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Welcome to the mid-March edition of the Carnival of Snark. This week it’s a light edition, which may once again signal a hiatus for the Carnival while I — and my fellow bloggers — recuperate interest in the dang thing. If you’ve got a blog and you just can’t bear the thought of going without your semi-regular Snarkfest, consider keeping the Carnival alive by submitting your entry for the next one ASAP!
Now that I’ve snarked about all of you, it’s time to get on with other folks’ snark:
And the rest of you apparently had nothing of interest to contribute.
Entries for this week’s Carnival of Snark are due by midnight Saturday. Submit them using our entry form to be included!
After a brief hiatus due to illness, the Carnival of Snark has returned. This week’s entrants include none of the usual suspects, which means there are new blogs waiting for you to discover. And, yes, they snark. Oh my, how they snark!
Stupid Politicians
NK takes on a political perennial, Mayor Richard Daley, with America’s Possible Next President-By-Proxy Wins Re-election As Mayor Of Chicago at Cree Tees.
Adam rails on shoddy simplifications in Righteousness of the Devout at Sophistpundit.
Stupid Schools
Dana, a fellow homeschooling mother, tackles the dreaded S-word in If you want your child socialized…a public school satire at Principled Discovery.
Richard also writes about Public School at Shadowscope.
Will Chen wonders At What Price? Bounty From the Belly of the Big Box Beast at Wisebread.
Stupid People
Bill Losapio, who is apparently not a Limbaugh fan, warns Anyone Attempting to Pursuade Using Limbaugh Logic Will Be Removed From the Premises! at L. William Losapio.
Wenchypoo warns about the War on the War on the Middle Class at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
What discussion of stupid people would be complete without a mention of Maureen Dowd? This week, CapeTownDissentator presents Two Comedians, a Senator, and an Aging Institution at The Dissentators.
Stupid Laws
Dr. Ford Fox, who attended the ACLU vs. NSA federal appeals hearing in Cincinnati, reports that the Government’s lawyers have been reading too much Franz Kafka in Freedom from Government Surveillance at Futurologic Markup Language.
Other Stupidity
Brad, who surfs the internet from his office bathroom, warns us Don’t Make Friends at Work posted at Brad’s Bits (no pun intended).
According to Avant News, California Scientists are Mapping God’s Genome. Mmmm-kay.
Madeleine Begun Kane shares tips on Surmounting Marriage at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Mark A. Rayner has some ideas about fixing the markets in Ask General Kang: Is it a correction? Please tell me it?s a correction! Should I sell? at The Skwib.
That’s it for this week. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Snark using our handy submission form. (Please note: ONLY entries submitted through our form will be accepted for Carnival participation.)
Get thee to Snarking and submit your entry for this weekend’s Carnival of Snark! (Please note that only entries submitted using our handy little form will appear in the Carnival!)
Welcome to the Politically Obvious edition of the Carnival of Snark, where it’s all about stupid politics.
Stupid Politics
Weighing in on the political right, we’ve got Madcap with The Liberal Party And The Two Minutes Hate.
Meanwhile, punching for the political left, we’ve got Madeleine Begun Kane discussing Bellicose Bush.
Rounding up everyone else’s riffs on the State of the Union, Divided We Stand United We Fall presents State of the Union - Comedy Tonight!.
As for the State of the Union itself, Rey Thomas says Bush State of the Union Address Gets “A” for Style, “C” for Substance. [Hmmm. Must be grading on a curve.]
Other Stupidity
From Wenchypoo we’ve got “Food politics,” with Food for the Grist Mill.
Food’s been on Craig Harper’s mind, too, after a recent trip to the grocery store opened his eyes to how we are Rewarding Our Children… with Obesity.
Then, too, there’s the politics of land use: Sean J. Vaughan dissects The Promised Land.
Linoge demonstrates that politics can go where no man has gone before in Jim’s dead, Doc.
That’s it for this week, folks. Submit your entry (one per author, please) to the Carnival of Snark using our submission form. Past posts can be found here in the Archives or on our blog carnival index page.
Welcome to the 25th edition of the Carnival of Snark — an extravaganza of caustic, sarcastic and witty rants from all around the blogosphere! This week we’re snarking about politics, planes, plans, propaganda and people — just because we can.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. - Oscar Wilde
J.C. Wilmore shares with us the leaked text of Cheney’s speech to the General Assembly at The Richmond Democrat.
Rey Thomas interprets what the President said, and what the President meant in The Thomas Political Report.
Divided We Stand United We Fall worries that our new Speaker of the House has been tempted by the One Ring. [But its ourssssss, precioussss!]
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Betrand Russell
Danny Simkin discusses the Making of a martyr at Samson Blinded.
Madcap files one in the Department of Oxymorons under Islamic Justice at The Global Conservative.
Travel is only glamorous in retrospect. - Paul Theroux
Jennifer Miner, host of Suite 101’s Luxury & Resort Travel section, reports that the skies are safer now that TSA Bans Snow Globes on Planes… or are they?
