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Carnival of Satire #11

Published December 1, 2005 By Mark A. Rayner

Carnival of Satire #11Welcome to the eleventh Carnival of Satire all. A few less posts than last week, but still some fun reading to be had. As there’s a few people coming from Instapundit (welcome all), I’ve added one of my own satires from this week, based on a controversy that made the rounds both in Canada and the US: Druids, pagans protest naming of Christmas tree.

Playah Grrl at Little Green Colloquium has her own amusing take on the Gangs of the Blogosphere, and in the process coins her own neologism.

Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat echoes our own concerns in It’s Time to Panic About Don Surber.

Leoniceno at Leoniceno’s Corner has a few ideas for Exit Strategies from Iraq.

Steve Pavlina at Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog blows the lid off of empiricism in Musings on Reality, the Scientific Method, and the Cure for Dandruff.

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Carnival of Satire #10

Published November 24, 2005 By Mark A. Rayner

Carnival of Satire, with turkey picWelcome to the Carnival of Satire at The Skwib. Wow, what a turnaround. After #8, we thought that maybe there wasn’t enough satire to sustain a carnival. As usual, we were wrong. We hope this robust COS makes it an extra-happy Thanksgiving to all of you south of the 49th!

Where the hell is John Stossel when you need him? We’re going to sick him on Obi-Wan at Forward Biased who has reported a Strange meteorological phenomenon disrupts life in Upstate SC.

Scary. Playah Grrl at Little Green Colloquium warns of a spreading plague: OSM/PJM Derangement Syndrome

Product funnels? Pink spoons? Whew, after reading presents Scientology’s Marketing Lessons from Andy Wibbels at Andy Wibbels, Thag needed to do some more meditation.

Hoodlumman at File it Under presents News channel at a loss for controversy explanation

Despite having the execrable neologism “moonbat” in the title, Remulak MoxArgon at The MoxArgon Group had General Kang laughing so hard he coughed up a hairball (don’t ask) with Leave My Michelle Alone You Nasty Little Moonbats! Remulak MoxArgon also submitted a second post with the aforementioned neologism. You get one, you cranky alien!

The Man at GOP and the City taught us that Dick Cheney can be funny in X Blocks O.

Steve Pavlina at Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog has discovered something about his readers and pokes gentle fun in My Favorite Feedback.

Bob at either orr presents the lyrics for “Druggie from Vancouver” in Your Hit Parade. Dr. Tundra is pretty sure he’s heard this tune covered by one of his favourite punk bands, Johnny Smegma and the Abrasive Neets.

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