Topic: Humor

Story here (and details about shutting down Main Street USA here). Offer your suggestions below.

Pretty much covers it, I'd say.

Behold.

Pretty much sums it up.

Carry on, you racist.

Take a gander at what I found in the sidebar over at The Communist Party of Ohio ProgressOhio (click to enlarge):

These mindless, emoting drones are living parodies. The gags write themselves.

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8:00 PM Update: Hey, our dose of fiscal arsenic just got reduced from "rapid death" to "slightly less rapid death." Best we can do. Declare victory and drink up, boys.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker!

The denizens over at my favorite conservative humor site, iOwnTheWorld, have some hilarious guesses.

These tornado outbreaks are hurting Barack Obama's image.

You know what happens when you harm the re-election prospects of The One, don't you?

For today:

Tomorrow -- weather permitting -- they'll be singing this one.

Since we all know that the default Democrat tactic in the 2012 presidential race will be to slander all of President Obama's critics as racists, we should be prepared to turn the tables on them. To that end, I hereby release into the public domain the following graphics to anyone and everyone to use, totally free, gratis, no rights reserved, etc.

This one is a PNG file with a transparent background:

If you're handy with PhotoShop you can "rubber stamp" it over any image you want, as in this example:

And of course, there's the ever-so-useful Race Card; it's perfect for pre-emptive throwing atop anything you write that dares to criticize The One:

So get busy, my fellow conservatives critics individualists racists! Our progressive betters intend to sling plenty of incendiary accusations at us no matter what we do, so we might as well start countering the meme now. Just remember ... there are five R's in RAAAAACISM!

Technically true.

Judging by the reviews, it isn't exactly a honeymoon destination. The air traffic sounds brutal.

The sequel to the original rap is finally out.

Set the markets free, yo.

Remember, whenever Barack Obama announces a policy or makes a pronouncement, refer to Geraghty's Rule: "All statements from Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them."

This is doubly true for MSNBC anchors.

   

   

   

   

I thought I was in love before, but that was then and this is now. Meet my next girlfriend:

Linklink33

Never stops anything that makes you happy.

31-year-old woman
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
seeking men 30-48
within 300 miles of Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

Relationships: Never Married
Have kids: No
Want kids: Not sure
Ethnicity: Other
Body type: Slender
Height: 5'7" (170cms)
Religion: Christian / Catholic
Smoke: No Way
Drink: Social Drinker

I am flexible and tactful by nature. I believe in all the best and pure in this world and the people that surround me. I believe that there is no fortuity and everything that happens with us is due to the things around us. I can forgive and I think that love is measure by the ability to forgive. I always try to look on things positively. I don't like being part of the problem, but instead i will be part of the solution. I love talking and listening to people so i can learn more and impact in other people. Am looking for a down to earth caring and loving man. I live rather simply, especially considering my past experince in relationship, Honesty, trust, loyalty and devotion are very important to me in a relationship. I like to be able to talk things out and to listen even more importantly. Too many men think they need to find a solution to a problem alone when its supposed to be shared between partners.

About me
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Sports and exercise: Golf, Swimming
Exercise habits: Exercise 3-4 times per week
Interests: Cooking, Movies/Videos
Education: No Answer
Occupation: Sales / Marketing
Income: No Answer
Languages: English
Politics: Ultra Conservative
Sign: Don't display my sign
Pets I have: No Answer
Pets I like: Dogs

About my date
Hair: No Answer
Eyes: No Answer
Height: 3'0" (91cms) to 8'11" (272cms)
Body type: No Answer
Languages: English
Ethnicity: No Answer
Faith: No Answer
Education: No Answer
Job: No Answer
Income: No Answer
Smoke: No Answer
Drink: No Answer
Relationships: No Answer
Have kids: No Answer
Want kids: No Answer

Sweet! A total babe who has mastered the English language, displays a philosophical bent, has no physical standards whatsoever, touts her flexibility ... and lives in Beaver? What's not to like?

Yesterday I stumbled across the most alluring online dating profile I've seen yet, and I think I'm in love.

Orchid678679

The surprising orchid wishes to blossom from love

90-year-old woman
Powell, Ohio, United States
seeking men 35-75
within 100 miles of Powell, Ohio, United States

Relationships: Never Married
Have kids: No
Want kids: Definitely
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Body type: Slender
Height: 5'7" (170cms)
Religion: Christian / Other
Smoke: No Way
Drink: Never

I the beautiful romantic girl I always try to follow education of the parents. On it at me it is a lot of principles. And it not to like many people. Probably on it I still one. But I am beautiful. It is clever, I cheerful. And I all heart trust in that that I will find second half. I adore romanticism. I like to prepare! I hardworking, and accurate. To me always it is a lot of attention, from men. But this attention only an inclination. And I very much would like to meet such person which loved not that that at me outside, but also still that that inside.

