This Cuban Cartoonist Drew the Cold War for MAD Magazine
Posted: January 18, 2019 Filed under: Comics, History, Humor, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Cold War, Mad Magazine, Prohías Leave a comment
The Black Spy and the White Spy have been chasing each other around in MAD Magazine for 56 years
After penning one too many cartoons that were critical of Fidel Castro, Prohías — who was a prominent cartoonist and illustrator in his home country — headed for New York, writes Eric Grundhauser for Atlas Obscura. At the time, he didn’t speak a word of English.
“In New York, Prohías took work in a factory during the day, while working up his illustration portfolio at night,” Grundhauser writes. He changed the appearance of one of his characters from the strip he published in Cuba, El Hombre Siniestro, and gave him a counterpart: Spy vs. Spy was born.
“In 1960, just months after moving to the city, Prohías, along with his daughter Marta who acted as an intepreter, walked unannounced into the offices of MAD Magazine,” Grundhauser writes. “The editors were skeptical of the artist, but his silly spy gags won them over, and he had sold three of the strips to the magazine before leaving that day.”
His reason for going to MAD with his idea, writes scholar Teodora Carabas: he liked the magazine’s name. The Black Spy and White Spy have been a fixture in MAD ever since, appearing in the magazine’s Joke and Dagger Department. The strip’s appeal, which was one of the artist’s signature strengths, was partly its silence, writes Grundhausen. Like El Hombre Siniestro (“The Sinister Man”), the spies’ adventures were wordless, violent and hilarious, drawn in a dramatic style. Many of the jokes aren’t outwardly political, he writes, but Prohías said El Hombre was inspired by “the national psychosis of the Cuban people.” Read the rest of this entry »
Dems: ‘We May Have Lost The SCOTUS Seat, But At Least We Kept Our Dignity’
Posted: October 11, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Politics | Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Democrats, Mid-terms, SCOTUS Leave a comment
U.S.—Democratic leaders consoled themselves from their failure to stop Brett Kavanaugh from assuming a seat on the Supreme Court Monday by reminding the nation that although they lost the SCOTUS seat, they were able to keep their dignity.
As liberal protesters banged on the doors of the Supreme Court and attempted to claw them open, Senate Democrats calmed their constituents by pointing out that they were able to be the bigger person in all this. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] ‘We Are Always on the Verge of Chaos:’ The PJ O’Rourke Interview
Posted: September 30, 2018 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, Think Tank | Tags: Nick Gillespie, Reason (magazine), The PJ O’Rourke Leave a comment
For the last 45 years, no writer has taken a bigger blowtorch to the sacred cows of American life than libertarian humorist P.J. O’Rourke.
As a writer at National Lampoon in the 1970s, he co-authored best-selling parodies of high school yearbooks and Sunday newspapers. For Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and other publications, O’Rourke traveled to war zones and other disaster areas, chronicling the folly of military and economic intervention. In 1991, he came out with Parliament of Whores, which explained why politicians should be the last people to have any power. Subtitled “A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government,” this international bestseller probably minted more libertarians than any book since Free to Choose or Atlas Shrugged. More recently, O’Rourke published a critical history of his own Baby Boomer generation and How The Hell Did This Happen?, a richly reported account of Donald Trump’s unexpected 2016 presidential victory.
O’Rourke’s new book, None of My Business, explains “why he’s not rich and neither are you.” It’s partly the result of hanging out with wealthy money managers and businessmen and what they’ve taught him over the years about creating meaning and value in an ever richer and crazier world. It covers everything from social media to learning how to drink in war zones to why the Chinese may be more American than U.S. citizens. He also explains why even though he doesn’t understand or like a lot of things about modern technology, he doesn’t fear Amazon or Google, especially compared to people who are calling for Socialism 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] What Should Have Happened at the Kavanaugh Hearing
Posted: September 8, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh Hearing, Reason, SCOTUS, video Leave a comment
Alternate reality.
