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Here it is, finally. The long-delayed 107th edition of the Carnival of Satire. Many of the submissions in October revolved around the US election, and they’re a bit dated, so I haven’t included them. My apologies. On the plus side, there is some mighty entertaining stuff left for those of us who are eating turkey today, and those who are just feeling like one.

As you may know, November is National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo), in which masochistic writers attempt to pen 50,000 words of a novel. I am one of them. As I gobble for the finish line, I sometimes wonder what I’m running towards, and Paperback Writer has the answer in the addendum to her Devil’s Publishing Dictionary. (Part one and part two.) It includes such wisdom as this:

Satire: the scornful use of heavy irony, vicious sarcasm, caustic ridicule or similar means to expose the truth about polarizing topics without getting one’s ass fired, attacked, sued, stalked, shot, etc.

If that is not esoteric enough for you, then you will prefer One Weekly Gun’s charmingly strange musical homage to The remains of Nicolaus Copernicus .

But back to the aforementioned election. Rather than rehash all the stuff we know, alejna has deep an important election news in the Republic of Pants « collecting tokens.

Mad Kane wonders, in verse, if Bush doesn’t have brush to clear?

If you’re looking for seasonal poetry, check out The Daily Lifeku’s “Happy Turkey Day” — a three-line meditation of tofurkey.

Kevin Armstrong discovered this tragic story about a Cat Born with Small Face Just Wants to be Loved, Pet .

Satire Patch has hot entertainment news for us: NBC Show “The Whisperer Whisperer” Debuts In December

In the sports world, Kevin Brockman relates the sad tale of an Olympic mascot in trouble: Quatchi Caught In Olympic Scandal .

el guapo presents Amazing World Exclusive Interview of Jesus, Buddha, Bush and Darth Vader .

Mad Mike presents California Wildfires: Caused by Nature’s Homophobia?

And Rickey Henderson fills in our non-satire spot magnificently this edition with How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Read the Prescription Label .

And that’s it for the 107th 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 Seychelles88 for the Underwood pic.

Welcome to the frightening 106th edition of the Carnival of Satire, where if you can’t laugh, you will fill with bile and explode. Let’s jump right into the mayhem!

Pre-Halloweenie Horrors

Ahistoricality has been busy digging through the web, and has found a number of delectable terrors for us, including this panicky email: Your Urgent Help Needed

Ahistoricality also uncovered this seasonal satire: The Hellborn Spawn of the MLA Swamp Monster: A Horror Film in Five Acts.

Politics

Despite the market meltdown, political concerns still dominate the carnival this month, beginning with gem: presents The time has come to ask: What might happen to our country if we elect a black Muslim terrorist president? (HT to Ahistoricality again, and for the next entry too.)

Then again, some of the hypothetical candidates might understand what the economy is really doing: Obama to Nation: ‘Fuck this shit, I’m outta here’

Rickey Henderson had an illuminating debate preview that you will kick yourself for missing: Rickey Presents: The Vice Presidential Debate of Submisunderestimanation (AKA The Only Vice Presidential Debate Preview Worth Reading) .

GrrlScientist did some digging of her own and discovered one of the candidate’s index cards: Sarah Palin’s Debate Strategy Flow Chart.

Madeleine Begun Kane rhymes in with some poetry about the manic McCain: Finally, A John McCain Statement I Can Agree With .

Metapundit Edgy the Anticlown has an insight into what this is all leading towards in his Brief History of the Next 20 Years of Presidential Politics.

Starcasm discovered the Fake Sarah Palin Bikini Photo Is a FAKE!.

Howling Mad Jay has a fun toy for reporters frustrated by their lack of access to Ms. Palin: Pin Palin against the wall .

Other Satirical Nightmares

Satire Patch reveals all in: Man Dies, Discovers John Malkovich Is God .

banquet manager discovered The BEST Wedding Invitation Ever!

Sara Goldstein presents a fashion don’ts poem: ‘Mom jeans’ .

And B.M. Garrett takes us out on the one non-satirical note of the carnival, with this hilarious collection of additions to the English language, or as Garrett says, “neologisms for the purists “: Are you Obamatose or in Nirbama?

And that’s it for the 106th 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 Riv for the scary pumpkin.

Welcome to the 105th edition of the Carnival of Satire, now on a monthly schedule. As always, we have a collection of irony-choked posts, parodies and humorous satire for you, beginning with a trip down memory lane to 100-acre woods:

Satire Patch has tracked down the actor who played Piglet, in one of their poignant and entertaining Interviews With The Damned.

