Humor and Satire

The Most Embarrassing Moment You Never Had in The '80s -- But I Did

Jenny Isenman | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Funny, Bad Boys, Jenny From the Blog, Xanadu, Embarrassing Moments, Skateland, Roller Skate, Eighties, Humiliation, The Suburban Jungle, Roller Derby, 80s, Parody, Couples Skate, Jenny Isenman, Nostalgia, Humor and Satire, 1970?S, 1980?S, Women News

You know how whenever you're feeling a little big for your britches, you'll get an earth-shatteringly embarrassing flashback that puts you right back in your place?

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Business Fights Back -- "No More Mr. Nice Guy!"

Norman Lear | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Flame Retardants, Cancer, Chemicals, Flame Retardants Birth Weight, Toxic Flame Retardants, Comedy and Satire, Satire, Humor and Satire, Business News

The charges against flame retardant manufacturers have to be hogwash! Just another cheap shot against Big Business. How can so many people, and Americans no less, knowingly turn out a product capable of doing such dastardly harm? Impossible!

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Stop Whining, Baby: The Golden Age of the Child Is Over

El Guapo | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Education, Children's Health, Humor and Satire, Political Satire, Political Humor, Comedy News

Considering the fact that they are not income earners, El Guapo has always wondered why the little, drooling germ factories were so important.

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Is Black a Fashion No-No after May 1st?

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: First Lady Fashion, Fashion, Style, Humor, Humor and Satire, Mothers, Mothers and Daughters, Daughters, Fifty News

I looked at my chic mom and realized that she was far more fashionable than I'd ever be. My snow boots were hardly put away and here was my mother wearing turquoise Tory Burch ballet flats.

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New Parenting Recommendations Suggest Replacing Personal Responsibility With Anger at Intolerance of World

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Self-Esteem Parenting, Entitled Parents, Humor, Helicopter Parenting, News Satire, Humor and Satire, Fake News, Satire, Comedy News

Ms. Forsheim's book includes sections such as "Your Dinner Isn't More Important Than My Child's Need To Express Boredom," and Yes, I Realize You Were Here First, But If You Didn't Notice, I Have A Child With Me."

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Let's Stop Wasting Our Dead

Larry Doyle | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Recycling, Scientific Research, Religion, Transplants, Altruism, Health, Organ Donation, Politics, Medicine, Comedy and Satire, Satire, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Politics News

When I die, I would like to be eaten by puppies. I would prefer happy, rambunctious puppies, about eight weeks old and from the same litter if possible.

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George Zimmerman's Lawyer Prepares His Twinkie Defense Strategy "The Monty Python Defense"

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Lethal Weapons, George Zimmerman, Iced Tea, Trayvon Martin, Twinkie Defense, Banana, Skittles, Jeb Bush, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Monty Python, Nra, Racist Laws, Fresh Fruit, Satire, Humor and Satire, Politics News

My client George Zimmerman is a very vulnerable individual weighing only 250 pounds. Fragile and delicate like a petite, gamine ballet dancer. His assailant Trayvon Martin was over 100 pounds lighter -- making him much more agile and dangerous.

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Paul Ryan's Atlas Shrugged Quiz

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.15.2012

If you were going to compare one current member of Congress to Dagny Taggart, who would it be? Please feel free to explain your reasoning, and remember, there are no wrong answers except "Nancy Pelosi."

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Stress Tests You Haven't Read About

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Political Satire, Stress Tests, Wall Street, Humor and Satire, Satire, Bank Stress Tests, Business News

Given the success of the Fed's stress tests on assessing the health of the nation's largest banks, various other institutions decided to embrace the model. Here are some early results.

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Humor: There's Funny -- and There's Symptom of Decline

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Charlie Chaplin, Jon Stewart, Humor, Martin McDonagh, Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, George Bernard Shaw, American Decline, Humor and Satire, Violence Humor, Comedy, Culture News

Any culture that can laugh at torture and murder is a culture in deep, deep trouble.

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Fight Unemployment -- Deport the Poor!

Roger_Smith | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Political Satire, American Dad, Humor and Satire, Satire, Comedy News

It's time we start protecting the REAL minority in this country: The one percent. Together we can make America rich again. ONLY rich.

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12 Worst Moments to Be Spotted by Your Ex and Her New Boyfriend on Valentine's Day

Paul_Johnson | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Valentine's Day, Slidepollajax, Relationship Advice, Romance, Humor and Satire, Awkward, Relationships, Valentines Day, Valentine's Day Humor, Comedy News

Maybe taking the tandem bike in for repair has been on your list of things-to-do forever, but couldn't you have waited until February 15th?