Something light to cleanse the palate via Reason at the end of a week that was even stupider and more irritating than expected … (read more)
Source: HotAir.com – Reason
[VIDEO] WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING: A Bad Lip Reading
Posted: August 24, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Bad Lip Reading, Press Briefing, Sarah Sanders, White House press corps Leave a commentHow White House press briefings sound in Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ head… Follow on Instagram and Twitter: @badlipreading and Facebook
John Brennan, Heroic American
Posted: August 16, 2018 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: CNN, corruption, John Brennan, media, MSNBC, National security, Obama administration, Security clearance, Trump Administration Leave a comment
TIME Cover, Corrected
Posted: June 22, 2018 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Illegal immigration, Illegal immigration to the United States, media, Migrants, satire, Time Leave a comment
[VIDEO] A Bad Lip Reading of the Royal Wedding
Posted: May 23, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Bad Lip Reading, Royal Wedding, video 1 Comment
Source: Boing Boing
[VIDEO] MONTAGE: Zuckerberg Doesn’t Know — His ‘Team’ Will ‘Follow Up’
Posted: April 11, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Congress, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, media, video Leave a comment
During Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before two Congressional committees, it was unclear whether the Facebook CEO knew the answer to ANYTHING. Don’t worry though, his ‘team’ will be sure to follow-up.
[VIDEO] REWIND: Ambassador John Bolton – The President of Red Eye
Posted: March 23, 2018 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Greg Gutfeld, John Bolton, National security, Red Eye, video Leave a comment
[VIDEO] OH YES HE DID: Teacher Strips Naked, Chases Students On Elementary School Playground, Panic Ensues
Posted: January 25, 2018 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Carthay Center Elementary School, naked, P.E., Teacher Leave a commentLOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A physical education teacher at Carthay Center Elementary School outraged parents and upset students when he stripped naked on campus Friday and proceeded to chase nearby second-graders and fifth-graders.
“An individual began behaving in an unusual way, prompting us to contact law enforcement. As a safety precaution, our school went on a brief lock-down while officers responded and took the individual into custody.”
“He was supposed to be helping them learn P.E., run around and have fun,” one parent told CBS2’s Adrianna Weingold. “But he undressed and started chasing the kids while he was naked, and then the kids ducked and dodged, ran into some of the classrooms and got safe haven that way.”
“All of the kids saw his private parts. Very embarrassing, very upset.”
A video taken by a construction worker passing by the scene captured the unidentified teacher putting his pants back on in the middle of the playground.
Parents were notified of the incident via robocall as well as a letter that was sent home with students. Read the rest of this entry »
St. Clement’s Catholic Primary School Worker in Trouble Over Her ‘Designer Vagina’
Posted: January 22, 2018 Filed under: Education, Health and Social Issues, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Catholic, Designer Vagina, Kim Hanson, Pussy, St. Clement’s Catholic Primary School, Surgery, Vagina Leave a comment
Kim Hanson, 37, told Closer how her sex life was “amazing” after undergoing a tightening procedure.
But, the teaching assistant’s revelations saw her removed from the classroom at St. Clement’s Catholic Primary School in Runcorn while an investigation takes place.
She told the Mail Online: “I didn’t think they would be happy about it, but I feel I’ve been badly treated. Read the rest of this entry »
Please Don‘t Shut Down The Government, Democrats, Because That Would Be Awful (Not)
Posted: January 21, 2018 Filed under: Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Amnesty, comedy, DACA, Democrats, Fredocons, Shutdown Leave a comment
What a tragedy it would be if Democrats made good on their threat and decided DACA was so important that they must shut down the federal government over it.
Kurt Schlichter writes: What a tragedy it would be if Democrats made good on their threat and decided DACA was so important that they must shut down the federal government over it. Please don’t! Why, I’d be heartbroken if the government did less and a bunch of foreigners didn’t get rewarded for ignoring our laws. I think this is just the right hill for the Democrats to choose to fight to the death on, and I encourage them to do so. Throw us right in that briar patch, because you are smart and savvy and there’s no way a big dummy like Trump could beat you and make you look like fools.
