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SNL skit gets the facts they' rather hide.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:17:20 GMT

clipped by: davboz
clipper's remarks: Kudos to SNL for the balance in parody of the best kind. That which doesn't have to change the reality in any fundamental way. Because it iis so on point.
DLoad it for yourself right here:
http://msunderestimated.com/SNLBailoutSkit.wmv
Click to it here:
http://patdollard.com/2008/10/it-is-here-the-banned-snl-skit-cannot-hide-from-louie/
http://patdollard.com/tags/video/
See the slightly moderated version after they remove references to the Golden West Mortgage folks who are BIG leftwing donors. Word is NBC is scouring the net to get the old one off. TOO LATE!
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/c-span-bailout/727521/

Clip Source: terryfrank.net

If you’ve missed the dust-up over the SNL skit pulled from their website, you can check it out at Pat Dollard’s.

It is absolutely brilliant. I don’t who wrote the skit, but it was awesome. And so true…

Click here to watch.

Clip Source: eddriscoll.com

Somebody doesn't want you to watch it--isn't that reason enough to click over?

Clip Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

The sketch, which lampooned a C-SPAN news conference about the government's economic bailout package, labeled a couple as "People who should be shot" for making $24 billion off the subprime bonanza. Funny, right?

Not when the characters, Herb and Marion Sandler, are a real-life couple who built Golden West Financial into a super lender and sold out to Wachovia.

Shortly after NBC pulled the sketch from the Internet, it was reposted without references to the couple's "corrupt activities"

Trash Talking Sarah Palin tells supporters "I would kill to win Florida!"

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:57:36 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of course, fictitious.

Clip Source: www.unconfirmedsources.com

Sarah Palin told Florida's voters on Monday to expect more "blatant lies, drastic exaggerations and other tough talk" from her as she seeks to stop Barack Obamas rise in the polls. Palin declared "I would kill to win Florida!"

For McCain to have any chance of winning the state in November the campaign must back off "issues" and launch a full scale attack on the personal of Obama.

Florida is a critical must win for McCain

Sarah Palin has been rehashing attacks first launched by Hillary Clinton during the heated Democratic primary. The attacks are targeting Obama's judgment and character. Palins speeches include the unsubstantiated charge that the Illinois senator has close ties to Bill Ayers, a former member of the 1960s-era militant Weather Underground and that Barack Obama is a black moslem ready to hand over the United States to Osama Bin Laden if elected.

Tags: satire, unconfirmedsources

"Hey Sarah Palin" with lyrics!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:19:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Hey there Delilah" parody

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Senate passes bill to bailout rescue Las Vegas gamblers

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:16:27 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of course, fictitious.

Clip Source: www.unconfirmedsources.com

U.S. Senator Harry Reid speaks in favor of the economic rescue plan for Las Vegas casinos

Senators debated a $3 trillion ~~bailout~~ rescue package for Las Vegas gamblers

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) read a letter from a Las Vegas casino ~~executive~~ cashier, who was ~~fired for embezzling corporate funds~~ laid off due to the economic ~~recession~~ slowdown

The ~~bailout~~ rescue plan calls for the U.S. Treasury to buy up gambling debt certificates from insurance companies, investors, and the casinos

"Over the years, I have amassed huge gambling debts. My wife left me, and I had to stop paying my mortgage payments on my mansion," explained a well-known former NBA basketball star who at one time played with the Phoenix Suns, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Thanks to lawmakers in Washington, I won't have to worry about making my mortgage payments, nor paying my gambling debts. For a while, I really thought the ~~mafia's~~ casino's collection agents were going to ~~have me killed~~ make me pay up."

Tags: satire, unconfirmedsources

Americans now fleeing to Mexico

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:07:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of course, fictitious.

Clip Source: www.unconfirmedsources.com

A group of young, former Lehman Bros. executives make plans to cross the border into Mexico.

Faced with seemingly insurmountable financial and personal hurdles, Americans have been streaming across the border into Mexico in the hopes of finding a better quality of life.

Mexican border patrol agents have abandoned searching for Mexicans crossing into the US and are now focused on Americans crossing into Mexico.

One American who was caught crossing the border was former Lehman Bros. Financier Ralph Goldman. "I just want a better life for my wife and kids", Goldman tearfully explained to the Mexican border patrol agent. "All the money and jobs have come here. The weather is nicer. Houses are cheaper. The banks haven't failed. I could have a life here".

