November 30 » Things That Amuse Me http://www.nov30.org One Portlander Writing about Peace and Social Justice Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:16:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 I’m staying up too late watching Colbert http://www.nov30.org/2009/03/12/im-staying-up-too-late-watching-colbert/ http://www.nov30.org/2009/03/12/im-staying-up-too-late-watching-colbert/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:58:45 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/?p=137 I have not been posting lately, but I’ve been staying up late to watch Colbert. My two most recent favorites:

Colbert Does Wyoming (Colbert taunts the U.S. Representative from Wyoming)

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221062/march-09-2009/better-know-a-district—wyoming-s-at-large—cynthia-lummis

Colbert Takes on the “Rand Illusion” A brilliant segment on the right-wing call to look out for yourself in these difficult times

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221330/march-11-2009/intro—03-11-09

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]]> http://www.nov30.org/2008/07/31/dont-deport-me-scotty/feed/ 0 Zoos and Prisons… Together Thanks to the Onion http://www.nov30.org/2008/06/26/zoos-and-prisons-together-thanks-to-the-onion/ http://www.nov30.org/2008/06/26/zoos-and-prisons-together-thanks-to-the-onion/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:53:17 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/?p=101 [Read more...]]]> Quite a satire from the Onion…

Image from the Onion: Prison and Zoo merge

SAN DIEGO—Plagued by a lack of funding and growing staff shortages, the San Diego Zoo and Ironwood State Prison were combined earlier this week, bringing local inmates and wildlife together for the first time under the same roof.

The new state-of-the-art facility—which will house 12 separate cell blocks, a reptile house, two weight rooms, and a primate sanctuary—is expected to save the state of California up to $5 million in operation costs over the next year. Read the whole thing…

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]]> http://www.nov30.org/2008/06/26/zoos-and-prisons-together-thanks-to-the-onion/feed/ 0 Biggest Drawing in the World http://www.nov30.org/2008/05/27/biggest-drawing-in-the-world/ http://www.nov30.org/2008/05/27/biggest-drawing-in-the-world/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 06:00:16 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/?p=97 This is a work of fictional art… but it is darn cool looking:

http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx

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]]> http://www.nov30.org/2008/05/27/biggest-drawing-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Better Know a Gay Lobbyist http://www.nov30.org/2008/02/07/better-know-a-gay-lobbyist/ http://www.nov30.org/2008/02/07/better-know-a-gay-lobbyist/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:22:58 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/2008/02/07/better-know-a-gay-lobbyist/ [Read more...]]]> Stephen Colbert has topped himself with his “Better Know a Lobbyist” interview of Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign. They cover such fertile ground as:

“Are you gay for Huckabee?”

“If gay marriage becomes legal, what’s to stop a gay man from coming into my house and gay-marrying me? Marriage is forever.”

Take five minutes, check out the video… and he says there’s more tomorrow!

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml

(I can’t provide a direct link, so look for “Better Know a Lobbyist” on Feb 06 08.

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]]> http://www.nov30.org/2008/02/07/better-know-a-gay-lobbyist/feed/ 0 Selling us Iraq http://www.nov30.org/2007/12/09/selling-us-iraq/ http://www.nov30.org/2007/12/09/selling-us-iraq/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:11:05 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/2007/12/09/selling-us-iraq/ My friend Jeannie told me about this MadTV skit from earlier this year about the “Apple I Rack” and so I had to see it for myself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjLEwZqcQI

(I embedded it, but it wrecked my layout, so you’ll have to go over to YouTube.)

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Take a few minutes to email your congressional contingent and tell them to rein in the FCC. Supposedly this will be open for public comment, at which point I will post about it again. For some helpful background, check out http://www.stopbigmedia.com/chart.php
Or if you like to learn about issues by playing games, then you should try Whack a Murdock.

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]]> http://www.nov30.org/2007/10/20/media-consolidation-makes-me-mad/feed/ 0 Colbert Takes Over Dowd’s Column in Ironic Coup d’moi http://www.nov30.org/2007/10/16/colbert-takes-over-dowds-column-in-ironic-coup-dmoi/ http://www.nov30.org/2007/10/16/colbert-takes-over-dowds-column-in-ironic-coup-dmoi/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:38:53 +0000 Kathleen http://www.nov30.org/2007/10/16/colbert-takes-over-dowds-column-in-ironic-coup-dmoi/ [Read more...]]]> I’ve got a hold on Stephen Colbert’s new book at Multnomah County Library, and expect to be reading it by the end of the month. The book’s debut means that he is now in every corner of the corporate media instead of just Comedy Central. Check out his visit to the pages of the Times. He opens con ganas:

I’d like to thank Maureen Dowd for permitting/begging me to write her column today. As I type this, she’s watching from an overstuffed divan, petting her prize Abyssinian and sipping a Dirty Cosmotinijito. Which reminds me: Before I get started, I have to take care of one other bit of business:

Bad things are happening in countries you shouldn’t have to think about. It’s all George Bush’s fault, the vice president is Satan, and God is gay.

There. Now I’ve written Frank Rich’s column too.

Go on, you know you want to read the whole column.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qKD-Ph7ds

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