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Carnival of Satire (#113)

Carnival of Satire (#113)Isn’t it wonderful living in interesting times? This month’s edition of the Carnival of Satire demonstrates how even dire news has its satiric side:

Lobo kicks things off with this useful advice on how to prepare for the biohazard finale.

Rickey has equally helpful hints in his (un)Official Guide to Swine Flu.

Up until this swine flu thing, the media seemed pretty excited about Twitter. Little did they know that Kneon has been making webcomics with his Tweets. You can jump straight to the comic here.

You may also want to check out the Twitterpocalypse, which we related last week.

Sticking with the web, Juliet Chase has A new approach to SEO .

And yes, the economy is still a worry. Generation Bubble puts it in perspective with Yakk in the USSR, or How I Learned to Love the Bubble .

Clearly, Diesel’s strategy for coping with the recession is to try and ride it out in prison. Or perhaps this is just a cry for help. He is trying to sell a novel, after all: I Got Yer Inconsistent Use Right Here. Decide for yourself, then go sign his book thingy so he’ll stop harassing nice people on Facebook. It’s literally the least you can do.

Mike Sowden has his own creative project on the go, and it looks like Fox might be interested — Stellar Quest 1: The Beginning .

Madeleine Begun Kane is still waxing poetic, but this time her limerick has gone to the dogs.

And we’re all not obsessed by current events. Ellis imagines what Elvis would be like if he were an elderly Jewish man.

You know, I had some of the same thoughts when I saw that picture of the five presidents together. Tim Slowikowski has a warning about Jimmy Carter, a bad muthaf*cka.

steven germain presents Rough Fractals: Blog Bail-Out.

Satire Patch presents NRA Releases Message On Recent Shootings .

In in our one non-satire slot: Vanessa Wolf has an intriguing tale about British PM, Gordon Brown: Confucius say: When glass eye fall in soup, remove with spoon .

And that’s it for the 113th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to Hobbit90 from Freaking News.com for the pic.

Carnival of Satire (#112)

The new global currencyWelcome to the 112th edition of the Carnival. As you might expect, the economy is on the mind of many of us, though clearly, for some of us, the economy has made us lose our minds:

This week’s title graphic includes a bit of Azrainmain’s latest Photoshop satire. See the whole image and get a sneak peek at the new Global Currency.

Sometimes politics can get weird, and The Satirical Political Report proves this with this news item: Congress Passes New ‘Seinfeld’ Law: AIG Execs ‘Have to Be Our Butlers’

On the topic of the AIG bonuses, xkcd has a perfectly crumulent point:

dishonest reporting

Future Update has the surprising news that Rush Limbaugh will still be alive in the year 2029. The rest of the update isn’t as shocking: Limbaugh Says He Hopes President Fails to Save Humanity

In totally unrelated news (we hope) David Aulick presents Upcoming Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavors.

Tis the tax season, and Madeleine Begun Kane finds An Up Side.

Shawn Bryan has the court-mandated column from Homeschooled Harry and his take on health care .

Finally, Aaron Rogier has some health notes for us, in 7 reasons to sleep in .

And that’s it for the 112th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too.

Carnival of Satire (#111)

Carnival of Satire (#111)This edition has it all — fractured fairy tales, musical numbers, and zombies! Say, did you want brains with that?

Apparently, The Skwib has been skewing State-side, so Ann Winter at Mythshifter has put together this brilliant Folkrap, remix: Mollie Whuppie as Tony Blair to help get more UK in our yuks.

It is winter. Some of us are doing our taxes. And Madeleine Begun Kane wonders if only the peons have to pay them. On this topic, Super Saver has some great ideas for How President Obama Can Help Pay for the Stimulus Plan.

Hmm. Perhaps Mythshifter is correct, and The Skwib is a little too biased to US news. Here is an important PSA from Canadian Fermentation explaining the Canadian hockey fight (using amoebas to demonstrate.)

In tech news, Beth has this important development: Toilet Paper goes digital .

How to survive the Zombie apocalypseYou may have missed the recent zombie-related happenings. Tim Abbott presents That is So Wrong!, in which he reinvents several classics with zombies.

David Aulick explains that Chris Brown Thought Rihanna Was A Zombie..

In US politics — there’s that Yankee bias again — Alexander Woods presents Barack Obama: Hopeless, Reckless, and Jacketless, and DWSUWF presents State of the Union – The Musical! “Chicago” Edition.

Christopher Khawand brings this note of concern to our attention: Mounting Dish Crisis Causes a Stink.

Joshua Payne has more worrying news about the Wiki-pocalypse! .

And in our non-satire slot, Heather B Jones tells all about Las Vegas in the Dance Of The Table Vulture.