Again.
You remember DACA? It’s an acronym that stands for “That Thing Democrats Want To Use To Fill The Voter Rolls With Foreigners And GOP Donors Want To Use To Get More Serfs To Work For Peanuts While Actual Americans Get Shafted And Called ‘Racist’ If They Dare Complain.” The Democrats desperately want DACA because you Normal people have let them down and voted for your own interests rather than in the way Nancy Pelosi instructed you. Bad, bad electorate! You definitely need to be replaced.
[Read the full story here, at TownHall]
The GOP wants it because its big money donors want it because you actual Americans demand to be treated with respect by your employers and, well, paying Americans what they’re worth is bad for business. And the Senate GOP Sissy Caucus of sanctimonious twits wants it because it gives them a chance to pose and preen and pretend to have the moral high ground over those wicked evil bad bad bad Republicans who want to do what actual Republican voters want done instead of being guided by the eccentric moral compass that Jeff Flake keeps inside himself right next to his head.
The “Schumerhole” controversy arose because Donald Trump indicated that giving Big Amnesty everything it wanted, and in return allowing him to totally alienate his base, was a bad deal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘There Are More Than Two Genders,’ Tortured Employee Forced To Say In Darkened Room At Google Headquarters
Posted: January 11, 2018 Filed under: Censorship, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: comedy, Forced Speech, Freedom of speech, Gender, Google, Left Wing Propaganda, Parody, Political Correctness, satire, Sexuality, Social justice, Torture Leave a comment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—In a darkened room labeled “101” deep within Google’s Mountain View headquarters, an outed conservative employee was forced to say there are more than two genders after a long period of torture.
The man was tortured for hours, arguing the objective reality of two genders, being told he was “mentally deranged” and suffering from “a defective worldview” before finally giving in.
“Do you remember writing in an email that there are only two genders?” he was asked while strapped to a table. “What if Google says there are three?”
“How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two genders are two genders!” the man cried through tears as his torturer, a Google project lead, held up a picture of a man and a woman, according to surveillance footage.
“Sometimes. Sometimes there are two. Sometimes there are three. Sometimes there are any number of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane,” the project lead replied coldly before administering another round of electric shocks into the man’s brains. Read the rest of this entry »
Standing Up to Sexism: Iliza Shlesinger Sued Over Women’s Only Comedy Show
Posted: December 29, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: comedy, Iliza Shlesinger, Last Comic Standing, Stand-up comedy, Women’s Only Comedy Leave a comment
Tyler McCarthy reports: Former “Last Comic Standing” winner Iliza Shlesinger is reportedly being sued after hosting a comedy show in Los Angeles that didn’t allow men to attend. Now, she’s facing rhetoric likening one man’s incident to the Civil Rights movement.
The Hollywood Reporter obtained legal documents in which a man named George St. George alleges he purchased two tickets to the comedian’s Nov. 13 show, titled “Girls Night In WIth Iliza — No Boys Allowed.” When he arrived to pick them up at will call, he was told that he would have to sit in the back of the theater because of his gender. He and a friend went to get food and, when they returned, were told that Shlesinger and the theater had decided that no men would be admitted to the show, and they were offered a refund for their ticket.