I wish to meet the strong and loving man! Which will love and appreciate! Should be the sympathising kind man, to support a difficult minute in all! To be present my half for all life!!! I would want that this person was the reliable husband and the father, raised and brought up our children, that children in the future could is proud of the father! The most important a thing in the person not its appearance, beauty and age, and his soul!!! Namely the soul speaks about that what person really in a life! If there will be such person I think that we can create a strong and friendly family!!!

About me
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Sports and exercise: Cycling, Dancing, Skiing
Exercise habits: No Answer
Interests: Camping, Cooking, Gardening/Landscaping, Museums and art, Music and concerts
Education: High school
Occupation: Education / Teacher / Professor
Income: No Answer
Languages: English
Politics: Liberal
Sign: Libra
Pets I have: Dogs
Pets I like: Cats, Fish, Horses

About my date
Hair: No Answer
Eyes: No Answer
Height: 3'0" (91cms) to 8'11" (272cms)
Body type: No Answer
Languages: English
Ethnicity: No Answer
Faith: No Answer
Education: No Answer
Job: No Answer
Income: No Answer
Smoke: No Answer
Drink: No Answer
Relationships: No Answer
Have kids: No Answer
Want kids: No Answer

I could be a 71 year old fry cook making minimum wage, bald, with one eye, weighing 350 pounds, a high school dropout with 5 failed marriages and 8 kids ... but as long as I'm over 3 feet tall and speak English I have a shot. If she looks this good at 90, imagine the improvements she can bring to the ol' family gene pool.

I'd better e-mail this princess before she's swept off her feet by Keith Stone.

Hold my Stones.

Given her stellar record since 2006, her fondness for meeting her constituents face to face, and her penchant for all things centrally planned, Representative Betty Sutton (D-OH) will no doubt draw many valuable lessons (and no small amount of inspiration) from the following instructional video provided by Her Majesty's Government.

I hope Betty's scheduler takes these tips into account when updating her calendar. He must be a very busy staffer; I've been calling him several times a week without response.

They're for "the little guy," after all.

Duane Lester, you're spot on.

As long as I'm on a pop culture kick that started with the Underpants Gnomes, I figured I'd use another analogy to illustrate the governing philosophy of the progressives controlling Washington. Democrats see government spending and think: Brawndo!

If you haven't seen "Idiocracy" yet, you're missing out.

Captain KickAss only needs a costume to be everybody's hero.

Now what might he look like in a costume? Hmmm ...

What? I need a reason?

I like the song. So sue me.

Looks about right to me.

Just doing my part, in the spirit of the holiday.

Aloha snackbar.

Eric Allie's latest:

I like the way this guy thinks.

Post urging reader to immediately click through to the funniest meta video and ensuing comment thread in ages.

Monosyllabic expression of hearty approval.

See more at Tom McMahon's excellent 4-Block World.

From John Bergstrom's Attack Cartoons:

It's as plausible as anything else!

They been goin' back 'n forth for a century ...

Set the markets free, yo.

I know, I know. It's about as sporting as clubbing baby seals, but I can't resist.

Thanks. I feel better now.

Thank goodness someone created an easy flowchart!

Hat tip: Power Line

"Independent review", my skinny white butt.

Next!

Absolutely hilarious!

Hat tip: iOwnTheWorld

FreedomWorks knows how to grovel:

Washington, DC -- Today, FreedomWorks released an apology to leftist political organizations, including MoveOn.org, the Democratic National Committee, the AFL-CIO, and ACORN for our apparent ignorance of the fine art of political discourse.

FreedomWorks' August Recess Call to Action encouraged grassroots citizens to attend Congressional town hall meetings and listening sessions. We asked everyone to voice their opinions and communicate their opposition to the President's proposed hostile takeover of the American health care system. Apparently, the very act of showing up and having an opinion is, in effect, to act like a "thug." Opposing President Obama's policy agenda on health care is, in and of itself, unacceptable, and has no place in our democracy. Bottom line: it's "disgusting," according to our friends on the left.

Follow the link to hear the ever-so-cultured voicemail messages left by our betters among the Obamabots.

It's approved by the Health Administration Bureau, so you know it's peachy keen!

So you think health care's boring? Politics makes you zone out? Can't find the time between work and reruns of American Idol to focus your A.D.D.-riddled mind on something requiring actual rational thought?

Pop another Ritalin, sit down, shut up, and watch this. It's funny. No, really ... it is.

There! Was that so hard? In our next lesson, we'll learn how to get off our lazy butts and pimp-slap the idiot politicians who want to bring this farce here to America.

OK, you can go back to watching Jon Stewart now.

Here's a big tip o' the hat to Caleb at RedState for finding this.

Uplifting "Hope & Change" shirts and sweats like these ...

... can be bought here.

Enjoy!

Barack Obama gives us the umpteenth example of teleprompterless blather.

Behold Ross Wasserstrom's turgid prose. This kid is going places.

I'm surprised nobody thought of #mockobama before me. Have at it!