And that’s it for the 111th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to Nickel Media for the fast food zombie and to Darth Abraham for the instructional poster.

Carnival of Satire (#110)

The Carnival of Satire #110Number 110. What? That can’t be right, can it? I’ve done this 110 times? But that’s crazy isn’t it? Crazy? Enough questioning; here’s the depth of winter edition:

Beezard blows the lid off A Heritage of Hate

Madeleine Begun Kane marks the end of the Bush years with An Alpha-Political Farewell to Bush and Cheney.

Banquet Manager also has a look at the political spectrum with a major rethink of the vexing question: Why Did the Chicken Cross The Road? .

Melodyspaghetti has renewed faith in the young..

And lest you think the Big BO has been perfect so far, Kevin Brink explains Obama’s First Mistakes.

Ronald Pecorry is rightly worried about the green crisis in Ireland.

Happy Chinese New Year! In honor of the Year of the Ox, CS-Weekly presents this story about a doctor buying a donkey.

Did you know the world is going to end in 2012? Well according to the Mayans and Andrey Polston it will. And he has a 2012 Survival Guide.

Steve Shives presents “No, Mr. Obama — I Expect You to Die!”

Scott Davis presents Drunk Driving on a 2.4mph mobility scooter.

In the non-satire slot, Big Cajun Man presents a classic Canadian tale (and film): Banks and Humor .

And that’s it for the 109th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to Randihaousen for the chilly winter pic.

Carnival of Satire (#109)

The Carnival of SatireHappy New Year everyone! It’s 2009: A New Hope. Cue John Williams. With any luck Super-Obama can help us save ourselves from the financial meltdown, climate change, robotic monkey overlords (and Death Stars). You can check out the original of the image (left) at AZRainman’s blog.

Yep, times are tough. How tough? Well, Greg Merrick can tell you: Family to Lay Off 25% of Offspring .

Madeleine Begun Kane has a solution for your financial woes — become a bank: Banks To Taxpayers: Drop Dead!.

This may be an uncomfortable topic for some, but Brian Jay Stanley has clearly been listening to “Every Sperm is Sacred”: Abstinence as Abortion.

Remember the 90s? Jason Moreira does and has the disturbing update on Where’s Waldo Now?

JRickG has this web comic of Personal Deconstruction, by JE Gonzalez .

Raghu submitted this Singular parable: The day the internet slept .

Vanessa Wolf writes a few words of PR advice for the Somali pirates.

Pwn Greenland presents this pithy Analysis of MySpace .

Joshua Dorkin got an exclusive interview with Santa. Unfortunately, it is about the foreclosure on his North Pole home..

So Santa didn’t get the bailout, but DaDougster discovered that on his last visit to Iraq Bush Got Shaken Down Again.

Jeremy R. Shown is stove-pipe-a-licious about the new Obama cabinet in: New Uniforms for the Team of Rivals .

I somehow missed this. Neil Benson let’s us know the sad tale of the veep’s final unhinging: Cheney Nullifies Presidential Election: Declares Himself President.

There is still time to act on these uncanny Predictions for 2009 by the canny Jon Swift.

Fiar has a new advice column What Would Obama Do.

And in our non-satire slot, we have something that is so absurd it sounds like it is: Sometimes real life is like that, and it’s certainly the case as Big Cajun Man filled out a A Questionnaire For Everything after being canned.

And that’s it for the 109th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to AZRainman for the fabulous Super-Obama art!

Carnival of Satire (#108)

Welcome to the wintry and depressed 108th edition of the Carnival of Satire. We begin, as always, with hobos:

GrrlScientist found this clip of Jon Hodgman’s meisterwerk on the American Experience: Hobo Matters:

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And if that wasn’t enough proof, Madeleine Begun Kane reassures us (in poetry) that Irony Has At Least Seven More Lives . Phew.

The Carnival of SatireWill the economy get bad enough to see a resurgence in hobos? Archer at Lawyerworldland has four scary scenarios in which we would be so lucky!

Monkey Breath learned the following, which must be a bad sign: IRS Going Out of Business.

In entertainment news, Satire Patch has the news that David Caruso Will Receive Bailout Money To Pay For Acting Lessons

Politics! Sammy Benoit makes his case for why a Yid with a Lid should be Senator: Governor Patterson PICK ME, Not Kennedy.

The Brain Twinkey has a harrowing tale: Lost Hiker Survived by Eating His Frozen Nuts

But at what temperature do nuts freeze? In this editions’ non-satire slot, Poobomber explains freezing and the difference between Fahrenheit and Celcius.

And that’s it for the 108th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to horizontal integration for the pic of some guy who’s nuts are freezing.