“Girls’ Night In is a hybrid stand up show and interactive discussion between Iliza and the women in the audience aimed at giving women a place to vent in a supportive, fun and inclusive environment,” the event’s description reads. “She invites women of all walks of life to come, laugh with her and at her and be ready to share and feel safe for an awesome night of comedy and love.” Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: New York Times Confesses to Causing Starvation in North Korea
Posted: December 19, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Foreign Policy, Global, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Anti-American, Anti-American Sentiment, Communist Sympathizer, Global Panic, Hunger, Marxism, Mass murder, New York Times, North Korea, propaganda, satire, Socialism, Totalitarian Leave a comment
[VIDEO] ‘The Simpson’s’ Predicted 19 Years Ago That Disney Would Buy 20th Century Fox
Posted: December 15, 2017 Filed under: Comics, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: 21st Century Fox, Disney, Fox, The Simpsons Leave a comment
Did an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ from 19 years ago predict the future? It shows the entrance to 20th Century Fox’s movie studios with fine print below the logo that reads “A Division Of Walt Disney Company.” The episode is coming to light after Disney purchased 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion Thursday morning. The deal includes Fox’s 39 percent stake in satellite broadcaster Sky and the 20th Century Fox film studio, Disney announced. It’s not the first time the show has had a crystal ball.
VOUGE: HRC TEENOCALYPSE
Posted: December 14, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Über Fashion, fashion, Global Panic, HRC, media, Teens Leave a comment
‘The Lizard People Are Real!’: Armed with Assault Rifle, Pierce County Man Prepares to Battle ‘Lizard People’
Posted: December 6, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Guns and Gadgets, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: AK-47, Delusions, drugs, Hallucinations, Lizard, Lizard People, Meth, Methamphetamine, Pierce County, Pierce County Sheriff's Office, Washington State 1 Comment
PARKLAND, Wash. — A 55-year-old Eatonville man armed himself with an AK-47 and a pistol over the weekend to battle “the lizard people,” the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said.
The man told law enforcement that President Trump had called to warn him.
The man ended up being sent to a hospital for treatment and a mental health evaluation.
Just after 8 p.m. Saturday, a witness called 911 to report a white Jeep Cherokee was stopped at 108th Street South and Pacific Avenue South in Parkland.
A state trooper later reported that a man got out of the Cherokee was was waving around an AK-47 and a pistol.
A number of troopers and deputies converged. The man put the guns back in the car. He was ordered to the ground, where he began to scream about “sending in the news” and “the lizard people,” the Sheriff’s Department said.
He resisted when officers tried to handcuff him. A trooper and a Sheriff’s Department deputy both used a Taser on him, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The Sheriff’s Department says the man told a deputy that he had “snorted methamphetamine to lose weight” and that he was taking prescribed morphine. Read the rest of this entry »
Introducing: The Woody Allen Center for Sexual Health & Rehabilitation
Posted: October 16, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: comedy, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Mia Farrow, Parody, Rehab, Rehabilitation, Ronan Farrow, satire, scandal, Sex Counseling, Sexual abuse, Show Business Leave a comment
Introducing: The Roman Polanski Center
Posted: October 11, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, harassment, Harvey Weinstein, Parody, Rape, Rehab, Rehabilitation, Roman Polanski, satire, Sex, Sex Therapy, Sexual Health, Show Business Leave a comment
Mel Brooks: ‘Stupidly Politically Correct Society is the Death of Comedy’
Posted: September 22, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks, Political Correctness, Politically Correct 3 Comments
Rozina Sabur reports: Society’s “stupidly politically correct” sensibilities will lead to the “death of comedy”, the veteran Hollywood comedian Mel Brooks has warned.
Brooks, known for his plethora of acclaimed comedy movies, said political correctness was becoming a stranglehold on comedians.
“It’s not good for comedy. Comedy has to walk a thin line, take risks,” he said.
“Comedy is the lecherous little elf whispering in the king’s ear, always telling the truth about human behaviour.”
The producer and director said that his iconic western parody Blazing Saddles could not be made in today’s political climate.
Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles Credit: Alamy
The 1974 comedy western starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder featured a black sheriff in a racist town.
Brooks said it was the racial prejudice portrayed within the film that was the mechanism behind its cultural significance.
“Without that the movie would not have had nearly the significance, the force, the dynamism and the stakes that were contained in it,” he said.