To mark the impending passage of the stimulus package The Generational Theft Act of 2009, I wrote a parody for any good Barack Obama impersonator to sing (with backup vocals by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barney Frank).

"Welfare"
(Tune: "Hang Fire" by The Rolling Stones)

Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well
Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well

In the brand new country we're gonna remake
Nobody has a job, cuz they're all on the take, welfare
Uh welfare

Well running your life is our full time job
We know what's best for you, you're just a helpless slob, welfare
Uh welfare, welfare, sign right there, baby yeah
Uh welfare, welfare, sign right there, baby

Yeah
Uh welfare

We got four short years to spread all of your wealth
This truckload of cash won't spend itself
Here in D.C. we're on a tear
Say what the hell, say what the hell, welfare
Welfare, welfare, welfare, sign right there, baby
Welfare, welfare, welfare, welfare
Welfare, welfare, sign right there baby

Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well
Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well
Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well
Welfare welfare, welfare welfare, welfare welfare, well well

Cough up a trillion dollars for us to burn
Then re-elect us cuz you never learn, welfare
Uh welfare, welfare, sign right there baby
Uh welfare, welfare, sign right there
Welfare welfare welfare welfare
Sign right there
Sign right there

Considering the original song's ironic subject, I fiured it could use an update. After all, Barack Obama is the new James Callaghan.

Heh.

H/T: Bearing Drift Ohio

The reins are in your hands now. Kindest regards, et cetera.

I suspect the stench was pretty pungent afterward.

While searching through Amazon.com for a better litter box for my pair of furballs, I came across a review of the Cat Genie. After I stopped laughing, I realized I'd found a challenger to Tuscan Whole Milk for the title of Funniest Review Ever.

Here's the entire Cat Genie review, verbatim:

An expensive way to smell poo

Cat Genie takes the small unpleasantness of daily cleaning the litter and it saves it up and releases that unpleasantness as one big unscheduled, unpleasant inconvenience every week or two. Advanced monitors will ensure that the device failure will occur during the workday, as you prepare for your important meeting with your prospective client. Nothing like cleaning out wet cat poo in your nicest suit. Or, you may be pleasantly awoken in the middle of the night by the repeating three beeps of "there's poo and hair in the hopper." You will become more familiar with your cat's feces every day as the cat genie gently fills your home with the aroma of baking excrement. Plus, you get to pay over $300 for technology that was "designed" and built for less than $2. The "processor" unit was designed in 1967 and allows all the functionality of the most advanced microchip devices of its era. It has both on and off modes. (Note: off mode available only while unplugged.)

Actually, the real reason for the high cost of the device is to cover the costs of all the customer support that they must provide and to cover the costs of all of the returned units. The question is not IF, but WHEN you will find yourself hunched over your cat's feces floating in a pool of fetid water, picking small plastic pellets out of the opaque, pungent water with your fingers so that you can get the device put back together.

And your cats will thank you by depositing their love bundles beside the machine that's half filled with water and beeping away forlornly if you happen to be away when it fails.

We have three cats, they had no trouble adjusting to the machine over about a week. The small plastic pellets getting everywhere in the house is not really any big deal. Roomba takes care of most of them well. We've now had the machine for three months. We received a replacement base last week for a leaky drain hose. We've called their customer service line enough times that we now know the "secret" diagnostic techniques of their experts. We don't know if we're going to keep it or return it. If we keep it, we're definitely going to install an exhaust fan in the laundry room, and set it to a timer to go when the unit is on. For some reason there are little bits of poo that fall between the tines of the hopper, and they get slow baked every time the unit dries itself. The stench is really outstanding. It's hard to describe. I'm a doctor, and I've rarely ever smelled anything so bad.

My recommendation is to wait for the next generation cat sanitation solution. That device will need to be a complete redesign to solve the myriad of problems with this unfortunate device. To say something positive, the customer support line is manned by kind, well-meaning kids who really do feel badly that you're having a hard time with your mechanical poo soup maker.

If you do buy this device, get some thick rubber gloves and a couple of towels that you won't use for anything else.

Barack Obama's socialism illustrated:

Foolish peasant. The Obamessiah knows how to spend your money better than you do.

Sucks to be you, Joe.

These idiots are going to help choose our next President. Here's reason #5,832 why I don't want to encourage every eligible citizen to register to vote.

I wish these geniuses would just stay home on Election Day.

H/T: Red State

Those are not "Obama flags" behind the Obamessiah; they're official Ohio flags.

This is the Obama flag:

Note the tune and the Cyrillic subtitles.

Absolutely fricken' priceless! Glenn Beck knocked this one out of the park.

Don't forget this clever ad, and this snarky scripture.

Feel free to use these on your own blog. All I ask is that you save your own copy of each image, and don't hotlink to the image on my web site. If you hotlink, it will drive up my bandwidth costs.

Oh, and here's one for that bailout bill:

Enjoy.

