Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Limbaugh controversy is an odd one. To sum it up, Rush wanted to be part of a group that was trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, and after some players and one owner stated their opposition to Limbaugh being part of any group that wants to own [...]
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Posted 15 October 2009
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From Live Science: Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from the listeners. “These were basically attacks intended to result in the social exclusion or humiliation of the speaker, punctuated on occasion with profanity, a nasty glare or even a solid [...]
I was doing some studying on management techniques and ran across this item: WAUKEGAN, IL—In what is being called a breakthrough discovery in worker-administrator relations, a study released Monday in the Journal Of Occupational Science found that not being a total asshole supervisor may be linked to improved worker spirit. “In nearly every trial, we [...]
On the heels of the New Yorker cover controversy, Maureen Dowd wonders why it’s so hard for comedians and others to mock Obama effectively: At first blush, it would seem to be a positive for Obama that he is hard to mock. But on second thought, is it another sign that he’s trying so hard [...]
While trying to stay awake for McCain’s speech tonight, I couldn’t help myself to be distracted by the green wall behind him. I thought I was just being silly, so it was nice to read that Marc Ambinder feels the same way: I wish I had a screen grab… but the green background is very [...]
It’s much more funny w/out that irritating cat.
I’ve seen links to this video here and there for a few days, but I avoided this video. I was wrong. You need to see it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2YDq6FkVE&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
I was just writing a comment on Cheeky Monkey’s blog and decided that Obama ought to be a Spanish verb: Obamar. Yo obamo Tu obamas El obama Nosotros obamos Obamar = To work to get Barack Obama elected president. Obamemos? Shall we obamar?
23/6 turns out to be responsible for possibly the best piece of political performance art ever. From their site: The date was March 14, 2008, and a group of burgeoning Lou Pearlmans at 23/6 were about to unleash a political and musical phenomenon: the McCain Girls. This trio of musically inclined and politically active gals [...]
From the inbox: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWUWPx2VeQ&hl=en] Please click on the video. It’s funny in a 70′s Gene-Rayburn-is-pissed-off kind of way.