Tom Cowan delves into a disturbing new lifestyle trend in the UK: Child Capture.

Madeleine Begun Kane has this Popeye-inspired political ditty: McCains Bellicose Tune

Azelma Petit combines his business acumen and understanding of how to kick ass in The Chuck Norris Guide to Self Motivation

We’re sorry we didn’t get this carnival out before you were able to make use of Rickey Henderson’s helpful The Republican National Convention Drinking Game.

For all you fiction writers out there — worried your characters are two dimensional? A Leahey has 1002 Character Ideas that will ensure it!

julius bloop continues his satire of Gerald, WOW player in: Gerald’s Song (Or: How I Lost My Guild) .

Sammy Benoit at YID With LID has a modest request: Whoopi Goldberg->Please Change Your Name !!.

In our non-satire slot, we have a note of optimism (what, I hear you saying, in the Carnival of Satire?), to share from Brian Jay Stanley: Election Campaigns, Then and Now, and some fine snark from Ron McKie: God bless America.

And that’s it for the 105th 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.

Sometimes, love just isn’t enough, and sometimes it leads us astray. Dereck shares a touching good-bye note to a Dear Cubicle.

Speaking of heart-felt good-byes, Madeleine Begun Kane has another kind of My “Dear John” Letter.

GrrlScientist loves dinosaurs, and was inspired by the recent unveiling of the Tarbosaurus in Japan to created this cartoon of a Vintage Blasphemy .

Sustainable Blogger believes Google has the solution to Wikichaos in: Google Knol: A return to order.

Aprameya has an elementary parody of Holmes and Watson.

Politics

Free-Ass. Press has the scoop on McCain’s breakthrough announcement of his Walking Mate.

Don, CEO of Donco, has a better solution for who to elect as the next US President in: Obama – McCain. The Choice is Clear.

But what kind of prayer would Don, CEO of Donco, leave at the Wailing Wall? Allen in Fort Worth has the actual text of Barack Obama’s Prayer At The Western Wall In Jerusalem.

Sammy Benoit presents Barack Obama’s UNPUBLISHED Energy Solutions.

Satire Patch presents A ROMAN BARACK OBAMA?

In this edition’s non-satire slot, Rickey Henderson relates the adventure of his beard in this poignant post, Farewell, Whiskers of Glory. Don’t worry, he still has the cheesy stache.

And to take us out on with a touch of the old video, GrrlScientist unearthed this gem: The Canadians Apologize to America. It may be a little old, but the sentiments remain the same:

And that’s it for the 104th edition. I think we’ll be moving to a monthly schedule from here on out. 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.

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Satire is destroying the world. There. I’ve admitted it, and now you know the secret desire of everyone here at The Skwib is to bring about a humorous apocalypse. A humockalypse, if you will. And we’re a week late to chime in on the New Yorker fiasco — an example of failed satire if ever there was one — so we’ll let some of our participants this week can do it for us.

But before we get to the Obama-New Yorker Incident (The Oborker Incident), Satirepatch has stunning news in evolutionary biology: Scientists Discover Lawyers Becoming a New Species .

And now back to The Orborker Incident: As always, Madeleine Begun Kane is spot on with her poem, lampooning A Humorist’s Lament (Covering The New Yorker Cover Brouhaha In Verse) .

Jon Swift then teaches the New Yorker (and all the non-satirists out there) how it is done with his take on the Obama cover.

So who says Obama or McCain will be the next US President? Neil Benson is a self-described “mostly retired former mental health professional” (so that should give you some warning) and he has a prediction: Our New President: Nancy Pelosi.

This post from Free-Ass. Press is satirical and ironic, as it was (briefly) the #1 story on Digg.com: Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet .

Julius Bloop gets all medieval on the carnival with: Diary Of A World Of Warcraft Player – Moms Are For Real Life Only .

Humungus has yet another scheme from the Flinstone-Rubble Compendium of Instant Wealth: Employment opportunities available!.

Yitzchak Goodman has uncovered the lyrics to The Other Black National Anthem .

Sammy Benoit relates the news that PETA Says Term A*S HOLE is Cruel to Animals .

In this week’s one single, non-satire moment, Barbara Diamond relieves all the ironic tension by reminding us of the dangers of hippos in: OH SHIT, RUN.

And that’s it for the 103rd 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.

Technorati tags: carnival of satire, satire, humor, humor.