Jim Treacher has somehow gotten a copy of some of the questions on Gwen Ifill's list for moderating tomorrow's VP debate.

Since the National Enquirer is about to publish a story about Sarah Palin's extramarital affair, it's time to preempt the scoop.

I'm the other man.

Yes, yes, I know. It's a shock to everyone around me, too. But the truth will out. All five of her kids are actually mine. Just look at their cheekbones and noses. It's all plain for anyone with eyes to see. And just who do you think encouraged her penchant for giving her children unusual names? That's right: Yours Truly.

She never actually sold the Governor's jet on eBay, either. She had it painted black and periodically sends it here to the local airstrip to carry me to Alaska whenever Todd's away and she feels ... errr ... lonely.

Don't be so shocked. Look at my picture and you'll understand why powerful, accomplished professional women can't resist me. Next week, I'll have an announcement about Angelina Jolie's not-so-perfect marriage to Brad Pitt ... and the true paternity of her twins.

Surely you don't think she just spontaneously started leaning rightward, do you?

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Update: Dirty rotten liar!!!1!

Enjoy the discussion.

From the Book of Obama, Chapter 1:

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.

When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: "Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?"

Go ye forth, and read.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

It's news to me.

Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte.

Hat tip: Pro Ecclesia

Delivered down the hall from the official CPAC room.

Red meat.

Funny and poignant all at once. God Bless him and the troops.

H/T: BlackFive

Fred's sorry.

Smartassery from Fred.

McCain's answer isn't the funny part. It's the question.

If the shoe fits ...

Maybe they're talking about RamaHanuKwanzMas.

Get it while supplies last!

Only $29.99 ... such a deal.

You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with ... God?

A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response.

...

State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued God last week, seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty for making terroristic threats, inspiring fear and causing "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants."

Chambers, a self-proclaimed agnostic who often criticizes Christians, said his filing was triggered by a federal lawsuit he considers frivolous. He said he's trying to makes the point that anybody can sue anybody.

Not so, says "God." His response argues that the defendant is immune from some earthly laws and the court lacks jurisdiction.

...

There was no contact information on the filing, although St. Michael the Archangel is listed as a witness

FYI, here's the original complaint: Ernest W. Chambers v. God

RedState illustrates MoveOn.org's defamatory defeatism with a historical parody:

Hat tip: Right Angle Blog

Google has updated its top result for the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Previously: Random Fred Thompson fact

Recall the strictest of codes.

Add the following: "Do not under any circumstances assume a wide stance."

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Update: And let's not forget the out-takes.

Since Fred's officially jumping into the presidential race next Thursday, it's time to commit the following nugget of priceless information to memory.

Just refresh your browser to see another amazing Fred Thompson Fact.

Liberals have nothing to fear, naturally.

No doubt you've heard about this.

Folks, Limbaugh does not produce videos. He didn't create this. It's not available on his site. It was posted on YouTube and was apparently created by some web site called politicalpartypoop.com, got it?

For Heaven's sake, look at the text that opens the video. Read. The. Text.

The SONG is posted on Limbaugh's site, but not the VIDEO. Rush Limbaugh DID NOT CREATE THIS VIDEO.

Morons taken in by the video:
USAToday's Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence
KOVR Channel 13 (CBS affiliate in Sacramento)
DiversityInc Magazine's Aysha Hussain
Joe Gandelman
Tennessee Guerrilla Women
The Mahablog
Radar Online
BlogHer's Laina Dawes
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
DailyKos' StormBear

Have you ever been simultaneously amused and horrified? If not, you will be.

Heh.

I'm definitely going to catch this when it hits theaters.

This is the first trailer in months that had me snickering out loud.

Tougher than Chuck Norris.

Hat tip: Wes Comer

Mary Katharine Ham looks back over the past week's events:

This is the first time I've ever listened to The Archies' biggest hit without gritting my teeth.

This is what happens when lefties use images on my server to sign their comments on The Daily Kos.

Update: Fair is fair. I retaliate against Freepers too.

Update 2: Computer geeks have gotten into bandwidth thievery too. Hey, more free ad space for me!

Now that's clever.

Beware the Diebold ATM.

Seen on FreeRepublic:

Hat tip: NixGuy

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Update: Direct hit!

Just try not to smile.

Have a good week.

Hat tip: Newest SOB Alliance member Connect the Dots. Good find!

David Zucker, creator of the hilarious Madaleine Halfbright Albright ad, has done it again:

Share this one with your voting friends.

There's more than a grain of truth in this cartoon. Don't let your emotions overrule your brain.

The star of Mystery Science Theater 3000 just rolled out the next best thing, RiffTrax:

Do you feel that some of the movies coming out of Hollywood are just, well, missing something? At RiffTrax, you can download Mike's running commentaries and listen to them along with your favorite, and not so favorite DVDs. It's like watching a movie with your funniest friend. And it's easy to do. Just check out our FAQ; more than likely, you have the tools to do it already.