Lame Duck President George W. Bush promised those who remain in America a $25 McDonald's gift certificate in addition to their economic stimulus checks. However, the House and Senate have not yet verified the gift certificate offer.

Tags: satire, unconfirmedsources

Political Satire Stronger Than Candidates

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:20:13 GMT

clipped by: citizenbfk
clipper's remarks: This is a good article about extra-wonderful satire and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin (the first quote clipped here)...and a couple of nice slashes at Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden.

These comedy sketches are becoming more well-known than the candidates themselves. Many folks now, when they hear Palin speak, wonder ahead to how SNL will parody it.

Palin, certainly, gives the comics a lot of material to work with.

A link to a video of the skits is at the bottom of this article.

With the elections just a bit more than three weeks from now, we have to "press on," -- these Republicans are like vampires and to kill them you really have to drive a stake through their heart: They're not dead till they're dead.

At least with our talented comics we not only can 'press on,' but laugh-on as well.

Clip Source: features.csmonitor.com

“Gwen, we don’t know if this climate change hoozie-what’s-it is man made or if it’s just a natural part of the ‘End of Days,’” she said. “But I’m not gonna talk about that. I would like to talk about taxes, because with Barack Obama, you’re gonna be paying higher taxes. But not with me and my fellow maverick. We are not afraid to get maverick-y in there and ruffle feathers and not got to allow that. And also, too, the great Ronald Reagan.”

“Look, I love John McCain,” he began. “He is one of my dearest friends. But at the same time, he’s also dangerously unbalanced. I mean, let’s be frank, John McCain - and again, this is a man I would take a bullet for - is bad at his job and mentally unstable. As my mother would say, ‘God love him, but he’s a raging maniac. And a dear, dear friend.”

parody of Biden’s schizophrenic feelings toward McCain.

Weird Al Will Release Music As He Records It

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:07:16 GMT

clipped by: David M Ewalt
clipper's remarks: Parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic says that thanks to the internet, he can now release songs whenever he completes them, and doesn't have to wait until he's got a whole album done.

It's a big deal for an artist like Al, who produces very topical music -- and perhaps its another nail in the coffin of album-centric music. Why go through all the cost and complication of recording, releasing, and promoting an album every few years, when you can just cheaply churn out singles and provide a more reliable revenue stream?

Clip Source: blog.myspace.com

Remember when I said I was going to start releasing tracks to iTunes as soon as I finished recording them? Well, I'm in the studio this very moment – and the first track released from my next album will be available on iTunes a week from today (October 7)!

This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated – I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. It kind of boggles my mind – I thought of the idea for this new song a week ago, and next week it's getting released!

iTunes will have an exclusive on this song for two weeks, after which I guess it will be available wherever else digital downloads are sold. But I'm really kind of hoping this sucker will chart, so if you can, please buy it the first week it's out!

Tags: weird al yankovic, music, downloads

WHO is Gaffe Prone?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Parody.

Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Journalists continue to ask, “What was John McCain thinking in selecting the gaffe-prone Gov. Sarah Palin?”

Recently, for example, in an exclusive interview with news anchor Katie Couric, Palin gushed, “When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the, you know, princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’ ” Apparently the former Alaskan beauty queen failed to realize that in 1929 there was neither widespread television nor was Franklin Roosevelt even President.

For example, Palin — who has had past associations with reactionary groups — caused a storm earlier when she characterized Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama in seemingly racialist terms: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”

Mitt Romney is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America.

Tags: palin, biden

Artist Builds Temple of Science

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:17:40 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.wired.com

Artist Builds Temple of Science

At a time when the gulf between religion and science is growing ever greater, an artist has erected a temple for scientific worship

Jonathon Keats, designer of the petri dish God, built The Atheon to get people thinking about what a scientific religion (or religious science?)

Keats' conception of that idea took shape as a two-story building complete with stained-glass windows patterned after cosmic microwave background radiation and a liturgy based on the sounds of the Big Bang. The Atheon opened Sept. 27

Wired.com: Do you actually take the worship of the science seriously, or is it a parody?

he just wants to give people a chance to think. In December, he'll host a public discussion at the Atheon, with people invited to bring their own models.

I'm much more attracted to science for its questioning quality, and this overlaps with a respect for mystery in religion

Bigots Demand Context. Whine that We Just Don't Understand

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:04:14 GMT

clipped by: zizzy
clipper's remarks: Ha!

