Larry King returns to reluctantly moderate the "Yahoo! News Funny or Die GOP Presidential Online Internet Cyber Debate." It's set up to look like Hollywood Squares and ends with the Reagan speed round, in which candidates see who can say Ronald Reagan's name the most. The winner is Jon Huntsman but just like in real life no ... [Read More]

Way back in August, presidential candidate Herman Cain chose to close the Iowa debate by quoting a poet, who turned out to be disco queen Donna Summer singing the Pokémon: The Movie 2000 theme. As soon as this happened we should have known "Herman Cain is an Art Project" says Rachel Maddow. She points to other cultural ... [Read More]

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thinks child labor laws are "truly stupid." While speaking at Harvard, Gingrich chided child labor laws for institutionalizing poverty. "It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in child laws which are truly stupid. Saying to people you ... [Read More]

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is becoming quite adept at sticking things in her mouth, like her foot. On the Tonight Show, Jay Leno challenged her positions on everything from taxes to the gays. Leno asked, “If you become president, and you seem pretty strident in your views, could you ... [Read More]

9/11 conspiracies go mainstream in The Big Lie by Image Comics, a publisher better known for titles like Spawn and The Walking Dead. The Truther comic book, which features Uncle Sam as narrator, has no qualms about being propaganda. "It's obviously more 'propaganda' than those other approaches [referring to titles like Catch ... [Read More]

Ever since Abu Ghraib, the military has been walking on eggshells to be culturally sensitive. They've banned soldiers from cursing or talking about politics, religion or girls around Afghans for fear of offending them. But marines are crying foul on the latest addition to the military code of conduct. The Military Times ... [Read More]

Hurricane Irene may have fizzled out but El Bloomito is still going strong with over 20,000 followerusos. New Yorker Rachel Figueroa-Levin created the Twitter account to parody the Mayor's Spanish storm updates with humorous tweets like "Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!" Rachel promises "I'll continue ... [Read More]