Don't just sit back and take whatever Hollywood throws at you. Transform the DVD experience with RiffTrax. It's the most fun you'll ever have at the movies.

I'm going to try one, and soon.

Hat tip: Chuckoblog

Howard Dean's latest appeal to conservatives is out, and he's finally speaking my language.

Poor Ted. It can't be much fun waiting for the next bite.

Ah, sweet irony.

David Zucker's new ad poses the question: "The security of the United States is not a game. Can we afford a party that treats it like one?"

It's hilarious and dead-on accurate! The Republicans are wusses for not running the ad, so I will.

Woe unto him who speaks in the loo.

Two out of four judges have voted. As soon as the other two decide, I'll announce the three winners and distribute the prizes.

Stay tuned, and thanks for your patience!

I received the following scam e-mail yesterday, and hopefully I can find a way to have some fun at these crooks' expense.

Hello,

I am Mr. Francis King, Marketing Head of Sun Oil Limited based in The United Kingdom. I am 54 years old, and have been in this position for approximately 5 years.

We are a small scale company with staff strength of 10. Our website is currently under construction and shall get to you once it has been set up.

Our company deals on import and export of Communication Accessories and Household Appliances. We specialize mainly on mechanical equipment, hardware, soft wares, electrical, medical, chemicals, light industrial products, office equipment and other products for world trade.

We also act as stock brokers and financial advisory for various small scaled Asian companies, unable to operate in the Western World due to logistic reasons such as language barrier / over head cost of maintanance,labour management,etc.

We are currently assisting these companies recruiting processing agents in The United States of America only, whose function would be primarily assisting us receive and disburse payment for sales of machanical and chemical industrial materials which our Asian affiliates / companies are basically involved in.

We have a worked out agreement of understanding to scout for representatives whose role will be to receive funds of their behalf after they have concluded shipment of their products to their numerous customers in the states.

In other words, you role will be that of a payment agent. You shall handle cash payments on their behalf.

You are to deduct upon receipt of any payment, a 7% commission based on all financial transaction you handle, as form of salary..

This will be reviewed and updated based on your work efficiency.

Kindly send below details for consideration, if you are interested in this special offer via this email address below only

francisking1@tiscali.co.uk

(1)Your full names
(2)Contact address
(3)Phone/fax numbers
(4)Your residential address
(5)Your present occupation
(6) Your marital status
(7) Your Age

Thank you for your time.

Very Respectfully,
Mr. Francis King.

Email: francisking1@tiscali.co.uk or francis.king2@caramail.com.

Stay tuned.

Trusting the national security to Democrats is like trusting a moving car to a four year old, or the management of a vast company to the junior high school business club. Neither the child nor the preteens want to wreck the car or ruin the corporation, but both results are near inevitable.

-- Hugh Hewitt

... is now over.

When Michelle gets back from her vacation, the judging will begin.

8/22 Update: The judging has begun. Stay tuned!

Boy, that Tuscan Whole Milk is amazing! 685 reviews can't be wrong.

Hat tip: Shoot A Liberal

Update: for my visitors from php4arabs.net, I offer a little something I picked up somewhere or other online.

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My favorite Frenchman, the dissident frogman, brings us this gem:

I downloaded it in wallpaper size and made it my computer's desktop image!

Where my WASPs at?

How long until the guys at LLama Butchers see this post?

(AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)

They seem to notice Google referrals. Hmmmm ... perhaps it's time for a new Googlism? How about "llama linkwhore"?

Update: Score!

Fidel Castro's been under the radar lately. Nobody's seen or heard from him since he went in for surgery. Now the official word down in Havana is that everything's just fine with El Commandante, but rumors keep circulating that the sneaky old bugger's not at home.

Where is he? That's where you come in, my dear pseudo-paparazzo.

Apply your creativity to come up with Fake-But-Accurate™ photographic proof of Fidel's current location, and you could win fabulous prizes! Vacations! Cruises! Cuban cigars! Universal health care! Rusting 1950s-vintage sedans with huge tailfins!

Well, not really. But I will send the top three entrants Amazon.com gift certificates in the following amounts:

First Place:	Second Place:	Third Place:
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You'll be judged on a combination of creativity, photo shopping skill, and humor. As for how each element is weighted ... who knows? It's completely up to the judges! (I never said this'd be a professionally-run contest!) Their decisions are final.

The judges are: The Puddle Pirate (me), Val Prieto, Kevin Aylward, and Michelle Malkin.

To submit your entry, either post it on your blog and leave a trackback here on this post, or e-mail your entry to photoshop@brainshavings.com. The contest starts now and ends on Saturday, August 12th at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Update: This contest has been shamelessly plugged at Outside The Beltway and Argghhh! You want photo fakery? Watch this space.

Update: Bonus points if you can place Castro somewhere in the middle of the furious photoshopping fighting in Lebanon!

Update: Since my blog was defaced for 3 days, I'm extending the contest until Wednesday night, 11:59 PM.

