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Carnival of Satire (#91)

By on January 3, 2008 in Carnival of Satire

Toothy alienWelcome to the first Carnival of Satire for 2008, the Light-Year of the Alien. Basically, the blogosphere is like Manhattan in the Men in Black movies. Sure, we pretend that we’re normal people, but bloggers everywhere are freaks, exhibitionists, and certainly extraterrestrial in nature. Sometimes, we’re even satirical.

Daniel Brenton blows the lid off Operation Majestic Twelve in the second episode of The Round Files: The George W. Bush MJ-12 Briefing

David Mills makes good use of his audio editing software and presents this anti-Semitic rant from Ann Coulter. (I mean, come on, for sure she’s an alien.)

Madeleine Begun Kane believes there is an alien conspiracy in Arkansas, and she Won’t Graciously Submit To Mike Huckabee.

Brent Diggs and the good people at Ominous Comma Industries have a new product for us meta-galactic mutants looking for love, promising: Copious Comments – Guaranteed.

Thomas K presents MUTE Politics. Surely there’s an Earth drinking game somewhere in here?

Sammy Benoit is channeling some kind of Ambrose Bierce-like ET in this Middle East Peace RAW SEX TALK.

gameguy presents the news that Cheney’s Biscuits Are Burning.

Usiku presents an alien’s perspective on Understanding Underwriting

Keith_R tackles the surreal (off-world) language of the business world in: The Top 12 Phrases I Hate in 2007.

And while the jet warms up, Dan Johnson figures that Gift Cards are Ruining The Holidays and has reasons why. (Just replace the word “gas” with the word “space” in this post, and you’ll see he’s an alien too.)

And that’s it for the alien edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, the Blog Carnival, and the good denizens of Planet Humor-Blogs too. A special thanks to Garrette for his toothy alien.

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Carnival of Satire (#90)

By on December 20, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire (#90)The best part of Christmas is all the blood. Or maybe it’s rotating knives. Wait! It’s the screams of agony as your captives are flayed alive. No, definitely the blood! Sorry, that’s Aztec Festival of Tlacaxipehualiztli we’re thinking of. Christmas is about buying things, right? Anyway, happy holidays all, and welcome to the seasonal edition of the Carnival of Satire:

First “Metrosexual,” Then “Man-Crush,” Now Simply “Homo”: Ahistoricality has found a gem with these Most e-mailed stories of the future on NYT.com (at Corn Chips And Pie). You may also be intrigued by the The Zionist-Conspiracy-O-Matic.

Coincidentally, Sammy Benoit at Yid with a Lid has a bit of seasonal poetry for us all: A Visit From Condolezza Rice.

While we’re thinking about old St. Nick, here’s what he does December 26th. You see, Christmas is not just about buying things. Not forgetting the Claus-man’s essential manliness, you may be interested in The Frogster’s ideas about enhancing male attributes.

And it wouldn’t be the holiday without ritually humiliating your pets. Thanks to Leslie’s Omnibus for finding this pic:
Christmas Lolcat humiliation

For more, check out Suzy’s Twelve Pets of Christmas contest.

We’re not sure what the hell is going on in this post, but it’s entertaining (and satire, we hope): lordsomber at the aptly-named The Pungeoning presents Clever Phrases, Realpolitik and the Spin of a Coin.

Chickens in the Road has news from Roane County: Downed Tree Causes Year’s Worst Pileup.

You know, a pen makes an excellent stocking stuffer, and this one sounds really good. Hat tip to Predator Press.

Madeleine Begun Kane has a few Political Laughs for us this week.

mark admits he is a frustrated, yet confident, author.

blue skelton has an even more damning admission: I’m in Love with Ann Coulter.

Spoiler alert: Adam Burkett has a review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Jesse Ruder presents Emo Island.

Up until now, Weird Al never appeared in the Carnival of Satire. Steve Oliphant has blown that record with his collection of Music Videos from the 80’s.

And that’s it for the seasonal edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. Thanks to Peter Forret for his “evil” Santa pic and to humor-blogs.com for the daily gift of laughter.

Carnival of Satire (#89)

By on December 6, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire (#89) -- nun with gas maskOur findings this week are definitely on the religious side, though oddly non-conservative as well. Or not, we’ll let you decide:

Rickey Henderson kicks things off this week with fourteen Commandments of Blogging. Moses only needed ten, but then, he was merely starting a religion.

Madeleine Begun Kane returns to the carnival with a limerick (and video rendering of): My Family Needs Me.

Ian Welsh at The Agonist has done the research, and has a definitive answer on what Conservatives Spend Their Time Thinking About. Heh.

The question is: do neo-conservatives worry about the Apocalypse on the radio?. gary vasey has insight. And a punchline.

Of course, that never would have happened at the St. Mary’s School for Boys with Evil Tendencies (and Boxing Ring).

Steve Sham presents a few theories on the genesis of the term: “Black Friday”.

200motels presents The Latest News From France. Warning: definitely not safe for work, and potentially harmful to your libido, lunch and sanity. You have been warned.

KCLau presents the schematics for The ‘Never-be-Stolen’ Handbag.

Madeleine Begun Kane also writes snarky advice: Ms. Legal Person Answers Your Holiday Questions.

Kneon presents Do you have a fear of clowns? If not, Korpso the Evil Clown just might do the trick!.

While not technically satire, Scott H has some useful advice for the freshman year and includes a link to this YouTube video about the walk of shame.

Black Zedd has a satirical “about me” for his fictitious CEO of a marketing consultant company What About Me?

Simon presents Does anybody speak girl?.

