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The Carnival of Satire (#85)

The Carnival of Satire (#85)
Wow, did the nuts ever pile up around here this week! Like a squirrel preparing for the winter, we were kept hopping sorting through all the tasty satire. There is quite a lot of it to entertain, enrage and embarrass you in this 85th edition. Enjoy!

Madeleine Begun Kane presents poesy in a light shade of red: Not Tickled Pink About Girlish Pink Guns. It’s worse than she thinks: it is also one of the Forty-Seven Signs of the Apocalypse.

I’m still not sure how Gavin R. Putland got overlooked for the Nobel in Economics (or whatever it’s actually called). This proposal for Cap-and-trade blog licensing is brilliant.

You know, you wouldn’t guess it, but Lolcats have been around since the middle ages.

Bree Barton does more than perform well, she engages us in a tail of definite articles with Pee Post ┞¢: The Legacy .

Sammy Benoit has a list of creative interrogation techniques not to be missed: Whitehouse Announces Change in Torture Methods. At least we’re all at least calling it torture now.

lordsomber has a hilarious review of the Brew of the Day: Caffè de Gallina di Cacao.

Lord Bonkers is celebrating the fight against slavery in Rutland as only an Edwardian peer can.

Just set it, and forget it! AdamF has the secrets for How To Create A Late Night Infomercial.

Rickey Henderson delves into the terrifying Halloween tradition of making a Jack-o-lantern Fun With Arts & Crafts.

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The Carnival of Satire (#84)

The Carnival of Satire (#84)Second Anniversary Edition

Well, we’ve been doing this satire thing for two years officially, and to celebrate, we’ve got a wonderful collection of satire from some regular contributors and some new faces. We hope you enjoy the full frontal irony.

Grantmx from Maize Break (Africa’s Most Outstanding, ie. satirical, Source for News and Information) has a heartwarming story about how some Sudanese Women Welcomed Female US Prison Inmates into their lives.

Ravi Vora has an excellent (Marvel-heavy) collection of Comic Book Characters and Their Real Life Enemies.

We found this video of Conan O’Brien touring Industrial Light and Magic to be hilarious, mostly for his impersonation of C3PO drunk.

Unfortunately, mental_floss rejected this submission from Matt Robison, but their loss is our gain: 5 Tips: How to Read the Bible the RIGHT Way – MY Way.

Madeleine Begun Kane finds a use for all that annoying spam: turning it into Haiku. I especially liked:

Large screen DVD.
Is your husband performing?
Big trading alert.

eColita!Did we mention this was our second anniversary? We even managed to find a corporate sponsor, Taco Bell, who wanted us to pitch their new E-Colita (You’ll want to check out more of Vinchen’s environmental art here.)

We choose to believe that The Free Geek’s Ultimate Guide to Freeloading is satire. Of course, there was no trackback option at this blog, so maybe they’re serious.

Rickey Henderson has another series of Recommendations, in which he reminds us of Ned Flanders’ cider-spotting prowess: “If it’s clear and yella’, you’ve got juice there, fella. If it’s tangy and brown, you’re in cider town!”.

The Wrestling Professor discovered that Sean Sherk Tested Positive for Baby Food. After reading the story, we were somewhat disappointed that it was actual baby food, not food made out of babies. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is definitely losing its edge.

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