He's Barack Obama!

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The vendor-client relationship in real-world situations

The Vendor-Client Relationship In Real-World Situations (I Am Not Myself)

Must-have iPhone apps for New Yorkers

iAvoid
Utilizes dynamic GPS to route you past annoying sidewalk representatives for Greenpeace, Children International, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Save The Children, Save The Animals, DNC and Amnesty International. To name a few.

Whew. I sure coulda used that one.

Banterist: Three Must-Have iPhone Apps For New Yorkers

Hat tip: Tarus Balog

Facebook Group: World Leaders

Facebook Group: World Leaders (Sage Stossel, The Atlantic)

Chasing the early bird special following the failure of the global banking system

The Forward's Purim joke** this year would do The Onion (or even Heeb) proud:

The Elders of Zion, the venerable and shadowy Jewish organization that controls the international banking industry, news media and Hollywood, has announced that it is disbanding so that members can retire to Florida and live out their golden years on the golf course.

“We had a good run,” said one senior Elder, reminiscing over old photographs of world leaders in his musty, wood-paneled office at an undisclosed location. “Maybe we ran the world for just a little too long. Anyway, now it’s Obama’s problem.”

After a humiliating year left most of its financial holdings, as well as the entire civilized world, on the verge of collapse, the organization has re-defined its mission in terms of bridge games and making it to restaurants for the Early Bird Special.

** Like April Fool's Day, Purim is a holiday where telling whoppers in an attempt to hoodwink someone has evolved into an art form.

Hat tip: Carrie, via Facebook

Proposition 8, The Musical

...book and lyrics by Marc Shaiman, with an all-star cast:



Wow, a lot of multimedia around these parts lately. But you gotta admit that was funny.

Hat tip: deVille

"Explain what's in it? No, no, that's far too boring..."

"...and then it's moved onto Wall Street, and it's rather extraordinary what happens then, and somehow, this package of dodgy debt stops being a package of dodgy debt and starts being what we call a Structured Investment Vehicle..."

John Fortune and John Bird, "The Long Johns," explain the subprime mortgage crisis on the South Bank show.

The conceit is that an expert, "George Parr," played interchangeably by either Mr. Bird or Mr. Fortune, is interviewed by an erudite chat show host played by whoever isn't playing George Parr. (Clear?)

The satire is especially brutal because largely fact-based.

See also: "George Parr" videos on YouTube, but especially George Parr on Iraqi Oil and George Parr, Conservative MP.