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		<title>Carnival of Satire (#99)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy International Worker&#8217;s Day everyone! Yep, it&#8217;s May Day, the traditional day to celebrate the worker, to dance around Maypoles, and if you&#8217;re really into it, you may even want to do some Morris Dancing. Alas, the hoopla falls on this, the 99th edition of the Carnival of Satire, but we will press forward with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://markarayner.com/images/cos99.png" alt="Carnival of Satire (#99)" align="left"/>Happy International Worker&#8217;s Day everyone!  Yep, it&#8217;s May Day, the traditional day to celebrate the worker, to dance around Maypoles, and if you&#8217;re really into it, you may even want to do some Morris Dancing.  Alas, the hoopla falls on this, the 99th edition of the Carnival of Satire, but we will press forward with our cynicism anyhow:</p>
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<p>We start with this news of recent scientific research.  Dr. Tundra was very upset to read <b>Will&#8217;s</b> report that the <a href="http://www.metavitae.com/archives/2006/06/tinfoil_hat_bra.php">Tinfoil Hat Brain Firewall Not So Secure After All</a>.
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<p><a href="http://www.fengtastic.com/?p=15"><img src="http://markarayner.com/images/pipecutter.jpg" alt="Pipe dance" align="right" hspace="10"/></a>Now, this busy worker isn&#8217;t dancing around a Maypole exactly, but she is very excited about something.  And frankly, it&#8217;s kind of worryng.  You&#8217;ll find the whole image at <a href="http://www.fengtastic.com/?p=15">Fengtastic!</a>, or click on the thumbnail.</p>
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Speaking of Maypoles, <b>Swann</b> has learned <a href="http://www.gutterscrawl.com/?p=21">The Real Reason Hillary is Running</a>.
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While on the subject of poles with ears, <b>Barbara Diamond</b> informs us that Dick is obsessed with <a href="http://barbaradiamond.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html">Nothin but Ass</a>.
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<b>Ian Bowman</b> has begun a promising list of defaults, starting with the default hobby for gainfully employed guys who are not in the habit of doing something even remotely interesting: <a href="http://ifitfeelsgooddoit.com/2008/04/28/default-i/">photography</a>.
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<b>Madeleine Begun Kane</b> has nya, nya with: <a href="http://www.madkane.com/madness/2008/04/13/hey-obama-sycophants-dont-say-we-didnt-warn-you/">Hey Obama Sycophants, Don&#8217;t Say We Didn&#8217;t Warn You</a>.
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<b>Sammy Benoit</b> piles on with his terrifying dream: <a href="http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008/04/barack-obama-was-at-exodus.html">Barack Obama Was At The Exodus</a>.
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<b>Huck Finn</b> learns how Putin will save American democracy:  by sending <a href="http://www.putinforpresident.com/2008/04/putintoon-72--.html">Chastity Belts to politicians</a>.
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This submission by <b>Michael Fowke</b> just freaked Thag out, but it was strangely compelling: <a href="http://moneyistheway.blogspot.com/2008/04/invesco-perpetual-neil-woodford-star.html">Invesco Perpetual: Neil Woodford the star manager</a>.
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<b>Greg Merrick</b> has more financial doings with this primer on <a href="http://www.chuurchofapathy.com/HowToRuinYourLifeStartingYourOwnBusiness.html">How to Completely Ruin Your Life Trying to Start Your Own Business</a>.
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While celebrating May Day, you may want to keep this news from Bloggledoggle that the <a href="http://bloggledoggle.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/swamp-thing-actually-a-hippie/">Swamp Thing Actually a Hippie</a>.  Also there are indications that Batman is psychotic and Woody Woodpecker is an instigator. You heard me, an instigator.
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And to finish off with some non-satire: <b>Davexplorer</b> made us laugh with this list of <a href="http://www.laughinglemons.com/dog-look-alike-celebrities/">Dog Look Alike Celebrities</a>.
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<p class="cutline">And that&#8217;s it for the 99th edition!  For our 100th edition, we&#8217;d like to do something a little different.  We&#8217;d like you to find an example of some great satire that is not your own, and share it with us. We&#8217;ll credit both the finders and the findees.  And what is satire?  Someone wrote <a href="http://www.markarayner.com/news/wordpress/?p=29">something about it once</a>, we think.  Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their<a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_108.html"> form</a>; and the listings at the <a href="http://www.truthlaidbear.com/ubercarnival.php">Ubercarnival</a>, <a href="http://www.conservativecat.com/">Ferdy&#8217;s permanent floating ping festival,</a> and for the listings at the <a href="http://www.blogcarnival.com/bc">Blog Carnival</a> too.  Also, you may find some <a href="http://humor-blogs.com">satire here if you dance around a bit</a>. Warning:  <a href="http://humor.alltop.com/">Alltop </a>may cut in.</p>
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