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Rush is upset that the Obama camp is portraying him as being a bigot.

By quoting a bigoted statement he's made.

The Obama campaign is running new Spanish language ads in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico which quote Limbaugh as using the phrase "stupid and unskilled Mexicans" and telling Mexicans to "shut your mouth, or get out" of America

In his WSJ piece Limbaugh doesn't deny making the statements. His issue is that the statements are taken out of context.

Context?

What is it with bigots that makes them think there is a context for bigotry? When much was made of that paragon of virtue Bill Bennett's assertion "if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country,"

Bill and his supporters claimed that statement was taken out of context.

what's missed by the chattering classes is that these are actually -- according to Rush -- "humorous monologue(s)" or "parody

You know, the way Amos and Andy was penetrating social satire

palin: parody vs reality

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:25:55 GMT

clipped by: kroqben
clipper's remarks: it's like palin just writes the snl sketches now

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Poor Sarah

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:29:09 GMT

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Clip Source: warner.blogs.nytimes.com

I saw a woman fully aware that she was out of her league, scared out of her wits, hanging on for dear life. I saw this in the sag of her back in her serious black suit, in the position of her hands, crossed modestly atop her knees, and in that “Mad Men”-era updo, ever unchanging, like a good luck charm.

“He’s probably the first Jew she’s ever met,” one older gentleman, who himself had grown up as one of the only Jews in pre-World-War-II Lincoln, Neb., said of her meeting with Kissinger.

“No, there was Joe Lieberman,” his wife reminded him, putting me in a mind of the comedian Sara Benincasa’s utterly hilarious Palin parody, as a chorus of “despicable” and “disgusting” filled the room.

Incompetence has consequences, political and personal. Glorifying or glamorizing the sense of just not being up to the tasks of life has consequences, too. It means that any woman who exudes competence will necessarily be excluded from the circle of sisterhood. We can’t afford any more of that.

A Murderous Comedy of Errors

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:23:24 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Change? Try to laugh, please.

Clip Source: www.newstatesman.com

Try to laugh, please. The news is now officially parody and a game for all the family to play.

Why are "we" in Afghanistan? Answer: "To try to help in the country's rebuilding programme."

Why are "we" in Iraq? Answer: To "plant a western-style open democracy".

noble democratic reasons

Try to laugh, please.

bombing of civilian areas has doubled, along with the deaths of civilians,

no-bid contracts handed to the major western oil companies for ownership of Iraq's oil. "Theft" is a more truthful word.

consider the devastation of Iraq's health

by the ubiquitous dust from British and US depleted uranium weapons.

a cancer epidemic has been suppressed

almost half of all deaths in the contaminated southern provinces were caused by cancer.

Try to laugh, please, at the recent happy-clappy Nurembergs from which will come the next president of the United States.

McCain,

and Obama share essentially the same dangerous prescriptions.

a 21st-century military

bases worldwide

stay on the offensive

promises of more bombs

The Lost Vagina Monologue

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:11:40 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: "Vaginas are awesome!"

Clip Source: video.google.com

The Lost Vagina Monologue

3 min

The Vagina Monologues were first written and performed by Eve Ensler in 1996. Each monologue is from the voice of a woman who relates to her vagina in a different way. One of the original monologues was never performed because Ensler decided it did not fit with the rest. For the first time ever, you can now see a performance of this lost Vagina Monologue. It is from the voice of a 20 year-old college male. It is titled, "Vaginas are awesome." This is a celebratory parody.

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Sophie monks pictures paparazzi style

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:09:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Sophie Monk's private paparazzi-style pictures

e purporting to be Sophie Monk published

AUSTRALIA'S answer to Paris Hilton sparked a Facebook frenzy, after a profilcandid shots of the star filming her new reality series.

See Sophie Monk's private pictures ... and many more.

Despite a drama over the veracity of the Facebook pages, online traffic to the images has done for Monk what Hilton's sex tape did for her profile - sent it skyhigh in cyberspace.

SOPHIE Monk has taken on the gossip sites at their own game, by posting a series of revealing - and downright daft - pap-style pics of herself on her Facebook site. See them l

The 28-year-old former Bardot singer turned up the cheese for the camera crew during filming in the Hollywood Hills last week.

The Paris parody could prove small screen revenge for Monk, after her ex-boyfriend Benji Madden began dating Hilton soon after their split.