Reports - Humor | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/humor/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-03T08:01:36+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/humor/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo A Doctor in the House http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090703_a_doctor_in_the_house/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090703_a_doctor_in_the_house/ bruce cameron, health, health care, humor, medicine, Humor By W. Bruce Cameron

When it comes to the problem of health care costs, I don’t know why everyone doesn’t just do what I do, which is to have a sister who is a doctor.

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]]> 2009-07-03T08:01:36+00:00 Kitten of the Sea http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090128_kitten_of_the_sea/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090128_kitten_of_the_sea/ activism, animals, cameron, fish, food, humor, nature, peta, Humor By Bruce Cameron

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently announced that they’ve gone insane. Of course, that isn’t exactly how they worded it. What they say on their Web site, www.peta.org, is that from now on we should all refer to fish as “sea kittens.”

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]]> 2009-02-02T08:39:51+00:00 Shirtless President-Elect Creates Crisis of Confidence http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081228_shirtless_president_elect_creates_crisis_of_confidence/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081228_shirtless_president_elect_creates_crisis_of_confidence/ borowitz, economy, hawaii, humor, madoff, obama, photos, politics, satire, Humor Global markets swooned this week in reaction to photos showing that President-elect Barack Obama had lost his shirt.

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]]> 2008-12-28T20:44:00+00:00 Caroline Kennedy Asks to Be Time’s Person of the Year http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081221_caroline_kennedy_asks_to_be_times_person_of_the_year/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081221_caroline_kennedy_asks_to_be_times_person_of_the_year/ borowitz, caroline kennedy, kennedy, new york, person of the year, politics, senate, time, Humor Caroline Kennedy would like to be considered Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2009 and has let the magazine’s editor know of her interest in the honor, aides to Ms. Kennedy confirmed this week.

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]]> 2008-12-22T09:35:00+00:00 Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081124_obamas_use_of_complete_sentences_stirs_controversy/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081124_obamas_use_of_complete_sentences_stirs_controversy/ 60 minutes, alaska, borowitz, bush, election, humor, obama, palin, politics, speech, Humor In the first two weeks after the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the last eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

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]]> 2008-11-24T12:13:00+00:00 Palling Around With Meteorologists http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081012_palling_around_with_meteorologists/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081012_palling_around_with_meteorologists/ attack, borowitz, debate, humor, obama, palin, poll, satire, speech, weather, Humor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on the attack today, claiming that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has long-standing ties to The Weather Channel.

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]]> 2008-10-12T22:33:00+00:00 A Moment for Sarah, Then Back to John http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_old_piranha_pants/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_old_piranha_pants/ deregulation, durst, economy, humor, mccain, palin, politics, Humor I’m sorry to be the one to have to say this, Gov. Palin, but you are so earlier-this-month. It’s your partner, John McCain, who’s back in the news. And not in what you call your good way.

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]]> 2008-09-21T22:07:00+00:00 Palin’s Secret to Instant Knowledge http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_palins_secret_to_instant_knowledge/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080921_palins_secret_to_instant_knowledge/ borowitz, gibson, god, interview, mccain, palin, politics, satire, television, Humor GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said today that she was “delighted” with her performance in a much-publicized ABC News interview with Charlie Gibson and gave credit to her “trusty Magic 8-Ball” for helping her come up with answers to “some darn tricky questions,” according to this satirical report.

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]]> 2008-09-21T21:57:00+00:00 Remark Returns to Bite the Governor http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080915_palin_comparison_offends_dog_owners/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080915_palin_comparison_offends_dog_owners/ alaska, borowitz, controversy, convention, dogs, humor, mccain, obama, palin, pit bull, politics, Humor In this tongue-in-cheek report, we learn that pit bull lovers don’t love Palin’s “lipstick” comment.

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]]> 2008-09-15T19:55:00+00:00 Pollsters Probe the Big Bigot Bloc http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080907_poll_obama_faring_poorly_among_racists/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080907_poll_obama_faring_poorly_among_racists/ borowitz, mccain, obama, politics, poll, race, racism, satire, Humor The racists of America are definitely not in the undecided column in the Obama-McCain contest, according to this tongue-in-cheek report.

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