What's the difference between Obama and a chimpanzee with a Magic Eight Ball?

Answer: I don’t know. What’s the difference between Obama and a chimpanzee with a Magic Eight Ball? Answer: Statistically, a chimpanzee with a Magic Eight Ball can run a capitalist economy better than a third-generation Communist who only held one full-time job in his 20’s before becoming president and who thinks money comes from “rich …

LOL News turns on Obama

moar funny pictures moar funny pictures moar funny pictures moar funny pictures I didn’t make any of these up. LOL News leads with this photo captioned with a swipe at George W. Bush. But when I checked for other captions, I was struck by the change in tone and the marked increase in the number …

Stars and Stripes Forever

I play the bassoon in the Bel Air Community Band and usually we play a concert for the Independence Day celebration just before the fireworks at Bel Air High School — which is the descendent of the school attended by John Wilkes Booth, since this is where he was born and raised. However, a new …

Palin for president in 2012

My reaction to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s announcement today that she will step down on July 25 is that I hope to God she will devote all her energy to winning the presidency in 2012. My reaction to my newly fellow conservatives and Republicans is that with friends like you, her enemies can relax. Sarah …

How to bring the campaign to FIRE DAVID LETTERMAN to your local Tea Party

moar funny pictures If you want conservatives to be able to field the best and brightest candidates, there’s something you can do at your Tea Party to make that happen: send the message that sexism and attacks on the children of people you disagree with are career suicide. The way to do that is to …

Outraged WaPo publisher: 'We are sluts, not whores — there's a difference!'

Today Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth cancelled plans for a series of private salons-for-hire at her posh home where lobbyists paying six-figure fees were to have access to WaPo reporters, members of Congress and officials in the Obama administration. “We are sluts, not whores,” Weymouth said indignantly. “There’s a difference! We do not charge for …

Did an undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorder kill Michael Jackson?

see more Funny Graphs Today Michael Jackson’s nurse practitioner and nutritionist — she is licensed in both fields — Cherilynn Lee, told reporters that five days before his death, Michael Jackson begged her to order a drug that is ONLY for use in hospitals for anesthesia — where patients are intubated to keep their airway …

What better time to vote on a law that would make energy prices skyrocket than the first week of July?

A funny thing happened on the way to getting the oceans to fall: WASHINGTON – The President’s landmark “Cap and Trade” bill faces an uncertain fate this week, as congressional backers of the carbon-limiting legislation face mounting opposition from a myriad of interest groups angered by its controversial ritual virgin sacrifice provision…. The 87,492 page …

Fear of losing the Down syndrome boogey-fetus sends Wonkette on vendetta against a one-year-old child with disabilities

Over at Legal Insurrection, Prof. Jacobson has the scoop on Wonkette’s escalating a recent PhotoShopped image attack on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s one-year-old son who has Down syndrome, Trig Palin. Gov. Palin and her husband, Todd, knew during her pregnancy that Trig would be born with Down syndrome, but due to their pro-life beliefs, made …

Bring 'FIRE DAVID LETTERMAN' petitions and letters to your local Tea Parties

I just made the following comment over at HillBuzz’s post on the importance of persistence in dealing with corporations — in this case, the campaign to persuade CBS to fire David Letterman: What if we went to the Tea Parties with petitions calling for David Letterman to be fired and brought along pre-printed post cards …