UC Berkeley ‘Opposing View’ Alarms Blaring As Conservative Speaker Arrives On Campus
Posted: September 15, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News Leave a comment
BERKELEY, CA—UC Berkeley’s recently installed “opposing worldview” alarm system began blaring right on schedule Thursday afternoon, as conservative author and speaker Ben Shapiro arrived on campus to deliver a speech titled “Say No to Campus Thuggery.”
As the noted author and news personality breached the campus perimeter, the piercing sirens began echoing across the campus, accompanied by an automated message telling students to “This is not a test. Please stay in your dormitories. We are currently in an active conservative situation. This is not a test.” Read the rest of this entry »
The Cajun Navy’s New Naval Destroyer ‘CNS Thibodeaux’ Has Been Delivered Just In Time
Posted: September 5, 2017 Filed under: Guns and Gadgets, Humor, Mediasphere, Self Defense | Tags: Cajun, Cajun food, Cajuns, Navy, Texas Leave a comment
LAFAYETTE, LA – With the heavy rains quickly approaching the Acadiana area over the next few days, the Cajun Navy can take heart in the fact that their new naval destroyer has been delivered to them in their efforts to help the local populous.
Thanks to plenty of donations to the Cajun Navy after last year’s August floods, the group were able to purchase the $1.8b Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer, and it seems that it has been completed just in the nick of time.
“We were loading up the trusty yet old wooden boat onto the back of a truck when the contractor called”, explained Cajun Navy member Robert Kraft, “He said that it was ready for usage and that he’d parked it in a Youngsville neighborhood with the keys in the ignition. It couldn’t have come at a better time, what with Harvey hitting the area as it has done.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] How to Safely Watch The Eclipse or CNN
Posted: August 20, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: CNN, Donald Trump, Eclipse, media, news, Reason (magazine), satire, Television, video Leave a comment
Yes, Millions Were Tortured and Murdered Under Socialism: But Sexually Liberated Dead Women Enjoyed It More
Posted: August 13, 2017 Filed under: History, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, The Butcher's Notebook, Think Tank | Tags: Communism, Genocide, journalism, Lenin, Marxism, Mass murder, media, New York Times, Parody, Russian Revolution, satire, Socialism, Stalin Leave a comment
Yes, there was mass genocide behind the Iron Curtain. But doesn’t that mean they didn’t enjoy sexual liberation!
Source: NYTimes.com
[VIDEO] Compilation of Liberal Media Freaking Out About Google Memo
Posted: August 8, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: ABC, broadcast news, CBS, CNN, Global Panic, Google, Google Memo, Groupthink, Liberal Media, media, MSNBC, news, Progressive, video Leave a comment
[VIDEO] BREAKING NEWS: Jim Acosta Reports on Jim Acosta
Posted: July 21, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: celebrity, CNN, Free Beacon, Jim Acosta, media, Media bias, news Leave a comment
[VIDEO] The Media Has Handshake Mania!
Posted: July 15, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Foreign Policy, Humor, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: ABC, CBS, CNN, Donald Trump, media, MSNBC, NBC, Vladimir Putin Leave a comment
[VIDEO] Game of Thrones: Libertarian Edition
Posted: July 15, 2017 Filed under: Economics, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, Game of Thrones, HBO, Libertarian, Meredith Bragg, Reason (magazine), video Leave a comment
As HBO’s blockbuster series Game of Thrones returns for its seventh season, Reason offers its own freedom-filled parody. A libertarian paradise north of the wall? What’s happened to Westeros’ social security trust fund? Should it take low-income Dothraki four years to get a hair-braiding license?
Written and produced by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton. Shot and edited by Bragg and Bragg. Starring Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Remy.
