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Mr Jefferson

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New "Starbucks" Logo

A follow up to this story. Where Egyptian cleric Sarwat Higazi claims that the girl in the Starbucks logo is Queen Esther, Queen of the Jews. So I designed, free of charge, a sharia compliant logo.

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Steven Crowder: Torture and Gitmo!

Contradictions of Socialism

From the Red Cube.

There was a time in recent American history when certain Soviet jokes didn't work in translation - not so much because of the language differences, but because of the lack of common sociopolitical context. But that is changing. As President Obama is preparing us for a great leap towards collectivism, I find myself recollecting forgotten political jokes I shared with comrades while living in the old country under Brezhnev, Andropov, and Gorbachev. (I was too young to remember the Khrushchev times, but I remember the Khrushchev jokes.) I also noticed that the further America "advances" back to the Soviet model, the more translatable the old Soviet jokes become. ~

Not all Soviet advancements have metastasized here yet, but we have four more glorious years to make it happen.

One of my favorite political jokes is this:

The six dialectical contradictions of socialism in the USSR:

• There is full employment - yet no one is working.
• No one is working - yet the factory quotas are fulfilled.
• The factory quotas are fulfilled - yet the stores have nothing to sell.
• The stores have nothing to sell - yet people got all the stuff at home.
• People got all the stuff at home - yet everyone is complaining.
• Everyone is complaining - yet the voting is always unanimous.

Then I moved to America, where wild and crazy opposites of capitalism were supposedly at their worst.

Economic justice:

• America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.
• Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
• They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
• Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.
• The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
• They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

Hollywood cliches:

• Without capitalism there'd be no Hollywood - yet filmmakers hate capitalism.
• Filmmakers hate capitalism - yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies.
• They sue for unauthorized copying - yet on screen they teach us to share.
• On screen they teach us to share - yet they keep their millions to themselves.
• They keep their millions to themselves - yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity.
• They revel in stories of American misery and depravity - yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism.
• They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism - yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible.

People's power:

• Liberals believe they're advancing people's power - yet they don't believe people can do anything right without their guidance.
• People can't do anything right - yet the government bureaucracy can do everything.
• The government bureaucracy can do everything - yet liberals don't like it when the government takes control of their lives.
• Liberals don't like it when the government takes control of their lives - yet they vote for programs that increase people's dependency on the government.
• They vote for programs that increase people's dependency on the government - yet they believe they're advancing people's power.

Bush and the media:

• The media said Bush was dumb - yet he won over two intelligent Democrats.
• He won over two intelligent Democrats - yet the media said his ratings were hopeless.
• The media said his ratings were hopeless - yet the 2004 electoral map was red.
• The 2004 electoral map was red - yet the media said his policies failed.
• The media said his policies failed - yet the economy grew and the war was won.
• The economy grew and the war was won - yet the media said we needed "change."

Public education:

• Liberals have been in charge of education for 50 years - yet education is out of control.
• Education is out of control - yet liberal teaching methods prevail.
• Liberal teaching methods prevail - yet public schools are failing.
• Public schools are failing - yet their funding keeps growing.
• Their funding keeps growing - yet public schools are always underfunded.
• Public schools are always underfunded - yet private schools yield better results for less.
• Private schools yield better results for less - yet public education is the only way out of the crisis.

Foreign radicals*:

• Foreign radicals hate America - yet they're all wearing American blue jeans.
• They're all wearing American blue jeans - yet they disdain American culture.
• They disdain American culture - yet they play American music, movies, and video games.
• They play American music, movies, and video games - yet they call Americans uncivilized.
• They call Americans uncivilized - yet they expect Americans to defend their civilization.
• They expect Americans to defend their civilization - yet they think American capitalism is outdated.
• They think American capitalism is outdated - yet most of their countries require American handouts.

(* Some US politicians have similar opinions about their redneck constituents - yet they won't shut up about how proud they are to have their mandate.)

Liberals and taxes:

• Liberals want to help the poor - yet they won't give money to charities.
• They won't give money to charities - yet they'd like the government to become a gigantic charity.
• They'd like the government to become a gigantic charity - yet the money has to be taken from people by force.
• The money has to be taken from people by force - yet they call it welfare.
• They call it welfare - yet higher taxes make everyone poorer.
• Higher taxes make everyone poorer - yet liberals find ways not to pay taxes.
• Liberals find ways not to pay taxes - yet they get to be chosen to run the government.

Liberals and the CIA:

• The CIA is a reactionary institution - yet its agents always leak information that helps liberals politically.
• CIA agents always leak information that helps liberals politically - yet liberals say the CIA is clueless.
• Liberals say the CIA is clueless - yet in their movies the CIA is running the world.
• In their movies the CIA is running the world - yet they tell us that better intelligence could have prevented the war.
• Better intelligence could have prevented the war - yet "enhanced interrogations" of captured terrorists must not be allowed.

Kim Jong Il Eharmony

Finding love is so hard.

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President Barack Obama waves and learns the door on Marine One is much shorter than he is, and bumps his head slightly, after denying claims that the stimulus bill contains a $3.7B earmark for protective headgear.

Senate Seat for sale on ebay

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BREAKING: Feds Seize Blagojevich eBay Account

CHICAGO - The ongoing corruption probe into Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich took a dramatic turn this evening, as federal agents working for US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced that they had seized the governor's eBay account. It is as yet unknown how the latest seizure will effect the outcome of the case.

IOWAHAWK EXCLUSIVE! RUSH UPDATE!

Leaked documents from latest sealed federal indictment (click to embiggen)

Youse guys jus' have to laugh to keep from cryin'.

Osama Christmas

It's a little early for this, but what the heck.

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