Comedy

What’s in your melon?

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So the other day I was introduced to That Mitchell and Webb Look through the (science/atheistic) website Pharyngula, with this Mitchell and Webb skit about homeopathy, a subject of particular derision in the skeptic crowd. So I tracked down that show, and that particular episode and I found this sketch that would be right up … Read more

Gates & Seinfeld Plug American Express?

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Hit tip to Little-Storping-On-The-Swuff for bringing to my attention that these much-anticipated Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates Commercials had begun to appear. Unfortunately, I haven’t see it on the air yet, but that’s probably because I’m not in the target demographic and don’t watch the Home Shopping Network, anyway. Some people, apparently, think these are quite funny. … Read more

Shooting reporters for the good of China?

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When I first read this article, I thought the Chinese had come up with a clever way to get rid of pesky journalists in the run-up to their Olympic-committee sponsored propaganda orgy they’ll be having next month. Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media … Read more

Politics

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Much though I hate talking about politics and the international situations, I can’t pass up a cheap shot at the butchers in China. Hat Tip to the Foreigner in Formosa for finding this gem.