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Ol' Fidel has been hard to spot lately. I think I'll run a photo shopping contest to answer the question of his whereabouts.

Any suggestions for prizes?

Update: Val Prieto has agreed to be a guest judge.

Also, my budget is $300. C'mon, folks ... suggest some prizes!

Update 2: Kevin Aylward just agreed to be a guest judge too.

Update 3: Michelle Malkin will join in the judging.

Chris Muir agrees with me:

Mary Katherine Ham is a babe!

WuzzaDem completely demolishes the schizophrenically-gifted Glenn Greenwald, a NY Times bestselling author of ... oh, nevermind. I'll let the sockpuppets speak for themselves.

Creepy and funny all at once.

Long ago, I gathered evidence proving that Spongebob Squarepants is an indisputably heterosexual stud among studs. Well, more proof keeps bubbling to the surface. Steve Price caught this rare photograph and e-mailed it to me the other day:

Anybody who jams with AC/DC is chock full of testosterone!

Sick of GOP moderates? Have no fear. Point Five offers a flowchart outlining a sure-fire way for conservatives to win in 2008 by sitting out 2006.

Hilarious!

Hat tip: NixGuy

Shhhhh!

I'm hunting big game.

A friend of mine told me about a phone conversation she had today, and I couldn't help but grin. My friend is a conservative Republican, but apparently one of her Democrat friends isn't aware of that. The gullible Dem called my friend and asked her in a worried voice who might be the best candidate to vote for today. Without skipping a beat, my friend sweetly said "I hear good things about Capri Cafaro." The gullible Dem brightened immediately and said "Oh! I just love her! Thanks!"

Here's to Republicans who can wait to laugh until they hang up the phone. Cheers!

The Senate seems determined to ignore public demand for a wall along the entire U.S./Mexican border, and instead proposes various "virtual fences" to stop illegal aliens. To illustrate the "virtual logic" of our senators, I'm going to expand the idea I had yesterday when I posted this graphic ...

Virtual fence

... and take the "virtual" fad to its logical conclusion:

Virtual army	Virtual navy
Virtual air force	Virtual race car
Virtual prison	Virtual success
Virtual intellectual	Virtual president

Whaddaya think? If anybody else has examples like these, post them and leave a trackback. This could be fun!

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5/10/2011 Update: Virtual football team!

... now comes a report that she can leg-press 400 pounds. Next we'll be reading about how much Janet Reno can curl.

Hat tip: Drudge

Capri Cafaro, a Democratic candidate for Ohio's 13th Congressional District, is the butt of some truly snarky political paraphernalia at the Anybody But Capri Online Shopping Mall. The tote bag made me grin.

Hat tip: Ohio 13 votes

Here in Northeast Ohio, Spring has sprung.

He's had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.

Hat tip: NixGuy.com

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this photograph ...

... starts off with the word "ick."

During a press conference today with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the delightfully blunt Lieutenant General Russel Honore unloaded on panicky and idiotic reporters with a soon-to-be-classic catchphrase: "Stuck on stupid."

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UPDATE: Here's the video of Honore's remarks.

If you've been following the embryonic stem cell research debate, then you'll probably be interested in this cartoon that I found ... thanks to Stand To Reason.

Ever wondered what happened to all those peacekeeping NATO troops in the Balkans? They're still over there, and they're obviously bored.

Hat tip: Argghhh!

Matt Heidt is right. The jihadis in Iraq are getting desperate for any kind of success. But now they've really begun to circle the drain; they've begun making hostage videos of toy soldiers.

Do the Jihadi Joe action figures who took John Adam "Special Ops Cody" hostage get 72 Barbie dolls if they die for Allah? Silly me, I meant 72 Razanne dolls (see photo to right), not the blonde-haired Western she-devils.

Of course, you can just take the mercenary's shortcut ... for $644.40 you can buy 72 Razannes and have Paradise on Earth (after about 7 business days for shipping and handling). But the company doesn't ship to Belarus, Indonesia, Liberia, Pakistan, Nigeria, or Romania ... so if you're plotting Toy Jihad© there, you'll just have to blow your plastic self up at a Barbie Fashion Show Mall.

Speaking of ridiculous jihadis (yes, yes, I know it's redundant), do you remember Evil Bert appearing with Osama?

Click on the unaltered (I swear!) picture below for all the background info.

Too funny. I sense a photoshopping contest approaching ...

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UPDATE: Save Elmo!

UPDATE 2: When will it end? Oh, the humanity ...

UPDATE 3: At least we caught Osama, so we've got that goin' for us. Which is nice.

UPDATE 4: The blogosphere gutted this farce in short order. I love this hobby.

UPDATE 5: The geniuses at Democratic Underground took the bait ... hook, line, and sinker.

A certain blogger in the Carolinas is remarking on the frigid temperatures down there, where it actually dropped below freezing. Awwww, poor guy.