While we’re on the subject of banned materials, Wisebread reminds us that the FBI once considered “It’s a Wonderful Life” as Communist propaganda, so imagine what your grandchildren will think of us banning liquids on airplanes.
Rob O. ponders the way safety measures only shuffle around risk, rather than reduce it, in Risky Business at 2Dolphins.
Slobokan has been thinking along the same lines — sort of — now that Microsoft has synched with Ford.
Maybe Microsoft and Ford can come up with a way to do something about all this global warming, which is currently prompting AJ Lynch to wonder Will Alligators Migrate to the Delaware River?
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. - Woody Allen
Linda Freedman of Everyone Needs Therapy gives a few tips for dealing with those folks who tell you what you’re doing wrong with your sandwich — or with that bagel and cream cheese.
Zachary Wyatt of the Rising Jurist, has a real love-hate relationship with his local coffee house, of which he says Ernest Hemingway Would Not Hang Out Here.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Snark using our handy-dandy Carnival Submission Form. Carnival entries are due Friday at midnight (CST) for next weekend’s Carnival. Until then, get snarking!
The deadline for entering the 25th Carnival of Snark is Saturday at midnight. The Carnival is now published on Sundays so blog readers have something fresh to enjoy on the weekend. To submit your entry, please use the Carnival submission form.
The post-holiday blahs must still be going around in full force, since this week many of our long-time Carnival regulars are Missing in Action. Never fear, though - every week seems to bring new folks to the Carnival, with new points of view and new ways to snark. This week is no exception!
On her way to becoming a regular, Wenchypoo submits a Book Review: Medicare Meets Mephistopheles at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
From Madcap we have the suggestion to Issue Box Cutters to All Passengers posted at The Global Conservative.
J.C. Wilmore says Bush Plans to Win War With Army of Undead at The Richmond Democrat.
Wyatt Earp covers a Busy News Day at Support Your Local Gunfighter.
Randy Combs suggests 5.5 Reasons Why Dennis Kucinich Is Fighting A No Win Battle To Become President at Political Cage Match.
Speaking of scams… Leon Gettler lists the Top Scams of 2006 at Sox First.
John takes on Pat Robertson with It’s Magic! at Hell’s Handmaiden.
Meanwhile, Mister Juggles helps us all understand the give-and-take of love with Relationship Exchange Rates at Long or Short Capital.
That’s it for this week’s Carnival of Snark! Submit your entries for next week’s using our Carnival submission form. Entries are due by midnight Saturday (CST) for Sunday publication.
Until then, Snark on, folks!
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The belated, Post-Holiday Blah edition of the Carnival of Snark is finally here! As they say, good things are worth the wait, and this week’s entrants are no exception. So, with the sucking up out of the way, let’s get on to the Snark!
From Madcap we have a riff on The Liberal Jihadi at The Global Conservative in which Madcap attempts to define “liberal” for, well, liberals.
DWSUWF serves up a round of Bartender! One more Rum & Mac for the road at Divided We Stand United We Fall and reads Colin Powell’s thoughts.
John rants about Heroin Sheikh: US Overthrow Means More Opiates for the Masses at The Largest Minority.
Nerd Mom snarks about the dearth of books written about historical female church leaders at Nerd Family.
Gabe Recchia “reviews” Stephen Colbert’s World of Colbertcraft at Two New Things.
Leon muses on the Top 10 Business Shenanigans for 2006 at Sox First.
Charles H. Green presents Seasonal Sarcasm and Santa: Who Can You Trust? at Trust Matters, saying, “Bah Humbug. Who can you trust to get you what you want? Santa Claus?” Yeah, right.
Miriam Sawyer notes that Dr. Johnson was wrong… at Miriam’s Ideas. (And, no, she’s not referring to that Doc Johnson.)
From Madeleine Begun Kane we have some timely New Year’s Resolution Humor posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Wenchypoo shares some Post-Holiday Commentary at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
And Brian J. Noggle has an Arthur C. Brooks Christmas Moment at Musings from Brian J.
That concludes this belated edition. Considering how miserable I am with chicken pox — as well as how busy life is during the week even without all of this itching and scratching — the Carnival of Snark will now be posted on Sundays. If you’d like to be included in the upcoming edition, please use the Carnival submission form — and thanks to all who did, since it makes posting this so much easier!
Next week’s theme: The Resolutions We Make To Break.
Snark on!
It may be the “most wonderful time of the year,” but that hasn’t stopped the blogosphere from snarking. This week we have a fine collection from those who’ve been naughty and those who’ve been nice. No lumps of coal for these folks — we’ll let them pass out the lumps themselves.
Who’s Been Naughty?
Ben from Yarbroughs, for instance, has visited the rant of autumns past to thump Moby over his August 2005 rant about the right, the government, and everything else that didn’t go his way.
Meanwhile, Madcap at The Global Conservative thumps just about everyone else and concludes that America must have a death wish.
De Doc doesn’t agree. In fact, he’s got a couple of suggestions for folks who belong on Santa’s “naughty doesn’t begin to describe it” list.
