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War Secrets: on a need-to-owe basis

Iron Knee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:04:25 +0000

War, Even a Culture War, Makes Money A few weeks ago I reported on “americaspeakingout.com” a new...
War Porn A fascinating and disturbing interview in Spiegel talks about the...
War profiteering and cronyism Couldn’t the lapdog media in the US have done this?...

Late Night Political Humor

Iron Knee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:30:13 +0000

“A new poll shows that Congress’ approval rating is at a record low of 11 percent. The other 89 percent are going to withhold judgment until Congress actually does something.” – Jay Leno

“There’s a report that Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin are taking their families camping together in Alaska. And it must be true, because Sarah Palin hasn’t refudiated it yet.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel was charged with multiple ethics violations. Members of Congress were stunned. They had no idea there was more than one ethic.” – Jay Leno

“Budget problems are so bad in Newark, New Jersey, that the mayor has ordered the government to stop buying toilet paper for public restrooms. They’re calling this the worst thing to happen to the state since ‘Jersey Shore.’” – Jay Leno

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Late Night Political Humor “Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the armed forces to...
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How to avoid racial profiling

Iron Knee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:06:25 +0000

Here’s a good review of the latest legal wrangling.

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Profiles in Profiling © Ken Catalino A funny twist to the ongoing discussion...
Avoid the Rush © Gary Varvel...
Insurance companies will get you fired to avoid paying for your care DailyKos has a must-read story about how a woman got...

Late Night Political Humor

Iron Knee — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:25:15 +0000

“The brother of former President George Bush, Jeb Bush, is running for president. Yep, and the campaign slogan is, ‘I’m going to finish what my brother started.’” – David Letterman

“So Jeb Bush is running for president. I don’t know about the rest of the country, but thank God, ladies and gentlemen, the comedy recession is over!” – David Letterman

“Political experts and pundits and people who know the Bushes are saying that Jeb Bush is smarter than his brother. That’s damning with faint praise, isn’t it? Who the hell isn’t smarter than his brother, for God’s sake?” – David Letterman

“Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich did not testify at his trial. He wanted to testify, but he sold his seat at the court for $100,000.” – Jay Leno

“President Obama and his family are going on vacation in the Gulf Coast next month. Of course, the Gulf Coast is a lovely place to sit back and relax — just ask BP.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Have you guys seen this show ‘White House Apprentice?’ It’s a lot like the other ‘Apprentice,’ but on this one, when the boss fires you, he offers you your job back a day later.” – Jay Leno

“Happy birthday to former Sen. Bob Dole. He’s 175 years old today.” – Jay Leno

“Starbucks’ profits went up 37 percent in the third quarter of this year. They say they owe the increase to their new strategy of opening a Starbucks inside an existing Starbucks.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Britney Spears has been giving her support to Mel Gibson throughout the scandal, which is ironic because Mel’s latest tape is called, ‘Oops, I did it again.’” – Jay Leno

“Facebook now has 500 million users. The previous record holder was heroin.” – Jimmy Kimmel

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Thank Goodness this is not how it works in our world

Iron Knee — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:41:31 +0000

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That’s How The Free Market Works, You Know! © Tom Tomorrow Great logo for the front of his...
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The Biggest Celebrity in the World! © Tom Toles...

Breitbart isn’t the only person who can edit video

Iron Knee — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:05:44 +0000

From MoveOn.org. Although I don’t think they went far enough. Breitbart doesn’t just “heart” terrorists, he is a terrorist.

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Late Night Political Humor

Iron Knee — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:24:59 +0000

“Bristol Palin is getting married to Levi Johnston. Sarah Palin is so excited that she can’t even make up words to express how thrilled she is.” – David Letterman

“Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed turning the city’s excess dumpsters into swimming pools. Nothing says summer in New York City like packing a picnic lunch and heading to the dumpster.” – David Letterman

“President Obama signed into law a sweeping financial reform. The law started out strong, but got watered down as it went through Congress. Basically, the law now says that Wall Street has to wait an hour after eating to go swimming.” – Jimmy Kimmel

“This week in 1944, a bomb intended for Adolf Hitler exploded but failed to kill him. It was a defective device called the Apple iBomb. It would have worked but Hitler was holding it wrong.” – Jay Leno

“Newspaper circulation has fallen to a new low and they say they are becoming obsolete. To give you an idea of how bad it is, today I saw a guy sleeping on a park bench with an iPad on his face.” – Jay Leno

“The CEO of British Petroleum is leaving his job. It’s not official, it just leaked out.” – David Letterman

“The big comic book convention, Comic-Con, starts tomorrow in San Diego. This is a week-long convention of comic books, science fiction, video games, and other forms of birth control.” – Jimmy Fallon

“British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting the U.S. and yesterday he and President Obama gave each other pieces of art. That really wasn’t necessary, Britain. You’ve already given us a huge oil painting.” – Jimmy Fallon

“The man who invented the black box used in airplanes has died. The cause of death was too many comedians saying, ‘Why don’t they just make the whole plane out of the black box?’” – Craig Ferguson

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Late Night Political Humor “As you know, security is being upgraded at airports all...
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Who’s the Fool Now?

Iron Knee — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:25:49 +0000

Why would anyone believe anything coming from Andrew Breitbart ever again? We’ve already been fooled more than once by him. As Dubya said, “fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again”.

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