College Republicans at the University of Central Oklahoma plan on celebrating a Straight Pride Week:

"The general gist is that if you are a straight student on campus be proud, be loud, this is your time to shine," said college Republican Kyle Houts.

The group has posted fliers on campus that read, "we're here, we're conservative, we're out."

Members of the Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality say they consider the College Republican's celebration an attack on gay and lesbian students.

"What is there to say about it, 'I'm proud, and I'm straight and I guess white,' I don't know?" said GATE member Jennifer Rodriguez. "I think they definitely are being discriminatory because there's probably a lot of gay Republicans out there."

How very intolerant and non-diverse of you, Ms. Rodriguez.

Hat tip: Backcountry Conservative

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UPDATE: BuckeyePundit mirrors my own sentiments nicely, and The Open End calls for College Republicans at Ohio State to follow the Oklahoma group's example.

Turn up your volume knob, visit the dissident frogman, and click on the red button sitting on the Kansas-Colorado border.

This Frenchman's my kinda guy.

Barking Moonbat Early Warning System has an updated version of the Bill of Rights.

Can we all stop fussing over SpongeBob SquarePants and his alleged dalliances with Patrick the Starfish or other male toons, please?

He's a manly sponge, and definitely not gay. If you have further photoshopped evidence of this, please send it my way (me at brainshavings dot com) and I'll post it here.

This fake VW ad lampooning a hapless suicide bomber made me grin. Anytime we ridicule terrorists, I'll join in the laughter.

Theyyyy're baaaack! Go see Jib Jab's Second Term for a good chuckle.

And yes, Hillary slaps Bill in this one, too.

The second half of tonight's game between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons was delayed when a seeing-eye dog left a deposit on the court:

The dog was with a charity organization, Canine Companions for Independence, that was receiving a $10,000 donation from the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation.

When the Pistons came out for warmups, Rasheed Wallace walked up to the lane where the excrement had fallen, stopped and stared in disbelief. His teammates were just as confused before wide smiles broke out.

Maybe the pooch was a Pacers fan.

"Even though I'm nowhere to be found, Blog is ubiquitous. All loyal socialists should read Comrade Hugh's book to strengthen their Juche spirit."

I just speculated on the faint rumblings of a blog swarm, but I never expected this.

At this point, I'll defer to Technorati and Memeorandum to track this.

Get moving, Congressman Conyers. That buzzing sound you hear is getting louder, and it ain't friendly.

Rumors continued to circulate today, suggesting that a nationally syndicated talk radio host and would-be bestselling author had infiltrated the crowd at an anti-war rally in Key West recently. ProtestWarrior denied any involvement in the stunt, seen here in a photograph e-mailed to Brain Shavings by a very reliable source.

Soon, the 109th Congress will convene for its first session. This time around the Democrats have lost even more seats, and if there's one thing that ticks off a Democrat politician it's losing power. Worse yet, they still seem to think that their message of wacko leftism just didn't get through to the voting public, and that President Bush and the Republicans somehow stole the election.

Democrat outrage is nothing if not predictable, and it's no great stretch to expect petty little snit fits on the floor of Congress once it's back in session. Come to think of it, can calls for impeaching the president be far away? I think not. Which can mean only one thing.

It's contest time!

Be the first to predict the Democrats' calls for political vengeance against President Bush, and you can win expensive and gaudy prizes. That is, if you define "expensive and gaudy" as "affordable by the amateur blogger running this site." Here are the categories and prizes:

1. Date of first call for President Bush's impeachment: _________ (Prize: a Blogshares portfolio consisting of 5,000 shares of Brain Shavings and 5000 shares of The Buckeye Bloggers)
   Bonus -- Representative making that first call: _________ (Prize: $10 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   
2. Date of first article of impeachment referred to House Judiciary Committee: _________ (Prize: a copy of Blog, by Hugh Hewitt)
   Bonus -- First sponsor of this article: _________ (Prize: $50 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   
3. Date of first article of impeachment to get a House Judiciary Committee vote: _________ (Prize: a copy of Right Turns, by Michael Medved)
   Bonus -- First sponsor of this article: _________ (Prize: $50 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   Bonus -- Committee vote tally (yea/nay): _____/_____ (Prize: $50 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   Bonus -- Number of Republicans voting "yea" (non-zero guesses only): _____ (Prize: $50 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   
4. Date of first article of impeachment to reach House floor: _________ (Prize: a copy of Scalia Dissents, by Kevin A. Ring)
   Bonus -- First sponsor of this article: _________ (Prize: $75 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   Bonus -- House vote tally (yea/nay): _____/_____ (Prize: $100 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   Bonus -- Number of Republicans voting "yea" (non-zero guesses only): _____ (Prize: $100 Amazon.com gift certificate)
   

Contest Rules:

Well, the annual morbidity derby is underway at Lawrence Simon's blog. Here's my list of picks:

Did you submit your picks this time around?