Kurt Schlichter: We Should Cheer CNN’s Ritual Suicide
Posted: July 5, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Photography, U.S. News | Tags: Brian Stelter, CNN, Donald Trump, Fuji News Network, Make America Great Again, President of the United States, Twitter, United States, Vince McMahon, WWE Leave a comment
Kurt Schlichter writes: If you ever had any doubt that Donald Trump was right that the mainstream media is the enemy of the American people, CNN corrected your inexplicable inability to comprehend this painfully obvious truth by choosing July 4th to threaten some guy for daring to make fun of Its Medianess Holiness. Apparently, if you dare defy the media it has the right to wreck your life – as long as you are an anti-Obama rodeo clown or a meme-making rando on Reddit. If you are a zillionaire like Anthony Scaramucci with the bucks to hire top flight law firms and Gawkerize its lame carcass – which I would have done in a split-second if CNN had lied about me the way it did about him – then you get a free pass.
Instead of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable, CNN’s new motto is apparently “Confront the afflicted and settle with the comfortable.” Every time I see the CNN logo I hear James Earl Jones‘s voice intoning “This is CNN, and we suck.”
But actually, maybe we should all thank CNN for its work guaranteeing Trump’s second term.
Now, before we move on, someone is going to point out that the meme guy is kind of a jerk and said stuff that offends decent people. So? How is that the point? This is a multi-billion dollar media corporation using all its power to threaten an individual into not criticizing it. How is that ever okay? And don’t pretend for a minute this media extortion precedent gets limited to outlier Reddit guys. Normal Americans are next.
The media babbles about “principles,” but as soon as they become inconvenient then out the window go those precious “principles.” A silly wrestling gif supporting the president “promotes violence against the media,” but a week before that funding a play where President Trump is stabbed to death was artful political commentary? That’s my objection to all this recent “principles” talk. Read the rest of this entry »
DOXMAGEDDON: CNN Blackmails Reddit Creator for Forbidden Trump-Wrestling GIF
Posted: July 4, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Censorship, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: #CNNBlackmail, Barack Obama, CNN, Donald Trump, Doxing, Melania Trump, Mika Brzezinski, President of the United States, Reddit, Twitter, WWE Leave a comment
Bradford Richardson reports: CNN has come under fire for suggesting it will publish the identity of a private citizen if he behaves in a way that displeases the network.
Andrew Kaczynski, senior editor of CNN’s KFile, discovered the identity of the Reddit user who made a short video of President Trump tackling a man with CNN’s logo superimposed on his face to the ground.
CNN is withholding the man’s identity “because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again,” Mr. Kaczynski wrote in an article published Tuesday night.
“CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change,” he continued.
The video, taken from a 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment show in which Mr. Trump made an appearance, caused a firestorm when it was posted to Twitter by the president Sunday morning… (read more)
Source: Washington Times
Lisa de Moraes reports: If you too guessed the Redditor who had boasted he originated the CNN-bashing GIF used by President Donald Trump suddenly apologized for same because he found out CNN knew who he was — congratulations!
And, if you also guessed “HanA**holeSolo” has pleaded with CNN not to reveal his identity because he’s scared for his personal safety, and because it would embarrass him to be outed as the person behind the GIF and various anti-Semitic and racist Reddit rants – go to the head of the class.
CNN reported Tuesday night it has agreed not to reveal the guy’s name, but reserves the right to do so should he ever repeat his “ugly behavior on social media.”
“HanA**holeSolo” initially boasted he originated the GIF behind Trump’s tweet in which Trump is seen pounding on the head of a man whose face has been swapped for the CNN logo.
HAS first shared the GIF last Wednesday; CNN reports it could find no earlier instance of the GIF that subsequently was edited to add sound before being tweeted by Trump on Sunday.
After Trump’s tweet, “HanA**holeSolo” took a victory lap, via Reddit:
“Holy s—!! I wake up and have my morning coffee and who retweets my s—post but the MAGA EMPORER himself!!! I am honored!!”
