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Bad news from the Northern Front, mein Führer

Hitler finds out Obama lost Massachusetts… hehehe.

Samizdata double quote of the day

In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman.

Keith Olbermann, MSNBC host.

To which Mark Steyn responded, under the heading “Homophobic Nude Teabaggers on the March”:

That’s certainly why I’m supporting him. But who knew there were so many of us?

Jack Bauer gives Santa some harsh interrogation

Hilarious (H/T, Glenn Reynolds).

Samizdata quote of the day

“John, talking about a Hare Krishna group who’d been painting a little temple in the grounds of Tittenhurst Park near Ascot, which was briefly his home, was typical. “I had to sack them. They were very nice and gentle, but they kept going around saying ‘peace’ all the time. It was driving me mad.”

John Lennon, as remembered by Ray Connolly. I have mixed feelings about John Lennon – who could support some strenously foolish things at times – but I loved his razer-sharp wit.

Samizdata quote of the day

“An old guy’s wife tells him to go to the butcher shop and get some meat. He goes to the butcher shop and stands in line for hours. Finally the butcher says, “We’re out of meat.” The old guy blows his top. He yells, “I am a worker! I am a proletarian! I am a veteran of the Great Patriotic War! I have fought for socialism all my life, and now you tell me you’re out of meat! What kind of a system is this?! You are fools! You are thieves! . . . ” A big man in a trench coat comes up to the old guy and says, “Comrade, Comrade, not so loud. In the old days you know what they would do if you said such things.” The big man in the trench coat makes a pistol motion with his hand. He says to the old guy, “Calm down and go home.” The old guy shrugs and leaves. He comes back empty-handed, and his wife says, “What’s the matter, are they out of meat?” “Worse than that,” says the old guy, “they’re out of bullets.”

An old Russian joke, as told by the one and only PJ O’Rourke.

Vlad likes Obama!

I came across this gem of a comment by an Obama supporter – assuming the commenter was sincere and not a troll, and it is just too good to go unremarked. The comment was made on a suitably acerbic column by Matt Welch, one of those Reasonoids who have gone very sour indeed on the US president.

Here is the comment:

“I´m american and not angry. i´m happy with our new president. vladimir putin likes him, too. looking forward to his next 3 years as president.”

Priceless.

The wonderful George Carlin

This is superb.

Sunday morning joke

BREAKING NEWS

It has just been reported that the head gardener at The White House has been dismissed after 28 years of loyal service to the many US presidents.

When interviewed the elderly, Caucasian gardener protested his innocence and said:

All I know is I was walking past the Oval Office and I yelled out to my assistants, “Has anyone seen the spade and the hoe?” The next thing I knew I was fired.

I just want to be friends

Check out this hilarious analysis of what you can infer from how people sleep after a one night stand.

Was it as good for you as it was for me?

The One Gives It To ‘Em Straight On Iran

Warning: for the irony-challenged, this is a spoof.

Or maybe not.

Well I would, wouldn’t you?

All I can say is… hehehe.

Read the testimonials… hilarious.

Taxing issues

Via this website is a list of the ten most annoying taxes. I am not sure if I agree with the rankings, but still.

The website does seem to have many attractive features (absolutely! Ed).