Brian J. Noggle’s got a few folks to add to that list, too.
You Oughta Be In Pictures… Or Not.
Gabe at Two New Things: A Webcomic knows that pictures are worth a thousand words, and in this case what he knows is the internet.
But some pictures, well, they’re not merely unworthy of a thousand words… they’re also unworthy of the celluloid upon which they’re filmed, according to Nehring the Edge.
Let Us Eat, Drink and Be Merry
In this season of feasting and plenty, Wenchypoo’s a bit peeved about slackers turning charity into free rides…er, free meals.
What holiday season would be complete without a fat white guy? In this case, the fat guy is Michael Moore, and Bill Losapio’s telling him to get stuffed.
Speaking of getting stuffed… Madeleine Kane at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog has whipped up another helpful marital agreement, this time concerning the exchange of gifts that don’t suck.
We Wish You A Merry CHRISTmas
Yes, it’s sad but true: the Christmas season has become so PC that written contracts concerning the exchange of gifts doesn’t sound all that far-fetched. So PC, in fact, that Teresa at Technicalities reports even private Catholic schools are now singing “Happy Holiday” songs for fear of offending anyone.
But is that truly “politically correct” — or does political correctness lie more in the difference between Democrats and Republicans as Slobokan seems to think?
Naturally, our Muslim counterparts don’t really understand the hooplah surrounding Christmas. Richard Miles, whose bathroom reading time is rather limited, finds it rather onerous to figure out why.
As for me, it turns out I’m not finished with my Christmas shopping after all. There are still stocking stuffers to be purchased, and I’ll be driving all the way across town to find a store with self-checkout just to save myself time.
So, ho, ho, ho and all that. Enjoy these last few days before Christmas. But don’t forget to Snark!
UPDATE: Submitted to Outside the Beltway’s Traffic Jam, where they just don’t get enough snark!
Get your submissions to the Carnival of Snark in by midnight tonight to be included in this week’s edition!
The Snark Hunt is a day late, thanks to my “always on” cable internet provider who was entirely off yesterday. Their excuse? “Oh, sorry — we did an upgrade in your area and apparently you were knocked off in the process.” But that’s ok, I suppose. I’ll be upgrading my checking account later this week, and I’ll be taking the same lackadaisical approach to paying their bill.
So, now that I’m definitely in the mood for it, let’s snark!
Politics, Past and Present
Starting things off nice and easy, Miller’s Time takes aim at rather slow-moving target: Jimmy Carter. (Meanwhile, Drudge gets hit in the cross-fire.)
Speaking of slow… Xrlq wonders how much crow will a Prager eat if a Prager can eat crow?
Teresa at Technicalities reveals that the poison used to Alexander Litvenenko was named after yet another Russian political scandal. Oh, the irony.
Here, There and Everywhere
David E. snarks about immigrants taking U.S. jobs at Worldwide Success.
Gavin provides Mayran Tourist Information at Reverend Qelqoth’s Journal.
Look, Up In The Sky!
Slobokan points out that politics isn’t the only thing that stinks these days.
Avant News discusses The Armstrong Tautologies at Avant News.
Girls, Girls, Girls
Wenchypoo presents Memo to Old-Line Feminists at Wisdom from Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
You always suspected your mother was the root of all your problems. Now, Talia Mana says there’s scientific proof of it at Centre for Emotional Well-Being.
Tis the Season to say ‘Tis
Madeleine Begun Kane discusses Office Party Follies at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, with a helpful little pre-party marital agreement.
Tis also the season to say “Bah Humbug,” which loosely translated means: Snark! Get yours in by next Tuesday to join in the next Carnival of Snark. And, in the meantime, please keep the fruitcakes to yourself.
Submissions are due for the Carnival of Snark, and it’s looking to be the best one yet! Send yours in by midnight tonight!
There are still five days left to get your submissions in to next week’s Carnival of Snark, but why put off what you can do today?
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Uh-oh. Here comes Nancy Pelosi.
Can’t go through her.
Can’t go around her.
Won’t get under her.
Better stomp all over her.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Look out! It’s an advocacy group playing with statistics!
Can’t go over them.
Can’t go around them.
Can’t get under them.
Better wade through them.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Oh my. A school district sending out teachers’ personal data?
Can’t go over them.
Can’t go around them.
Can’t go through them.
Better rip into them.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Whoa, parents withheld allowance when a teen didn’t do his chores?
Can’t walk all over them.
Can’t sneak around them.
Can’t get through to them.
Better obscure them.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Careful, it’s a government report eradicating the word ‘hunger.’
Can’t get over it.
Can’t read through it.
Can’t get on top of it.
Better confuse it.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna have a good time.
What’re we going to see there?
Snark!
Uh-oh. Here comes trouble shaped like an iPod.
Can’t get under it.
Can’t go over it.
Can’t stand to be around it.
Better rant on it.
Going on a snark hunt.
Gonna be next Wednesday.
Wanna be in it?
SNARK!
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