CNN reports its KFile identified the man, using information he had posted on Reddit and Facebook. On Monday, KFile reached out to the man by email and phone, but he did not respond. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Fidel Castro Health Update
Posted: June 16, 2017 Filed under: Foreign Policy, History, Humor, Politics | Tags: Communism, Cuba, Dictator, Fidel Castro, Havana, murder, Poverty, satire, Socialism, Torture Leave a comment
OH YES HE DID: Outlet Sticker Prank Drives Passengers Nuts at Miami Airport
Posted: June 16, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: ABC News, Miami International Airport, Prank Leave a comment
Bored traveler David McDonald has found a novel (if slightly nefarious) way to pass the time at airports.
Prior to his Wednesday afternoon flight from Miami to London, McDonald made himself a sticker that looked exactly like an electrical outlet. Later, upon arriving at Miami International Airport, he placed the sticker in an outlet-deficient area of the terminal, then sat back and waited for an unsuspecting passenger to fall for his prank.
Got one! pic.twitter.com/bfxE4TFTWr
— Just Basic Dave (@JustBasicDave) June 14, 2017
Just like McDonald predicted, empty outlets were scarce enough that at least two of his fellow passengers fell for the gag, each of whom repeatedly tried to jam their phone chargers into the sticker.
According to the prankster, his marks weren’t even that miffed. Once they figured out what was going on, McDonald says they played along for the benefit of future victims.
Got em! pic.twitter.com/YFz4Dh80qo
— Just Basic Dave (@JustBasicDave) June 14, 2017
“After I was done videotaping, I told them what I did and they all laughed,” McDonald told ABC News. “And we acted like nothing happened and waited for the next person to try it.”
McDonald also told the site that he first got the idea during a chat with his co-workers.
“We talked about how outlets are always scarce at the airport,” McDonald said. “We thought a sticker would be a great idea to pass time.” Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Bourne Not Available for Comment
Posted: June 13, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: 2016, Associated Press, Donald Trump presidential campaign, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States, Richard Burr, Richard Shelby, RUSSIA, United States Department of Justice, United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Leave a comment
Bob Fredericks writes: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) comically mocked the allegations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions collluded with the Russians during a campaign event at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington during a campaign …
“It’s just like through the looking glass. I mean, what is this? I explained how in good faith I said I had not met with Russians because they were suggesting I as a surrogate had been meeting continuously with Russians. I didn’t meet with them.”
— Attorney General Jeff Sessions
“Mr. Sessions, are you familiar with what spies call trade craft?” Cotton asked, prompting the attorney general to warily reply, “A little bit.”
“That involves things like covert communications and dead drops and brush passes, right? Do you like spy fiction? Do you like Jason Bourne or James Bond movies?” Cotton continued before slamming the probe.
“Have you ever, ever in any of these fantastical situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a sitting United States senator and an ambassador of a foreign government colluded at an open setting with hundreds of other people to pull off the greatest caper in the history of espionage?” he asked, prompting Sessions to laugh for the first time during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Read the rest of this entry »
These Photos of Sad Brooklyn Hipsters in a Bar Watching the Comey Hearing Are Hilarious
Posted: June 8, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Photography, Politics | Tags: Apple Music, Bad Boy Records, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Comey, New York City, Photography Leave a commentKeep drinking.
#Resist
Source: ijr,com
French Magazine Charlie Hebdo Recovers Its Mojo With Controversial Theresa May Cover
Posted: June 7, 2017 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, Terrorism | Tags: 2015 Copenhagen shootings, Al-Bukamal, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Charlie Hebdo, Donald Trump, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, London, Manchester, President of the United States, satire, Suicide attack Leave a comment
What is it with headless humor these days?
The June 7 issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo arrives on the heels of the Manchester and London Bridge terrorist attacks. Indeed, the bubble remark–‘Too much is too much’–comes from remarks made by U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May in the wake of the latter June 3 incidents.
The cover is tasteless. English-language media reaction is just starting to trickle in, but stay car-tooned. There will be lots of it. The cover line, translated, reads as ‘Multiculturalism is the British Way.’
From a U.S. perspective, it’s impossible not to think of the wrath that descended upon comedian Kathy Griffin last week … (read more)
Source: Adweek
