Friday, December 26, 2014
I love Tom Tomorrow’s annual year in review comics. Here’s part one: © Tom Tomorrow I hope everyone had a great year, and a very merry Christmas.
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Sunday, December 21, 2014
[excerpted from The New Yorker] “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” An industrious young woman neglects to charge for her housekeeping services and is rightly exploited for her naïveté. She dies without ever having sought her own happiness as the highest moral aim. I did not finish watching this movie, finding it impossible to sympathize […]
Saturday, December 20, 2014
The Colbert Report had its final episode and is off the air forever. Unfortunately, I can’t embed the video of the entire last show, but here’s a link to it. The most amazing part was the sing-along. You really should watch the whole show, but if you don’t want to, here’s just the sing-along: After […]
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
“Time magazine has named ‘Ebola Fighters’ the 2014 Person of the Year. The Ebola fighters said they were honored to be chosen and look forward to the ceremony. Then Time said, ‘Oh no, we’ll just mail them to you.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Time magazine announced its person of the year. It’s health workers who treat […]
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Sunday, December 14, 2014
“At the White House yesterday, they kicked off Computer Science Education Week. Students gave tutorials on computer code and President Obama sat down and wrote one. All his program does is draw a box, which he’s hoping he can crawl into and hide in for the rest of his term.” – Jimmy Kimmel “This week […]
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Friday, December 12, 2014
See also the photos of Colbert dressing up like various characters from the movie. What does this have to do with politics? I have absolutely no idea.
Friday, December 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted his Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Thursday, telling reporters, “I’m sick and tired of people blaming George W. Bush for things he did.” In the aftermath of the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on torture, Cruz said, “Democrats have been busy with their favorite […]
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Friday, December 12, 2014
“President Obama went to the hospital because of a sore throat, but it turned out to be acid reflux. Some say it was an overreaction, but then Obama said, ‘Uh, did YOU have to spend the last few months hugging Ebola people? Call me when that happens and we’ll see if I over-reacted.’” – Jimmy […]
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Obama appears on The Colbert Report, and hilarity ensues: Or you can watch the whole episode. And remember, The Colbert Report goes away forever in less than two weeks.
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“A political action committee trying to raise money for a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign is selling “Ready for Hillary” champagne glasses and Christmas ornaments. Because if one thing improves the holidays, it’s drinking mixed with politics.” – Jimmy Fallon “In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted […]
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
And Fox even admits it. A Fox News article about “traditional marriage” was illustrated with the following photo of two newly married people kissing: Where’s the irony? The “groom” in the photo is a woman. The photo was widely reported as the first gay couple to be married at the Empire State building, back in […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
“President Obama will travel to Las Vegas to speak at the same high school where he laid out his immigration plan two years ago. So Obama’s become that guy who graduated a while ago and still comes back to hang with the seniors.” – Jimmy Fallon “President Obama gave a speech on immigration tonight, and […]
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
“Tomorrow night President Obama will announce his new immigration plan. Obama’s favorite part of his new immigration plan is that he gets to emigrate to another country. He’s tired of all this.” – Conan O’Brien “Analysts say Obama’s new immigration plan will focus on deporting violent criminals. So, this could impact your fantasy football team.” […]
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Friday, November 28, 2014
“Pope Francis announced that next year he is coming to the United States, or as Fox News is reporting it, ‘Obama lets in yet another guy from South America.’” – Conan O’Brien “The Pope also said that while he’s in town he would like to go see ‘The Book of Mormon.’” – David Letterman “The […]
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
“After a six-year battle, the Senate will vote next week to begin construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, which is an oil pipeline that runs from Canada to the Gulf Coast. They’re hoping the pipeline will provide enough oil to cover Kim Kardashian’s next photo shoot.” – Jimmy Fallon “The pipeline would run from Canada […]
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