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Once again, we have a right foxy Carnival of Satire to carry us away here at The Skwib:

Miriam at has a New Fly in Residence appointed in Delaware. We wish they would scrap this program altogether. Damn you Ford Foundation!

Ahistoricality has unearthed the sad news that the Pentagon Channel has decided to cancel its long-running reality TV series, The Abu Zarqawi Hour, (from The Whiskey Bar).

Catnabbit! has a round-up of some of the worst cat-terrorists in the “Furr-eners” Featured in All-New “Deck of Terror”.

Jeff Burton has found an edit to Dan Brown’s masterwork in the Da Vinci Cuts.

Genie has a lengthy treatise on inducing fox urination , and not the Heather Locklear kind of fox either. Thag thought this was hilarious, offering up this pithy review: “Him crazy.”

Starling David Hunter has detected some Problems with the Iowahawk Blog Business Model.

Anonymous Educator has a satirical look at high school teacher Meetings.

Joan Conde learns that after the bombing, something was Found: al-Zarqawi’s Fan Letter to Steven Seagal.

Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah presents more Brown-inspired madness with Boycott and The Gospel of Toli.

And Seun Osewa at Nairaland Forum has something from the “modest suggestion” file Death Penalty For Exam Malpractices In Nigeria We assumed this was satire because it was submitted to this carnival. The comments below the post reveal that it may have been too subtle.

Okay, hide the kids. Rachel shows us the Birth of the Female Condom. We’d have to categorize this as sarcasm, but have included it because it has icky pictures.

Big Cajun Man has more sarcasm with a list of the Most Important Features of a Credit Card. (Note, this post is not satire either, but we included it for instructive purposes.) Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire. We thought we’d try something a little different this week: presenting the satire in the order that it arrived in our mailbox. Except for our top two picks and the clean-up spot, everything is presented in the order that it arrived.

Top satire picks:

Ahistoricality brings us RJ Eskow: Vicious Liberals Disgrace America – With Shameless Media Support.

Don Surber imagines The quagmire at Yankee Stadium.

Astonishing satirical convergences:

This week’s episode of The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles has both ninjas and cocks! Check out, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Moron.

Hazel had news that NASA plans to Build a Litterbox for International Space Station posted at Catnabbit!. We’re not sure, but the accompanying video may need to be investigated by the ASPCA.

Historical atrocities abound in Robert J Parker’s unveiling of April Foolsday, The Real Story. Warning: this story has may cause shaggy-dog-itis!

SnoopyTheGoon has one from the “modest suggestion” files in: Political aspiration of pedophiles. We’re sensing more problems with the ASPCA. Continue Reading →

If this carnie’s a rockin’, don’t come a knockin’! Welcome to the 36th edition of The Carnival of Satire.

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Cue the electric guitars. Sober up the drummer! Jon Swift has 50 More Conservative Rock Songs to add to The National Review’s .

George at Facetation has found some lost liner notes written by Hunter S. Thompson. (General Kang is pretty sure this is not made up, but the liner notes sure read like great satire.)

Apparently, a cat was Falsely Accused of Passing Gas, a story vented over at at Catnabbit!. Dr. Tundra thought the pic was hilarious.

Chris Quimby, CPC – Certified Public Comedian shares his latest Job Interview, including thoughts about dairy products, superheroes and white-water rafting. (See, you have to read it now, don’t you?)

Miriam at miriam’s ideas explains how six librarians split the cheque. This isn’t really satire, but Thag insisted we share it.
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Welcome to The Carnival of Satire, where all your cranky irony can be vented for free. Onto the posts:

We kick things off with Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables as she gives a new depth to the phrase, cold cash in her Ode To Rep. Jefferson.

Exmonkey asks the peristalsis question we all are thinking: Why are their so many diarrhoea medicine adverts? posted at Unite By Yucca. Do yourself a favor and read the comments.

Catnabbit! has a list every feline will want to memorize in: Top Ten Threats to National Security As Seen By Cats. Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire, where irony reigns and all our venalities are put in their place. This week’s graphic is in honor of Sir Paul. But onto the satire:

Okay, we found this high concept parody that makes monetary policy entertaining! We’re not sure who actually created it, but the singer is supposed to be Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard (hence the final lines, “CBS is great, wouldn’t change my fate…”). Extra relevant with the markets dipping and the run on resources.

Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a great limerick about the Sleeper VEEP.

Limerick Savant has another with No one expects the NSA .

Muammar Quadaffi at Vox Poplar Is Right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! is ready to Get Normal.

Ahistoricality discovered this parody of a rant (or ranting satire, we’re not sure), “In which I fantasize” hosted at the exquisitely titled Gentleman’s C. And on a less ranty note, Ahistoricality found the prose poem: Deciderata.

What was Bush thinking when they told him about the attacks? Well, Jon Swift has found President Bush’s My Pet Goat Margin Notes and they are revealing!

After reading this post from Catnabbit!, we suspect we may soon see a new picture book about Covert and Spanky the cats hired by the NSA to Build a Kitty Litter Box Database.

As if the NSA data-mining wasn’t shocking enough, Joan Conde at Mamacita reveals that the Church of Latter Day Saints Admits Phone Call Plan. Continue Reading →

Welcome to the 33rd edition of The Carnival of Satire, here at The Skwib. We tried find the common theme for the lively posts this week, but alas, we’re just not seeing it. So instead we give you this Gila Monster (in a bowler hat).

To begin, Ahistoricality has discovered a new separatist movement in The Dominion of British West Florida and Tips for Creating an American Separatist Cause. Mark and Dr. Tundra would have found this a ‘hellalot’ funnier if they weren’t Canadian, where these movements are real, ongoing and expensive.

For this next entry, you’ll have to remember Robert Shaw’s performance in Jaws. If you don’t, skip “I’ll Catch Yer Mexicans For Ya” at The Nose On Your Face. But if you do, you’re in for a treat.

Perhaps Quint could teach Dubya something too, as Madeleine Begun Kane suggests in Fishing For Accomplishments.

GJR Stevenson at Rants and Slants wonders How does the world know about my tiny penis? We didn’t want to be the ones to tell you, but your wife has a blog about it: histinytallywhacker.blogspot.com. Or perhaps you’re just suffering from Koro. As a side note, this post has a high irony factor. Read the Google Ads on the page, and you’ll see why.

Decker Beaumont at Demon Lime does a passable parody of fanboy fanaticism in Star Trek 1: Best. Movie. EVAR! We were disappointed that he didn’t mention Uhura.

Tommy at Striving For Average has his own take on The DaVinci Code. Our only complaint about this post is that we think that Zoot and the Castle Anthrax would be wasted on Ian McKellan. Continue Reading →