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Greetings comrades. Strangely, this is once again an extremely spiritual Carnival of Satire, though we were sad to see that Buddhism was not included in the religions represented. Come on people! Just because the religion is … like … all detached and filled with the such-ness of the moment, doesn’t mean we can’t satirize it. Think Bart Simpson and his answer to the question: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”

Okay, we’re sure you’ll clap at least two hands for this week’s submissions:

Limerick Savant at limerick savant has a work of genius! It’s rare to find a limerick that not only doesn’t have the word “Nantucket” in it, but that also works on several levels at once. Chef’s return: a dish served cold.

Attention all doctors! Hobart T. Johnson at Hobart T. Johnson has unearthed a tome that you must read. A new Medical Textbook: Inject First, Ask Questions Later.

Amanuensis at Catymology tells us of the first group interspecies nuptials. For anyone with a cat, this might just strike a little too close to home.

Le centre at Centrerion wakes up to smell Osama and Coffee.

Harvey Bluedorn at Trivium Pursuit really tickled General Kang’s fancy with this Unfortunate Omission. You didn’t know that the general is greatly amused by our ancient history, did you?

AbbaGav at AbbaGav has cut through the bureaucracy and found the New Hamas Govt Employee Benefits Form.

Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant gets all medieval on our buttocks in New Pope Steps Up. Continue Reading →

So this is officially half a year we’ve been doing this, and if this week’s generally excellent submissions are any indication, we’ve just gotten started. We are especially pleased to see more satire from across the political spectrum, and practically breathless to see satire that points out the foibles of multiple parties at once. So on to the Carnival of Satire before we pass out:

We’re not sure, but it seems to me that Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant may have not gotten his research cleared by the ethics committee. Dr. Tundra was glad Mr. Swift did not, because he was greatly amused by Bored to Flames.

Joan Conde at Mamacita is way excited, because now we can Celebrate “National Buy a Gun Day”.

Imagine if Dashiell Hammett wrote the Hardy Boys. Okay, now go read The Case Of The Origami Taco by El Capitan at Baboon Pirates.

We enjoy it so much when everyone is made fun of at the same time… Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables does it so adroitly in Russ Feingold Verse.

You see, here’s another one where everybody gets it. “a4g” at Point Five discovers the ying to the yang in its reportage of a Study: Self-Reliant Kids Grow Up To Be Whiny Liberals.

Jon Swift at Jon Swift has discovered President Bush’s Secret Plan for Winning the War in Iraq. And now the debacle all makes sense!

Big Cajun Man (aka Alan), at Canadian Financial Advice and Rants, has a link to a very funny bit of video from Rick Mercer (who despite thinking the Canadian PM is a “stand-up” guy, still does good satire) — Tax Time: Knee in my Package?

LYT at Pererro produces some day-umn funny stuff in this Exclusive scene from “A Short Story: The Movie”.

Tommy at Striving For Average has discovered The Code Pink Plan. (He makes this look easy, but Mark is pretty sure it’s not.) Continue Reading →

We have a lively Carnival this week, all from submissions, nothing presented by Thag and the results of his “digging stick”. Enjoy!

BiBi Cambridge at BiBi Cambridge; Baseless Accusations has a post not to be missed in The ‘C’ Word. Hope to “see you next Thursday” BiBi!

In a related post, Ahistoricality, at The Weblog, has found a piece of bonefide satire with this Proposed New Logo for the Republican Party.

Tommy at Striving For Average takes flight with his funny take on Bird Hunting.

Elisson at Blog d’Elisson has a heart-warming tale about Mr. Kinky.

Aloysius at catymology has some research for the Phrase Freak to consider in All your snowclones are belong to us (TM).

Vox Poplar at Vox Poplar is Right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! does a turn as Dante with Slobo is No Mo (Overheard in Hell).

And someplace else, it’s slightly colder. Justin Feng at Pererro presents Hail!

Mr. Right at The Right Place puts the question to rest. Bush is definitely Hitler. Continue Reading →

We know, we know. Why is there a picture of Dr. Tundra’s Norse Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) fouling an otherwise beautiful web page? You will have to scroll through this week’s Carnival of Satire to discover why. (You may be asking yourself what the heck is the Norse FSM? Dr. Tundra has founded his own religious cult, a schism from the original Pastafarianism belief.) But on to an excellent COS this week:

J.C. Wilmore at The Richmond Democrat made General Kang snarf coffee through his nose with a new dismotivation poster “Prevarication”.

Ahistoricality, discovered this wonderful bit of satire on politically correct advice: Ex Libris – What to do when you meet someone who is differently-abled.

International Women’s Day was yesterday, and Coyote Howls put us on to this song from Pink . Her satire is itself kind of ironic (we mean, she does an all-to0-believable job of looking like the thing she’s satirizing), but we still had to admire it. (Thag especially, that dog.)

In keeping with yesterday’s celebration of women, Joan Conde at Mamacita has a new take on an old fable, Cindermom: A Single Parent Fable.

But back to women. Peace Moonbeam, at The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles, presents Hare Trigger. Be careful Peace — that rabbit’s dynamite! Continue Reading →

Okay, we’re back. Not sure what happened to our database, but it restored everything but yesterday’s Carnival, so here it is again. We were a little light on submissions this week at The Carnival of Satire, so we’ve “fleshed” it out with a few pieces of satire that we found. We’ll start with a found piece, and then alternate with a submitted item.

General Kang was really freaked out when he read this story about a Paris Hilton-like celebrity who gets a conscience transplant. He felt better when we said it was science fiction, and satire. We hope you enjoy The Jiminy Device by Lisa Mantchev at Futurismic

Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant takes the piss out of marketing surveys in this inspired piece called Going National.

Long War Incorporated, by Mark Fiore is almost too on the nose to be considered satire, still we enjoyed it and it was brand new as of Wednesday. (Hat tip to Uncomfortably Numb.)

Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables goes for the family jewels in Bye-Bye Balls

All you gentlemen meat-marketers, pay attention. This list from Jenna at Girlspoke explains how those women are subtly saying no.

Pluto’s Dad at Eyes On The Ball News presents CBS: Scientists Create New Number for Bush’s Low Approval Rating

And part of the reason for that, the ports thing, is illustrated ably by the folks at Point Five, who did not submit this brilliant spoof, but which we include anyway: Dubai Ports World — They’re Just Like Us.

Tommy at Striving For Average presents The News Special Effects

This photo about the perils of outsourcing is making the rounds. Heh. ( Hat tip to Silly Humans.)

And taking us home is Peace Moonbeam, at The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles, who presents Leftist Love.

Once again, our apologies for our disappearance shortly after publishing the COS, and thanks to everyone for their submissions. Remember you can submit here with this handy form; the COS is listed at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

In lieu of doing something original this week, we have decided to rip off Despair.com to introduce this week’s Carnival of Satire. Enjoy.

Achievement

You can do anything you set your mind to, when you have vision, determination, and an endless supply of expendable labor.

SquirtCheez found a Housewife Upset to See Sports During NBC’s Olympics Coverage. People skiing is crass. They should be falling. Tumbling. Breaking things.

Mistakes

It could be the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning for others.

Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has some more Dick Cheney humor with Faking Contrition – Song Parody.

Despair

It’s always darkest just before it goes pitch black.

Big Cajun Man (aka Alan) at Canadian Financial Blog reminded us the brilliance of the demotivation poster, with Work: Despair Inc. Strikes Again. Continue Reading →