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There’s just something awesome…a je ne sais quoi..about Israeli humor in the face of adversity. For all you Dylan fans…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nbA0h0WfA4U     A Ka-nife?

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I got the funniest email today, and I just had to share it with you.  The “re” line was as follows: “Gibbering baboons more sensible than you, wingnut degenerate.” I was intrigued. The rest of the email consisted of a link to a post, along with the full text of the post in which the [...]

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Thoughts during a busy day: Idle thought 1:  I want to have Mewt Gingney for my candidate.  Newt Gingrich is a completely principled conservative with, in his past at least, an unprincipled private life.  Mitt Romney is an unprincipled conservative with, from the past to the present, what appears to be a completely principled private [...]

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The Progressives are characterized by solemnity and pomposity.  They take themselves very, very seriously.  Barbara Boxer personified this obsession with self-worth when she chastised a general for respectfully addressing her as “Ma’am” instead of “Senator.”  I really wonder if she thought people were impressed by her thin skin and self-aggrandizement.  As the Anchoress says, though, [...]

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I’m not sure it will matter in the polls in November, but the GOP is showing a certain charm and humor this February.  You can send GOP Valentine e-cards to your loved ones (or just good friends) this Valentine’s Day. I’m trying to decide between the Pelosi/Reid card (“We crafted this Valentine’s card behind closed [...]

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Got a brilliant email today: One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, ‘I cannot accept money from you, I’m doing community service this week.’ The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his [...]

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It’s only because it’s just a wee bit more over the top than the real things that you can tell it’s satire: Big hat tip to The New Editor UPDATE:  The above video represents fake Democrats (read:  “Republican satirists”) in action.  Nothing, of course, can compare to the real deal, who are so over-the-top that [...]

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Obama’s media attack dog, Anita Dunn, was caught saying that Chairman Mao is one of her two favorite political philosophers, with Mother Teresa occupying the other spot: Dunn is now claiming, in effect, that, “Hey, I was only joking to make a rhetorical point.” A joke, huh?  Well, if that’s Dunn’s idea of a joke, [...]

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Mike didn’t actually submit this as a guest post.  He submitted it as a comment, but it’s so good, it deserved room of it’s own.  Here’s the set-up:  I blogged about different predator and prey styles, and noted that Obama is relying on the least successful strategy, because it depends on your predator being nice, [...]

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I’m no great fan of Jon Stewart’s almost nihilistic humor, but this one pretty much nailed it: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Changefest ’09 – Obama’s Inaugural Speech Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Election Video

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I got this joke in the mail today: A biker is riding by the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker [...]

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I’m not telling you anything new when I say I’ve always considered Obama a pompous bloviator.  That’s unsurprisng, I guess, when you consider what serious, condescending business it is when you’ve allied yourselves with the Gods.  At Forbes, Peter Robinson considers whether Obama’s humorless, thin-skinned personality is itself a recipe for his defeat.

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Thanks to Sarah Palin, a lot of people in America, rather than speaking in reverent tones about the Emperor’s past service to the nation as a community organizer, have finally started to point their fingers and laugh at the silly figure he cuts as he touts that amorphous term — “community organizer” — as an [...]

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If you haven’t laughed yet today, this will change that sad situation.

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More jokes added at 11:00 a.m. P.S.T., at items 15 in the list. Okay, folks, it’s time for what will be, I hope a change — a change from the fear of telling Obama jokes.  Consider this post a respository for any jokes you make up or that come your way regarding Obama.  Clean jokes [...]

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The New Yorker magazine highlighted the fact that there are no Obama jokes.  For one thing, the candidate himself is too thin skinned to tolerate any humorous remarks about him.  For another thing, because of a combination of Obama worship and the fear of being called a racist, the usual suspects (mostly late night talk [...]

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….And everything that’s wrong with modern liberal political discourse is summed up in these two beautiful paragraphs that Michael Gerson wrote about Al Franken (emphasis mine): Our popular culture, of course, violates even these expansive boundaries of tastelessness with regularity. We laugh at comedies featuring the C-word, and at cartoons of foul-mouthed third-graders. In the [...]

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