And to finish, we have a very funny audio presentation:
Stephen Joseph has a truly disturbing and sometimes hilarious Guided Meditation Tape worthy of something Dr. Tundra might record after his traditional peyote breakfast milkshake.

And that’s it for this edition! If we’ve included your post, thanks, and please consider throwing The Skwib a link or a trackback. Otherwise, Sister Mary Trenchbroom (pictured above) may come calling. If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, humor-blogs for including this nonsense, and the fine folks at the Blog Carnival too.

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Carnival of Satire (#88)

By on November 22, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire (#88)Welcome to the gobbler version of the Carnival of Satire. We didn’t receive many submissions this week, so we have stuffed this issue with a mix of the few submitted bits of satire, parody from the nuts on our blogroll and a few tasty nuggets of irony from bloggers at humor blogs.

We begin with this savory piece by the Electric Writer about the dangers of writing while drinking copious amounts of coffee. By the way, beer can also cause one to be toilet enraged.

If you haven’t graced your palette with some of the exotic fare at Ration Reality, then you are in for a treat, especially if you also think that Shirley Temple is Creepy.

Over at Point Five, they were shocked — shocked — to discover a dude enjoying a chick flick, but this is just a sign of the crisis of gynemovia sweeping North America.

And if you needed further proof of this crisis, look no farther than Hurty Elbow, who blows the lid off Phireblanks, the male contraceptive.

Mental Mosaic is convinced that James Watson has had a big scoop of jungle fever.

The Prezel has breaking news about the Hollywood Writers’ strike that you should not miss on this day of thanks.

This demonstration of a Venn Diagram, by Mr. Sun, while not holiday-related, is quite helpful.

And while on the topic of diagrams, you may find the wedgie-vs-fashion Venn at the brilliant blog, Indexed, a pinch.

What are those kids up to? Have they found makeup?

Blog D’Ellison has a satirical tour of art history with this 100-word take on Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”.

And finally, we hope you have a much less harrowing feast than these folks: Dinner Guests Survive Unsolicited Tour of House.

And that’s it for the gobbler edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting to the next edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too.

Carnival of Satire (#87)

By on November 8, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire (#87)We’ve sparked up another fine carnival for you this week, which we think may set you on fire:

Late addition: Archer over at Lawyerworldland has some fine political satire.

Joe Qelqoth has been good enough to explain the finer points of Acute Gleichschaltung Syndrome in his excellent medical post at The Cult of Qelqoth. Vegetarians be warned!

Michael Fowke is a self-proclaimed financial shaman, and his psilocybin-fueled vision of Canary Wharf is convincing proof of the truth of his claim.

Brent Diggs takes the mickey out of memes with: Marauding Monday. Warning: some asterisks were killed in the making of this post.

Rickey Henderson pokes his finger into a new and Completely Superfluous Sport. It’s not satire: it’s real, but it’s still funny.

Jon Swift makes an impassioned plea asking Pseudonym-Americans to Fight Back.

Madeleine Begun Kane has found the “found” Poetry Of Rudy Giuliani. Would it be possible to un-find it Mad?

On October 10, 2007, Marcel Legros announced: As of Today, I’m Claiming Copyright to the Word ‘God’. Shortly thereafter he was beaten relentlessly by fundamentalists wielding Bibles, Korans and unread copies of Dianetics, of which two are copyright-free, we note with interest.

Tim Abbott has a rambling and strange Skwib-like post about Winning the War on Horror that is nevertheless worth the visit. Also, he has a link to a video about zombies, with a boppy song by Jonathan Coulton. Continue Reading →

Carnival of Satire (#86)

By on October 25, 2007 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of SatireIt must be the change in seasons, but many of our satirists this week seem to be writing about travel and transportation. Or in the case of our first entry, drawing:

Vishal K Bharadwaj has an entertaining cartoon post on the The Future of Human Transportation.

Mr. Wisdumb is the most savage art critic in the galaxy, and the evidence is his review of Kid’s art.

Rory is about to get Biblical on us, with: I’ll… I’ll smite their heads off.

Rickey Henderson tells the tale of Rickey’s Vegas Odyssey.

On a related note, Marilyn Terrell found this impending lawsuit at the Banterist: Brian Sack vs. Sesame Place.

Has anyone ever considered that Madeleine Begun Kane is not “a recovering lawyer” (as she claims), but some kind of satirical poesy uber-cyborg? Because she’s out there every week, cranking out the poetic parody: SCHIP Haiku, AND Pondering Rudy.

Kev wonders Whatever Happened to The Dell Dude?

Dearest Beloved, The Money Moose has some bad advice in: Your Nigerian Partner.

WFM has a tale of customer service Roadkill that is so absurd, we hope it’s satire.

Therapydoc has a joke about Burma by Zarganar.

Marc and Angel explain The 15 Most Common White Lies and Why.

SnoopyTheGoon presents Comical Hugo’s paradise vision. Snoopy, this isn’t quite satire, but we’ve included it, because post does provide food for thought, and the opportunity for us to suggest that Hugo should also implement a Sex Tax. Perhaps Gavin can work out the economics.

Sammy Benoit presents A Perfect Solution to the Jerusalem Issue.

And while we’re abroad, we’ll finish with Chris who has advice for those driving in Bali: Still paying off corrupt Traffic Cops? Try this instead.

Thanks to everyone for continuing to make this a great carnival. If you submitted something, and it didn’t make it into the carnival, it’s not that we don’t appreciate your work, but we just felt it wasn’t right for the carnival. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. A special thanks to Rob for the photo.

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