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This week’s Carnival of Satire has a fun mix of satire that lampoons religious, political, sports and media figures. Note, the graphic for this COS was supplied by someone who says they think this dancer actually looks like Pat Robertson. [A close-up here, potentially nsfw.] We don’t think so. Not at all, because we found it oddly arousing, and that would be wrong on so many levels.

Following up on The Skwib’s recent curse on the reverend (may a plague of rabbits nibble his bum) Ahistoricality at Ahistoricality sets Pat Robertson’s theology to music in Stick Your Finger In God’s Eye. Hooot!

David Brazeal at Horn+Swoggled introduces us to the X Games, which are two “xs” short of being really fun, and Willow Creek in X Games Signs Deal with Willow Creek. Now that’s good satire!

With the newest Hairy Poiter movie about to be unleashed on us, Playah Grrl at Little Green Colloquium is quite timely in helping us with a persistent web problem (for some), to whit: Defense Against the Dark Arts Manual Update: Emo-Kidz.

Bob at either orr takes us to lotusland, where The government in the whorehouse business?. If that isn’t enough to get you interested, Bob “interviews” Jack A. John, a self-described “connoisseur of courtesans.”

Laurence Simon at IFOC News presents Rice Says Al-Qaida State Will Help American Security

Hoodlumman at File it Under explains why it is that Mayhem Grips FOXNews. And no, it’s not because they’ve run out of jingoistic theme music.

Finally, an explanation for why the White House is right all the time! Tommy at Striving For Average makes it all clear in A Revised Transcript

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face presents Top 9 Other Terrell Owens Complaints Against The Eagles.

And to wrap up, The Man at GOP and the City presents Macgyver/Bauer 2008 . We really wish this would happen. Dr. Tundra, Thag and Mark would all vote for Macgyver in 2008. (That is, if we were allowed to.) If he’s not running himself, General Kang is most definitely a General Zod man, er, primate.

Okay, this week’s was good fun, and once again we look forward to next week’s submissions. (Really.) Remember you can submit here with this handy form, and the COS is listed at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

Welcome to the eighth Carnival of Satire, which has an obsession with gay Paree. We invite our regular sinologists to spot the big lie in this week’s COS. A copy of The Amadeus Net for the first reader to do so! (Email Mark at skwib(at)markarayner.com.) Now, onto the posts…

Tommy at Striving For Average presents Dating in Paris.

Vox Poplar at Vox Poplar Is right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! insists Paris is a Smokin’ Town.

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face suggests Paris Riots Enter 8th Night, Rioters Earn Accolades.

Hoodlumman at File it Under presents The New America’s Team?.

Mr. Right at The Right Place explains The Latest Mainstream Media “Poll” – Exposed!

Fitch at Radioactive Liberty takes us far away from the City of Lights, and instead let’s us know about Venus Probed.

We look forward to next week’s submissions. Remember you can submit here with this handy form, and the COS is listed at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

Welcome to the seventh Carnival of Satire at The Skwib. This is a lucky number indeed, with a collection of pert and perspicacious posts for your delectation.

Elisson at Blog d’Elisson takes out his palette and brushes, and presents this Sistine Chapel of Satire: I’m the Guy

Hoodlumman at File it Under (who’s motto is: “Iguanas in hats. Admit it — you’re hooked.”) does hook us, and then shook us up this morning with a seriously funny bit of satire in Rumbles, Sirens Detected in Metro Areas.

Tommy at Striving For Average made us feel a little less stupid with a satirical explanation of howA Closed Senate worked.

And Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat tackles the same issue in The Story Behind the Behind Closed Doors Story.

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face give us a treat with Miers Withdraws Acceptance To White House Halloween Bash. My only quibble with this excellent satire — I doubt very much that one of Bush’s speech writers would dare saddle him with a word like “preternatural”.

And Rev. Billy Bob Gisher at Less People Less Idiots who tackles the more ticklish religious issues, made us snarf our coffee with Ticketmaster reports problems with Rapture tickets.

As always we look forward to next week’s submissions. Remember you can submit here with this handy form, and the COS is listed at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

Welcome to the sixth Carnival of Satire at The Skwib. We’d like to congratulate TAN-Man at The Assimilated Negro for winning the first Exploding Skwib Award, which means we really liked his post, If We Bring Back The Slave Days, Look At The Cool Products We’ll Have!! A copy of The Amadeus Net is, as you read this, on its way to our newest Swift.

Onto this week’s satire:

We don’t know much about Cabarrus County, North Carolina, but we think that Justin Thibault at The View From The Cheap Seats might be onto something big with his Proposal for a New Caucus System: Cabarrus Idol.

Kid Various at The Idiom examines the issue of gorilla endorsements in Get Your Stinkin’ Paws Off Me You Damn, Dirty Ape!

