Tag: Humor
By David J. Theroux | Wednesday June 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM PDT | 3 Comments
On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart powerfully attacks President Barack Obama as a hypocrite and power-mongering opportunist regarding the writ of habeas corpus and other legal standards as protected under the U.S. Constitution. As Stewart shows, Obama repeatedly claimed that he was going to reverse the unconstitutional assaults on civil liberties...
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Tags: American History, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Elections, Fascism, Humor, Iraq, Liberty, Media, Middle East, Military, Morality, Peace, Personal Liberty, Politics, Presidential Power, Propaganda, Surveillance, Terrorism, The State, Torture, Transparency, Video, War
By David J. Theroux | Saturday May 29, 2010 at 4:20 PM PDT | 2 Comments
Here is The Onion-SPAN2 satirically reporting on a “hearing” for the emergency bill H.R. 323 (under the provisions of the National Emergency Legislation Act) that has been proposed by a bipartisan group of congressmen, “The IHOP Should Stay Open All Night So That We Can Get Some Pancakes Act.” Submitted the previous night at...
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Tags: Bailouts, Budget and Tax Policy, Business, Corruption, Food, Government subsidies, Humor, Law, Media, Personal Liberty, Politics, Regulation, Video
By Mary Theroux | Tuesday May 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM PDT | 6 Comments
Attending the Fourth International Conference on Climate Change, I was surprised by the response Stephen McIntyre, primary author of the Climate Audit blog, and early exposer of Michael Mann’s fraudulent “hockey stick” graph (and continuing exposer of the numerous additional “hockey sticks“), gave to a question as to how he got involved in this...
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Tags: Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Humor, Philosophy, Poverty, Power, Propaganda, Regulation, Science, Transparency, United Nations
By Emily Skarbek | Wednesday May 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM PDT | 1 Comment
Tags: Humor, Regulation, Uncategorized
By Jonathan Bean | Wednesday April 28, 2010 at 8:33 AM PDT | 4 Comments
In recent years, threats from Islamic extremists have resulted in murder of those simply depicting Mohammed (forbidden by Islamic tradition, although not unknown to Islamic culture). From a prominent woman who fled Islamic death threats: “‘South Park’ and the Informal Fatwa” In a profile of cowardice, Comedy Central responded to a recent death threat...
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Tags: American History, Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Liberty, Middle East, Personal Liberty
By David J. Theroux | Thursday March 18, 2010 at 1:18 PM PDT | 2 Comments
Here is a hilarious, prescient, classic skit with Christopher Walken and Tim Meadows from NBC TV’s Saturday Night Live on the “Census Bureau.” The skit originally aired during the previous Census on April 8, 2000. HT: Paul Theroux
Tags: Civil Liberties, Employment, Humor, Liberty, Media, Personal Liberty, Unemployment, Video
By David J. Theroux | Monday February 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM PDT | 6 Comments
Audi ran a most insightful and disturbing, yet hilarious, Super Bowl ad on “The Green Police” and the very real meaning, threat, and foolishness of “environmental” statism. Please also see the following Independent Institute books: The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America, by Robert H. Nelson Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives...
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Tags: Business, Criminal Justice, Energy, Environment, Fascism, Global Warming, Humor, Law, Liberty, Media, Morality, Personal Liberty, Police, Religion, Science, Socialism, Surveillance, The State, Video
By Robert Higgs | Tuesday December 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM PDT | 9 Comments
Copenhagen scam Snow in Louisiana Turn up thermostat ________________ Health care reform hoax Splendid investment they say Fog will lift next year ________________ Afghanistan war Soldiers in cold winter fight Widows wearing black ________________ Change you can believe Dark clouds on the horizon Night comes on quickly ________________ Frightened birds take flight False hopes...
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Tags: Budget and Tax Policy, Civil Society, Corruption, Elections, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Healthcare, Humor, Morality, Politics, Socialism, The State, War
By Mary Theroux | Friday October 9, 2009 at 9:36 AM PDT | 4 Comments
The Man in the Moon issued a statement protesting the naming of U.S. President Barack Obama as this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day as the unprovoked missile attack against his unarmed, peaceful nether-regions. On Earth, others similarly questioned the designation, citing continuing U.S. involvement in conflicts around the...
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Tags: Humor, Iran, Iraq, Presidential Power, War