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Animated humor with a river cat, fish and frog! Thanks for viewing.

Here Australia's answer to Jon Stewart, Shaun Micallef interviewing the Reserve Bank of Australia's Tony Froth (remember then Fed Chair Alan Greenspan's July 2005 comment that "the apparent froth in the housing markets appears to have interacted with evolving practices in mortgage markets") trying to get to the bottom of it.

In order to keep your sense of humor in these times (see below) CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. BROKER -- What my broker has made me. CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year...

Weekend Update pooning the debate!

Finally, someone has come up with an explanation of the banking crisis that is so simple even a Democratic voter can understand it. Great art is best expressed in the proper medium. The Mona Lisa was done in oils, David in white marble... The artist that did this chose the perfect medium for this tragedy turned farce: Crudely drawn stick figure cartoons. Please go see this, and pass it on to a liberal friend. They may actually learn the truth by accident. There are some bad words in it, and we all know liberals love naughty language! Sub-Prime Recap

All this hilarity is strung up on a plot at once too complicated and too silly to have any independent meaning. Duck Soup can be read as an indictment of the insanity of war and a critique of the relationship between wealth and political power, but to do so is to miss much of the fun. The movie was banned in fascist Italy because it seemed to be a statement against dictatorship. But it makes fun of the entire range of political arrangements and patriotic icons. Mussolini just didn't get it.

the sub-prime crisis as called by two stuffy brits one year ago. ;^) monty python has been resurrected in these two individuals. after about two minutes or so, these two cut to the chase. enjoy...

A teenage girl in Australia awoke when a snake slithered into her bed, wrapped itself around her neck and bit her on the arm. Ashlee Findlay, 16, who is afraid of snakes, spiders and centipedes, spent two hours at a hospital after the attack, the Northern Territory News reported Tuesday. The receptionist said she would be haunted by the incident. "Everyone was a bit freaked," she said.

Since the inception of his candidacy, Barack Obama has reworked the English language to enhance his chances of victory, using words that often bear no relation to his history of tremendous accomplishment. It was only a matter of time before he would issue his own dictionary to clarify this new and exciting language. Suggestions are welcome. bi•par•ti•san•ship \(,)bī-‘pär-tə-zən-,ship\ -- marked by or involving blind obedience among the two major political parties to the ideological and policy dictates of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama change \’ch�nj\ -- a trip back in time to the Jimmy Carter years dis•trac•tion \di-‘strak-shən\ -- any...

"Well, you know, I think the opposition to the war in Iraq was as tough a decision as I've had to make." -- Barack Obama, August 16, 2008 "I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne. What I am opposed to...

Having started my day by checking out the news and opinion on Free Republic, I'm depressed. This is no way to start the day, so I'm going to throw out some of the Obama jokes I've heard and a few I've made up on my own. Add to it. Nothing gets under the skin of the left like humor at their expense. What did Barack Obama ask when he learned that Russia invade Georgia? Is South Carolina next? What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama? One is a well dressed, attractive piece of eye-candy. The other kills her...

Yes Freeper infidels pigs, it is time once again to visit with Uncle Abdul and "The Little Shiek". Join us this week in the Madrassa as we discuss women.

Great site, very funny. Apparently connected with the upcoming conservative move AN AMERICAN CAROL http://www.americancarol.com/

So, you're an intellectual who appreciates the subjectivist economic theory and classical liberal political theory of Friedrich Hayek. And you're also a moviegoer who appreciates the exotic allure of Mexican screen goddess Salma Hayek. But who would win, if they went head to head? Lucky for you, I'm keeping score...

IRAN'S Interior Minister Ali Kordan has admitted to holding a fake Oxford University degree which he thought was valid, coming clean after weeks of controversy, a newspaper reported today. "In a letter to the president on Saturday, Ali Kordan said he had pressed charges against the person who claimed to represent Oxford University in Tehran as soon as he realised his degree was fake," the government daily Iran said.

This english audio video is from a Spanish website. See it at http://www.invertired.com/quimu/videos/25/34

A cute joke. Second article on the page.

