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 New York Times | Caustic Comedian in Italy Fosters a Movement Against Traditional Politics New York Times It is through a deft mixture of mordant humor, righteous anger and grass-roots organization that Mr. Grillo's movement is proving to others that it is no joke. Committed to changing Italy's entrenched political system by offering an Internet-driven, ... Beppe Grillo: The new live wire of Italian politics |
 U.S. News & World Report (blog) | How Politicians Are Making You Stupid: Part 1 U.S. News & World Report (blog) Barack Obama jokes with Vice President Joe Biden backstage in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium. Is Mitt Romney an amoral, job-killing buyout king? Or a vital cog of capitalism whose financial worth and know-how make ... |
The week's 10 best political jokes – May 18, 2012 OhMyGov! (blog) By OhMyGov! May 19 2012, 06:05 AM 10. "Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned 28 this week. He got a watch from his girlfriend, a sweater from his parents, and from the rest of us, all of our credit card numbers." –Conan O'Brien 9. |
Political correctness paralyzes the mind The Independent Florida Alligator Chances are, Martinazzi's objections are merely at making jokes at the expense of another culture's political proclivities, rather than out of a genuine desire to stand up for “oppressed” dictators being bullied by the American film industry. |
 Reason Online (blog) | The week's 10 best political jokes – May 11, 2012 OhMyGov! (blog) By OhMyGov! May 12 2012, 06:08 AM 10. "President Obama came out with approval of same-sex marriage. He said that over the years, he has been going through an evolution on the issue. That makes opponents on the far right doubly angry. Obama's politics of distraction Thank the Influence of Money in Politics for President Obama's Gay Marriage ... |
 Baltimore Sun (blog) | With '1600 Penn,' Jason Winer goes from 'Modern Family' to political humor Baltimore Sun (blog) And while "1600 Penn' itself might seem like part of trend toward politically themed dramas and sitcoms, such as the Maryland-made "VEEP" or "House of Cards," none of those series are on network TV — all are cable or digital download. |
 Sydney Morning Herald | All for the pun of it Sydney Morning Herald 'The political punk tag doesn't bother me,'' Aaron Marquet, frontman of Canberra punk band Yoko Oh No, says. ''It's better than the joke-band shtick we've got going at the moment. We aren't a joke band, we're just a band that tells jokes sometimes. |
Getting Serious About the Science of Humor KUNC McGraw's Humor Research Lab—aka HuRL—on the Boulder campus has done studies in recent years testing his theory of benign violation, which attempts to explain why some things are funny, and why other things aren't so funny. KUNC's Grace Hood spoke ... |
 Scrape TV | The week's 10 best political jokes – May 4, 2012 OhMyGov! (blog) Republicans, you're annoyed by the arrogance and braggadocio of a wartime President's political ad. You think he's divisively and unfairly belittling his opponents, I see. I have a question: ARE YOU ON CRACK??? Were you alive, lo, these past ten years? US politics: Cool for 'crats Romney makes jokes at Obama's expense as election starts to get nasty / Scrape ... Jimmy Kimmel still at it: What's with Romney and the rubber chicken? (+video) |
We have met the enemy and he is us Vancouver Sun Describe the federal political par-ties in a single word. That's what Nanos Research asked Canadians to do in a recent survey. Profanity featured in many of the descriptors. Beside these, Nanos reported that many Canadians described Conservatives as ... |
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