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face discovers some disturbing things about the crimes that Hussein is being charged with in Accepting Unlicensed U.S. Military A** Whupping Tops New Hussein Charges. Thag is particularly worried about the “spelunking while intoxicated” law. He really enjoys being blotto in the grotto.

Tommy at Striving For Average produces a category one bit of satire in Paper Towels

Pluto’s Dad at Pluto’s Page discovers there is hope for all the unmarried North American losers out there in Trouble Finding a Wife? Check out Chechnya! Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Skwib and the fifth Carnival of Satire! We’ll get straight to the satire and humor, and forgo the usual happy talk.

To open up this week’s carnival, we have The Assimilated Negro (TAN Man) at The Assimilated Negro, who breaches an uncomfortable subject, and induces uncomfortable silence with Breaking News: Tough Guy Wonders What Male Friends Are Thinking.

Tommy at Striving For Average is anything but in this lampoon of the Dean of Scream in, The Magic Finger.

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face made us larf out with Bush Opens Up Michael Moore’s Strategic Oil Reserves.

Hazzard at Everybody Loves Your Money wins the satire-in-waiting award this week for Need to save some money? Here are some Ideas. This is so close, we had to include it.

REAL Teen at Real Teen- Right on the Right announces that Right on the Right will start a Satire Press.

TAN Man at The Assimilated Negro sends a second installment of satire with, Go Ahead Steal My Identity, Please .

General Kang was extremely worried to see that Vox Poplar at Vox Poplar Is right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! is starting his own advice column: ASK UNCLE VOX.

TekTak F. Mechanoid at The MoxArgon Group presents the best of inter-galactic punditry with Point/Counterpoint #3: Judging Pets and Pets that Judge

Mr. Right at The Right Place presents Ronnie Earle Indicts Much of Texas on Conspiracy Charges

Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat presents Another Spam Tragedy

a4g at Point Five gives us what can only be called razor-sharp satire in From The Rubble, A Tale Of Faith.

Brandon Bibb at Grapevine’s Sports Ramblings takes the next logical step in Stern Institutes Maximum Hair Length Code.

And wrapping up the Carnival of Satire this week, we have Don Surber at Don Surber who presents a great spoof of the Washington Post in Karl Rove’s Garage Stage Managed. Thag suggested that perhaps the oil stain they saw on Rove’s garage floor was in fact a bit of the strategic reserves in Michael Moore that spilled. That Thag. He may be a caveman, but he’s sharp.

See you next week, when we will (for sure) announce the first winner of the Swift Award.

Remember you can submit here with this handy form, and the COS is listed at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival.

Welcome to our fourth go at the Carnival of Satire, here at The Skwib. As usual, we have some lively humor and cutting commentary about a variety of issues.

Okay, you know it’s the fall, because we start seeing Christmas stuff. The Assimilated Negro (TAN-man) at The Assimilated Negro breaks the news that the Saint Nicks are on the outs in Mrs. Claus Demands More QT

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face makes us laff with Doogie Howitzer, IED. Whenever we see Neil Patrick Harris it’s impossible to take him seriously as an actor. We always end up remembering his role in Starship Troopers, as the psychic intelligence officer. Particularly the ending, when he mind probes a giant, bloated “brain” bug and announces: “It’s afraid! It’s afraid!” This too made us laff, particularly General Kang, who knows a little something about space nazis and “probing”.

Um, moving on…

Two Dogs at Mean Ol’ Meany presents Romance – The Two Dogs Way Ongoing Saga Part VIII. At first glance, this might not appear to be satire, but that’s just because we needed the full context. Go check out the earlier editions, starting with this one.

Okay, Damian G. at Conservathink has sent along DNC Chairman Dean accuses Bush of hiding salami; gets donkeypunched. Strictly speaking, this post is not satire, but the cutline on the photo is, so we’ve included it.

Bob at either orr presents An advertisement for the Liberal Party of Canada.

a4g at Point Five discovers IAEA Embarrassment As Nobel Committee Develops Warhead.

And we have a second post from the TAN-man at The Assimilated Negro, in which we get some really gentle satire: Apples and Oranges Set The Record Straight : We’re Not That Different.

Fitch at Radioactive Liberty presents ACLU Sues for Conjugal Visits

Mr. Right at The Right Place presents U.S. Declares War on Smurfs, Hundreds Dead in “Shock and Awe” Style Carpet-Bombing Campaign. You do have to wonder what UNICEF is thinking with this campaign. Here at The Skwib we have offered our own satire of this, instead focusing on the advertising business, in Smurf-cutters.

See you next week, or on the ubercarnival, when we will announce the first winner of a copy of The Amadeus Net, Mark’s first satirical novel. Keep that satire coming!