Even the folks at NRO seem to think blue chunks are thudding down around us. But the dumb clucks out here in non-political land don’t act nearly as concerned. While I have been struck by how many people today have brought up politics—people I know to be right- or left-leaning, although we usually avoid the topic, just like sex and religion—mostly everyone is stinking mad. They are mad at Wall Street, and they are mad at Washington, and they are mad at the “little people” who are getting off the hook while the rest of us pay our mortgages. Perhaps...

Flitting with disaster BY DAVE BARRY (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Oct. 14, 2001.) A very important issue that we all need to be concerned about is global warming, and we will get to that shortly, but first we need to discuss what happened the other night in my kitchen. It began when I was in the bedroom, flossing my teeth (I keep my teeth in the bedroom). Suddenly my wife burst in and said: ''There's a bat in the kitchen!'' A snappy comeback line would have been: ''No, thanks! I already ate!'' But snappy comebacks are...

Finding your inner lizard (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Aug. 11, 2001.) Today we present an important breakthrough in the ongoing effort by research scientists to figure out what, if anything, men are thinking. But first, we have an important warning concerning a worrisome topic that, unfortunately, is very much on our minds these days: pecan safety. This warning is based on an alarming report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, written by Heather Ratcliffe and sent in by a number (14 million) of alert readers. The report concerns a Pacific, Mo., couple who -- like so many...

Sliding down memory lane (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published April 13, 2003.) Recently, my little brother Phil (he's only 50) gave me a box that wound up with him some years ago, when our mom died and a bunch of family flotsam drifted down one generation. The box contains slides. For you young digital readers, I should explain that slides are transparencies made from photographs. They used to be very popular. When you wanted to look at big, bright images of your vacation, you'd get out your slides, spend a few seconds thinking about what a pain...

Three boys were out fishing one morning, and NObama was out jogging along the adjacent parkway when he tripped and fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below. Before the Secret Service could get to him, the boys saw him thrashing around in the water and pulled him out of the creek. He was so grateful he offered them whatever they wanted. The first said, "I want to go to Disneyland." Nobama replied, "No problem, I'll take you there on my special Senator's airplane." The second one said, "I want a new pair of Nike Air Jordan...

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While we wait for John Robinson to finish feeding the hamsters that work very hard at keeping FR running (applause for the little guys) Here is a very funny commercial that was banned in the Netherlands. Worth watching while we wait! Funny YouTube - Click here

If you're expecting, as we are all expecting, the post-racial Democrats to get more racist in the coming weeks, we have just the thing for you. Print out a bunch of these on card stock and carry them around in case, by expressing even the smallest reservation about the fitness of Barack Obama, you get hit with the R-Bomb. These also come in handy if you misspeak or use a previously racially neutral word that has become racially-charged overnight. Also, do not forget to take one to the polls in November, where you can trade it for your ballot!High Resolution...

In light of the fact that Barack Obama and Joe Biden are drawing fewer and fewer people to their rallies, the duo has decided, after numerous meetings with their campaign, to use "giveaways" in their upcoming town hall meetings as a means of increasing crowd size. Speaking to reporters outside the venue in Green Bay, where he drew a measly 6,000 people for his most recent town hall, Obama, using the portable teleprompter installed in his watch by his campaign, issued this statement: "We understand that our message of hope and change has resonated with the American electorate and hope...

In a stunning announcement made last evening, Barack Obama stated he will, in his new administration, appoint a joint commission called “Commissars for Equality in Sports” (COMMIES) to ensure fairness on the playing field for college football. "It is beyond the pale that a conference, such as the Southeastern Conference, should dominate college football by having 5 of the top 10 teams in the nation. Georgia, Florida, LSU, Alabama and Auburn need to be moved to different conferences. It is irresponsible, wreckless and blatantly wrong for these southern schools to be as good as they are. My COMMIES will ensure...

Good morning, hillbilly mouth-breathers! How are we today? Did we put our shoes on the correct feet and wipe all the drool off our faces before heading outside to plant turnips and whup our kids? Good, good. Now go find a Democrat to help you read the rest of this post. I’ll try not to use words that are too big or fancy but if you come across something you don’t understand, your Democrat friend is right there to explain everything. I’ve been concerned ever since I ran the reader poll that showed me that 95% of you are ignorant...