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We have a slender Carnival of Satire in terms of quantity this weeks, but it’s heavy with quality. We hope you enjoy:

Advertising parody can sometimes be an art in itself, and this French-language spot from Canal+ is great. Don’t worry, it’s got English subtitles. March of the Emperors.

Rickey Henderson has a satirical review of what’s going on at The Food Network.

Madeleine Begun Kane has political poetry: Why Does George Bush Hate Our Troops?

Marvin The Magnificent is worried about witches, but luckily the British government has help. He outlines his cunning plan in Using Passive Millimeter Wave Technology to Fight Evil.

bobbarama.com has Cosmo parody with Guys and their idiotsyncrasies.

And to finish up with more multimedia, The MoxArgon Group has a satirical video of a political nature: Joey & Hugo Sitting In A Tree!

Thanks to everyone for submitting their satire and making this another great carnival. If you submitted something, and it didn’t appear, it’s not that we don’t appreciate the submission, but we just felt it wasn’t right for the carnival. In fact, many submissions were quite funny, but not really satire. Defining that is a moving target, but you’ll find our take on it here, in an essay on Satire’s Ugly Sisters. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

Yep, this is two great carnivals in a row, so we’ll just get straight to it:

If one can be cured of being an evangelical ass-bandit, then surely Archer can be healed as well.

And now, a short video from the help desk of a medieval Norwegian monastery. Thanks to John Sloan, Thuder Gott of Cyber Space for finding this one!

Ahistoricality has found 23 (worrying) signs thatYou’re Becoming a Design Geek.

The Epicurean Dealmaker has taken Swift’s original Modest Proposal, and updated it for the 21st century.

Perhaps the Epicurean Dealmaker had just read this news item: CEO Gets Severance After 45 Minute Stint, found at The Ominous Comma.

Madeleine Begun Kane has poetry on why she’s Qualified To Be Dick Cheney’s Top Aide Continue Reading →

We have a great carnival for you this week folks. From love advice, to naming stars, to less, uh, prosaic satire about bodily functions, there is something in here for everyone. We hope you enjoy the sixty-fifth Carnival of Satire:

The Epicurean Dealmaker has a tale of the market gone mad in Cogito, ergo whom?

On a much less philosophical note, Craig Harper has discovered the science behind the Male-Fart-Laugh-Response. Women, especially, need to read this post to understand why men are they way they are. (Stoopid.)

Madeleine Begun Kane has Valentines Day advice for the gents too.

Ahistoricality reminded us of the fine work they do over at The Satirical Political Report including this roundup of Super Bowl Ads featuring Sunni and Shia marketing.

Blue Steel at Pollyticks.com has cartoony goodness: Bush Joins Bandwagon.

Keeping with politics for the moment, Judith Withers has found George W. Bush’s Netflix Queue.

Jessica Okon has Some Land In Florida She’d Like To Sell You. She also has just named a star. We really hope that it doesn’t have a habitable planet in the system. You’ll understand when you read her post. Continue Reading →

Welcome to the carnival. There are so many posts this week, we’ll just get right to it. We hope you enjoy!

Ahistoricality has a pair of +2 Boots of Satire that led to finding: Scholars & Students: A Compendium of Professorial Magic and this new take on Snow White: The anti-princess.

Chris Dolley has a new (and adorable) Nigerian email scam: I am Fluffy.

Montag presents The Case Against Iran. Warning: post may contain some Jar Jar Binks.

Drew Cline has sad news with America’s homeless mourn Barbaro.

The Scratching Post picks up a news item that we missed from the State of the Union address: Bauxite Independence!

Will Chen has notes on Bruce Campbell: “A” Level Advice From a B Movie Actor.

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Welcome to The Carnival of Satire at The Skwib. We have a fine selection of satire this week, ranging from social etiquette, to politics, to nose-picking. (Though some may argue those last two are the same thing.) We hope you enjoy all the gold-lassoed fun.

Birdman has advice for How to be The Most Annoying Moviegoer in the Theater.

Ahistoricality has discovered breaking news (in bold colors and delivered in speech bubbles): Wonder Woman Runs for President.

Madeleine Begun Kane has terse verse on the question of Jenna Bush, Author?

Craig Harper has a tale of spelunking gone bad in Please take your finger out of your nose. Spot the bonus irony in the top ten list at the end of Craig’s post. (It has to do with the number one faux pas, and the origins of the phrase, “faux pas.” This irony may not be immediately obvious if you haven’t ridden the Metro in Paris.)

Jake Danger at Lunatic Wisdom brings us futuristic psychological satire with Theistic Delusionary Disorder: Our Nation’s No. One Mental Health Problem.

Speaking of psychological satire, Jarod Kearney has a politically correct take on Sauron: Dark Lord of Mordor or Motivated “Go-Getter”?

Sean J. Vaughan helps bring us back to terra firm with this presentation at Reason and Rhyme: NASA Plans to Construct Earth Base. Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire. This week our satirists tackle politics, technology and the gastro-intestinal track. Yep, just another day at The Skwib. We hope you enjoy it.

Mad Kane’s Political Madness has political poetry to start us off: Bellicose Bush.

On a related note, we found this amusing spoof of Bush and Blair’s relationship, on YouTube, and that electronic crack, Sid Meier’s Civilization (Warlord).

Damian G. has fake news from the fecal front: President to request surge of 21,500 restroom attendants in wake of Athens embassy bombing.

Now, this satire from Avant News would be much funnier if Mark hadn’t actually survived amoebic dysentery: Organic Windows Vista Virus Can Target Computers Even When Powered Down.

Keeping with technology for the moment, Guns’n’butter has the top ten features of the new iPhone (the Mac version).

Back to the loo! At Genius Types you’ll find a cogent argument for why a man needs a cave: A Man’s Last Refuge.

Madeleine Begun Kane has a related marital limerick Marriage Catch. Continue Reading →