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'Coloring book' skewers New Orleans Mayor Nagin

New Orleans' controversial mayor is now officially a character.

Ore. student editors sorry for 'kill Jews' humor

A student editor at a college campus-run humor publication in Portland says he and others plan to be more cautious when making decisions about the newspaper's content after running a phony article that said students at another college killed all the Jews at their school.

‘Glee’ has rabid fans, but they deserve better

Fox's “Glee” has only aired a half-dozen episodes, but it has already established a rabid fan base. Because creativity and frivolity is so rare on network television, those fans have latched on to the over-the-top satire of high school life told through a glee club.

Satirical party campaigns to rebuild Berlin Wall

A satirical political party that calls for rebuilding the Berlin Wall has launched a campaign fronting a chancellor candidate chosen at a casting call to add pizzaz and humor to Germany's largely predictable parliamentary election.

‘Alien Trespass’ is all too familiar

The midnight-movie success of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in the late 1970s and the publication of “The Golden Turkey Awards” in 1980 firmly established that, yes, those old 1950s creature features sure were hokey, what with the stiff acting and the crappy special effects and all.

Pols Beware: Late-Nite Jokes Coming Back

Attention, presidential candidates: Not to disrupt your holiday plans, but if you have any cringe-inducing mistakes, insensitive jokes or outright hypocrisy yet to engage in, there's no time like the present.

Chinese City May Fine Web Surfers

A major city is threatening to fine Web surfers up to 5,000 yuan ($625) for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, a news report said Monday.

The Vine
How Twilight Works
Source: theoatmeal.com

A few weeks ago I had the miserable experience of reading Twilight. A friend bought it for me and I took it with me to read on a long flight from Seattle to Houston.

Save The Planet For Us, Say Selfish, Undeserving Little Turds
Source: thedailymash.co.uk

MILLIONS of children are urging world leaders to invest in new ways of generating electricity for the mobile phones and games consoles they are glued to every minute of the @!$%#ing day. (Satire alert!)

'Tigerness' is America
Source: Examiner

The 'Tigerness' phenomena--it defines our culture.

Michelle Obama Wore Clothes to Light the Christmas Tree -
Source: New York Magazine

I think this is a break with the tradition of being nude while lighting the tree.

Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet: A friendly chat with the global warming evangelist who lives in my head
Source: jimtreacher.com

Hello, hyperventilating zealot. Greetings, denialist scum. Now that we've dispensed with the formalities, please allow me to point and laugh at you. Ahem. Ha ha ha! Point point point! Shut up.

The Onion - Labor Dept: Available Labor Rate Increases To 10.2%
Source: The Onion

WASHINGTON—In what is being touted by the Labor Department as extremely positive news, the nation's available labor rate has reached double digits for the first time in 26 years, bringing the total number of potentially employable Americans to an impressive 15.7 million.

Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves, a Parable of the Reign of George W. Fratbush

Recently while attending the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, I happened to stop by a booth belonging to New South Books.

Nobel Funk Off: Nelson Mandela and Friends Jamming
Source:

What if three of the world's Nobel Prize-winning activists got together for a jam session?

Biden "Out-Bumpkins" Palin
Source: deadbrain.com

An MTV / Reuter's poll shows Biden slightly ahead of Sarah Palin with "likely voters having little or no interest in world affairs." This is in stark contrast to a similar poll following their earlier debate that found Biden trailing Palin with "registered voters who have little  …

Obama Tells Nation He's Going Out For Cigarettes
Source: The Onion

WASHINGTON—During a nationally televised address Tuesday, a visibly tired and worn President Obama informed the country that he was going out for a pack of cigarettes and would be back in 10 minutes or so.

Wishing there was a Christian version of Lady Gaga
Source: Stuff Christians Like

Can we please put TobyMac in a laboratory somewhere and get him on top of this already? Seriously, lock him and Kirk Franklin and Mandisa and maybe Barlow Girl in a room in Nashville and don't let them come out until they've figured out how Christianity can have their own ver …

Rep. Pelosi & Sen. Reid Letter to President. No New Troop Surge 2007
Source: usliberals.about.com

Rather than deploy additional forces.. we believe the way forward is to begin the phased redeployment of our forces in the next four to six months, while shifting the principal mission of our forces there from combat to training, logistics, force protection and counter-terror.

An Open Letter From President Obama To Michael Moore
Source: Daily Kos

Click On The Link Below To View Great Article:

Newtongate: The Idiocy of Climategate
Source: CarbonFixated

If you own any shares in companies that produce reflecting telescopes, use differential and integral calculus, or rely on the laws of motion, I should start dumping them NOW.

Joe the Plumber unclogs Sarah Palin book from John McCain's toilet
Source: Derf Magazine

SEDONA, AZ - The toilet in the master bathroom of Sen. John McCain is flowing freely once again after being repaired by former McCain campaign proponent Joe the Plumber.

Chimneys Beg Santa to Lose 20 Pounds

In preparation for the holiday season, the International Guild of Chimneys makes a simple request: lose the gut or find a new way in this year.

Cat Care | Cracked.com
Source: CRACKED.com

Owning a cat is one of the worst things you can do to yourself. Here are some practical tips on how to go about it.

GOP condems Obama for pardoning turkey
Source: Daily Kos

Check out this article from the Dailykos although I assume it's satire because even the GOP couldn't be this whacked.

The Knights Carbonic
Source: monbiot.com

From: ernst.kattweizel@redcar.ac.uk Sent: 29th October 2009 To: The Knights Carbonic

Rove: Shift Of Blame To Dems Almost Complete
Source:

NEW YORK - (PTSD News) - Karl Rove announced today on Fox News that the Republican strategy to shift the blame for all of America's woes from anything the Republicans may have caused to Obama and the Democrats is a complete success.

Another ditty for the Twitty

Okay I was on Swamijims seed with title suggestions from cookin mama (thank you - humbly bowing) - The Twelve Days Of Palin, modeled after the Twelve Days of Xmas.It was funny so I started posting one of my own rendition of a Spoof on the tune to Gilligan's Isle.

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