The Dead Pool is still taking picks for the 2005 contest, so if you blog and you have a ghoulish side, go turn in a roster. I'll post mine as soon as the ball drops, so you can't steal my surefire winners.

Sharp As A Marble offers advice to parents who discover white powder on their child's clothing after the prom.

At last, someone's created an animated version of It's a Wonderful Life. In thirty seconds. With bunnies.

Have you submitted your picks yet? I just did. You have until December 31^st, so go get in line for some nifty swag.

Hat tip: Drink This ...

Print out a copy of Shhh, cut along the dotted lines, and be ready the next time an obnoxious cell phone user starts telling his doctor about the size of his goiter while standing in the checkout line.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Hat tip: Dean Esmay

She Who Will Be Obeyed rides to the rescue of endangered kittens everywhere ... or at least in the northern midwest states.

There's a blogger named Roger L. Simon whose site you should visit often. Why? Because his writing makes your brain cells multiply, your wrinkles smooth out, and your gray hair dark.

Roger L. Simon may soon be recognized as the blogosphere's Best Essayist of 2004, an award he clearly deserves. After all, Roger L. Simon honed his craft by writing screenplays and several best-selling books. Roger L. Simon is even a director. How many bloggers can claim that, eh?

I have it on good authority from well-informed but unnamed sources that Gina Gershon is hopelessly in love with Roger L. Simon ... but you didn't hear that from me. I wish I were Roger L. Simon, come to think of it.

So remember, faithful readers, visit Roger L. Simon every day, and twice on Sundays.

I want to assure everyone that my admiration for Roger L. Simon is as pure as the wind-driven snow, and not motivated by his Spirit of America Blogger Challenge fundraising efforts ... which, if combined with ours, would handily spank the Northern Alliance like the gaggle of redheaded stepchildren they are.

I'm sure that if the great Roger L. Simon were to join the Fighting Fusileers, it would be due entirely to his finely-developed sense for doing the right thing, and not due to any shameless brown-nosing by a third-rate blogger.

Roger, how do you like the sound of "Roger L. Simon's Fighting Fusileers for Freedom"? It sounds catchy to me.

Oh, and while you're here click the button and help a wonderful cause.

Is there no depth to which a certain well-known blogger won't sink in an effort to pad the donation totals for the dastardly Northern Alliance? Leave the cute fuzzy kittens out of this, you scoundrels!

Save the kittens and donate here.

In the spirit of Christmas, I bring you an opportunity to help a charity that both Left and Right can support, as described by Dean Esmay:

A non-profit, non-government group called Spirit of America has been working tirelessly for the last two years to try to help our fighting forces over there do more than fight. When those in our military have a project they'd like to work on to help the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, Spirit of America tries to make it happen for them.

Helping bring medical supplies and crop seeds to Afghanistan. Tools and training to help Iraqis who want to become tradesmen. Distributing schoolbooks. Even helping people set up Arabic-language weblogs so they can begin exploring the amazing world of the New Media.

It's all entirely voluntary, and done without any government subsidy. But if any group of soldiers, marines, airmen, or sailors want to do something to help the people over there, the Spirit of America tries to make it happen.

Because ultimately, whether you thought going was the right thing or the wrong thing, isn't trying to create peace and friendship something we should all hope to see happen?

A group of webloggers, humorously dubbing ourselves the "fighting fusileers for freedom" are holding a fundraising drive for the next two weeks to help the Spirit of America folks out. I'm a member of that group, and I encourage you to donate to the Spirit of America here.

Here's the list of my teammates:

A note to my fellow Fighting Fusileers: OK, I admit I was a naughty blogger and procrastinated in linking to the inaugural fundraising post at Argghhh! or the sophomore effort at Dean's World. As penance, I offer these often-smart-alecky graphics to help raise funds and taunt the opposition.

Sean Gleeson is a genius. He's finally duplicated the reasoning processes of lefty moonbats. Here it is ... the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat:

Does Bill know about this?

Hat Tip: Pirate's Cove

Click the red button at the top of The Dissident Frogman's blog. The one on the map. Because you should never, ever push the one on the upper left.

Enjoy the joke.

Western Standard offers "A Canadian guide for American exiles." Give it a look, Chet.

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UPDATE: More advice.

Aw, shucks. Here we've gone 'n won the 'lection, and somebody done already let the cat outta the bag. Cain't nobody keep secrets no more?

This is a four-alarm spew alert. You've been warned.

Enjoy the John Kerry Interpretive Campaign web page.

Hat tip: Wizbang!

The money walk earned my vote.

While checking my referrer logs I discovered that this site is #1 on Yahoo Search for the term "Bush is a butt pirate." It's a safe bet that the searcher was disappointed with my political outlook.

He did stick around for almost three minutes, though.

He has his faults, but at least Howard Dean can laugh at himself.

Just got this in the ol' e-mail inbox. It's a well-circulated retelling of an old fable, but it's still funny.

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Classic version:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building His house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

Moral: Be responsible for y