them.

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The Real Threats to US Aviation Security

© Matt Davies Once again, the problem wasn’t gathering intelligence. We already had all the information we needed to know that Abdulmutallab shouldn’t have been allowed on that airplane. Heck, his father even went to the US Embassy to warn us about him. We didn’t need to torture anyone (or even violate anyone’s rights) to […]

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The Decade of Fear

© Joel Pett

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