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The Lost PowerPoint Slides (Will to Power Edition)

By on October 15, 2005 in The Lost PowerPoints

Friedrich Nietzsche photo Friedrich Nietzsche presents concept of Will to Power in Beyond Good and Evil (slide 1)

  • driving force of nature
  • most fundamental instinct
  • exerting will in self-overcoming.

Adolph Hitler uses concept of Will to Power in political process (slide 2)

  • national socialism
  • totalitarian state
  • lebensraum (living space).

Old Testament God on Will to Power and Nietzsche (only slide)

  • I’m dead am I?
  • I’m going to drive that prick insane
  • Then kill him.

Inspired by:
Friedrich Nietzsche’s b-day (Oct. 15)

Dutch ban crotchless panties

By on October 14, 2005 in But is it art?, Parody & Satire, Skwibby fiction

image of panties with forbidden circle on topAMSTERDAM (The Skwib) — The Netherlands is soon to be the first country in Europe to ban public wearing of crotchless panties.

“Here in Holland we are over-stimulated, and the time for looking at genitals nestled in cozy cotton and silk is over,” Dutch Sex Minister Anders VandenBoomboom told The Skwib yesterday.

“Leather and rubber too! All crotchless panties. And assless chaps!” he added, stepping behind a podium, nervously hiding something.

Critics of the government say the move is only an attempt to distract the media from a proposed ban on the burka, traditional clothing in some Islamic societies, which covers a woman’s face and body, leaving only a strip for the eyes.

“We are trying to ban the burka too,” VandenBoomboom said, “but it is more difficult because there are freedom of religion issues. The crotchless panty does not have the same protection. In a way, it is kind of the anti-burka.”

This ban makes for some strange bedfellows in the seething political scene of the Netherlands. Civil liberties groups, orthodox Muslims, and the Amsterdam Association of Slutty Entertainers have banded together to fight the ban, who held a news conference early this morning.

Their spokeswoman, the anonymous “Burka Harlot”, appeared wearing traditional Muslim headgear and nothing else EXCEPT a pair of crotchless panties.

The Skwib was unable to concentrate on what she said.

Inspired by:
Dutch unveil the toughest face in Europe with a ban on the burka

Just in time … the worst Halloween costumes

By on October 14, 2005 in But is it art?, General Skwib

Welcome back Kotter maskMy thanks to Retrocrush for putting this list of the worst Halloween costumes of all time together. (Though I suspect, it would be fair to say the worst Halloween costumes of the 70s.) Why did marketers believe you needed to put the name of the show on the darned costume? Shouldn’t the costume’s utter lameness itself sell it?

And I can’t help but agree: the thought of some kid trick-or-treating while wearing a Gabe Caplan mask just fills me with sadness. A hat tip to Mr. Snitch as well, for providing the link to the 100 Scariest Monsters at the same site.

Carnival of Satire #4

By on October 13, 2005 in Carnival of Satire

The Carnival of Satire #4Welcome 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!