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Susan G. Komen Foundation Adopts New Cancer Screening Policy for Worthwhile Lives

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Komen Foundation, Comedy and Humor, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Breast Cancer, Humor, Satire, Susan G. Komen Planned Parenthood, Komen Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, Comedy News, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Planned Parenthood, Comedy News

"Those are the numbers we're looking for," Gladson continued, "and some day, thanks to the strides that Komen For The Cure has taken today towards providing breast cancer care for only the most desirable candidates, we'll get there."

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Stupid Cupid - A Workplace Dating Survey

Ali MacLean | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Work Relationships, Men at Work, Office Romance, Office Cubicle, Dating in the Workplace, Cupid, Dating Advice, Women at Work, Sex, Affair, Dating, Valentine's Day, Marie-Callenders, Humor, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

Ladies! The biggest day of the year is coming up. It's imperative that you line up something special NOW so you don't look lonely to your friends, family and co-workers.

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The Greatest TV Trial Coverage EVER

Vanessa Berben | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Puppets, Jimmy Dimora, Humor, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Court Tv, Trial Coverage, The Donnybrook Writing Academy, Donnybrook, Denver News

Cleveland's WOIO-TV's 19 Action News has a genius way of getting around being barred from filming a local corruption trial.

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Tebow Saves Broncos Wild Card by Tebowing 3:16

Michael Conniff | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Troy Polamalu, Tebowing, Tim Tebow, Ryan Clark, Nfl, Wild Card, Tim Tebow Broncos, Humor, Satire, Humor and Satire, Denver News

Tim Tebow is the best evidence yet of the existence of his very own Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. No question, as jocks like to say with microphones in their mugs. Most definitely.

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Univision Planning Money-Saving Boob Cutbacks

El Guapo | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Media Cutbacks, El Guapo, Don Francisco, Univision, Humor and Satire, Satire, Comedy News

When asked if it might be a good time to steer away from these misogynistic depictions of women and even produce more thoughtful content, our source laughed so hard that we had trouble getting back on track.

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2011: The Death of the Despots. The Death of Fashion.

Kareem Tabsch | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, Fashion, Kim Jong Il, Dictators, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Osama Bin Laden, Comedy News

Let's face it. While the deaths of Hussein, bin Laden, Gaddafi, and the recent passing of Kim Jong Il have been good news for democracy they have really been terrible blows to the echelons of theatrical world leaders.

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10 Reasons To Be Happy You’re Divorced This Christmas

Pamela Alma Weymouth | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Surviving the Holidays, Holiday Stress, Humor and Satire, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Divorce Advice, Divorce News

This week the jingle of bells, the tacky twinkle of electricity-wasting flashing lights dangling off storefronts, the blow up snow men and stupid faux reindeer on neighbors' front porches has been enough to launch me into crying jags that could overflow the levees of the Mississippi.

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Why Holiday Shopping at IKEA Equals a Glimpse Into Purgatory

Jason Kitchen | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Holiday Shopping Season, Philosophy, Holiday Shopping, Ikea, Holiday Season, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

What purgatory will look like if I eventually become a resident is quite clear; it will be a perpetual day at IKEA during the holidays.

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Every Christmas Letter Ever

Tim Siedell | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Christmas Letter, Affair With Co-Worker in Orlando, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Christmas, Comedy News

Impersonal Greetings! Here's a sentence about how the year is almost over, in case you don't know how the Gregorian calendar operates.

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Christmas in Japan

Amy Chavez | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Santa Claus, Religion, Japan, Buddhism, Humour, Humor, Humor and Satire, Christmas, Comedy News

Although it is said that most Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist, few people are aware the Japanese also participate in "commercialized Christianity" in order to take advantage of those fun Christian holidays.

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Plumbing the Depths

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Psychoanalysis Humor, Plumbing Humor, Comedy and Satire, Humor, Psychoanalytical Plumbing, Satire, Plumbing, Humor and Comedy, Psychoanalysis, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

If there's one thing we at Psychoplumbalysis Plumbers do better than any of our competitors, it's listening.

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Sexy Mummies Are the New Sexy Vampires

Dave Scheidt | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Paranormal Romance, Twilight, Romance Novels, Humor and Satire, Mummies, Supernatural, Books, Chicago News

The world was missing something and I realized it was sexy, forbidden love between a young teen girl and a thousand-year-old decomposing Egyptian mummy prince.

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Criminally Overlooked Albums: The Top Part by John Mulaney

Steven Shehori | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Criminally Overlooked Albums, Steven Shehori, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Humor, Comedy, Humor and Satire, John-Mulaney, John Mulaney, Best Week Ever, Comedy Central, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, Just for Laughs, Culture News

Mulaney had modest expectations when The Top Part was released, hoping the disc could serve mostly as a calling card of sorts. "I remember thinking I wanted the biggest picture possible of me on the cover because no one knew who I was."

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