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 2011 2011-03-14T02:59:46+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/humor/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/etch_a_sketch_2_takes_gadget_world_by_storm_20110313/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/etch_a_sketch_2_takes_gadget_world_by_storm_20110313/ andy borowitz, humor, ipad, tablets, tech, ted, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

A new combatant entered the so-called tablet war today, and it’s already getting a big thumbs up from gadget aficionados: the Etch A Sketch 2.

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]]> 2011-03-14T02:59:46+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/unemployment_rose_last_week_by_two_and_a_half_men_20110306/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/unemployment_rose_last_week_by_two_and_a_half_men_20110306/ andy borowitz, charlie sheen, drugs, economy, tv, two-and-a-half men, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

But in a possible boost for the California economy, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer today announced plans to begin marketing a new blockbuster drug called Charlie Sheen.

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]]> 2011-03-07T06:48:21+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ahmadinejad_promises_democratic_reforms_in_egypt_20110220/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ahmadinejad_promises_democratic_reforms_in_egypt_20110220/ ahmadinejad, andy borowitz, bush, democracy, egypt, iran, protests, uprising, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

“Your call for democratic freedoms has been heard loud and clear,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the protesters. “And soon, they will be instituted in Egypt, where you can visit them.”

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]]> 2011-02-20T23:58:44+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/republicans_cut_shirts_from_budget_20110213/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/republicans_cut_shirts_from_budget_20110213/ andy borowitz, christopher lee, congress, egypt, hosni mubarak, house, politics, republicans, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

The lawmakers, who call themselves the Shirtless Republicans and are led by Rep. Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., appeared in the Capitol rotunda this morning naked from the waist up.

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]]> 2011-02-14T00:39:25+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/michele_bachmann_proposes_dont_add_dont_spell_20110130/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/michele_bachmann_proposes_dont_add_dont_spell_20110130/ andy borowitz, congress, constitution, gop, michelle bachman, obama, politics, republicans, speech, state of the union, tea party, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

In addition, Bachmann suggested slashing the federal budget by eliminating nine of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. “I think you know which one I’d keep,” she chuckled.

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]]> 2011-01-31T03:48:03+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/in_new_era_of_civility_gop_says_obama_born_near_america_20110123/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/in_new_era_of_civility_gop_says_obama_born_near_america_20110123/ andy borowitz, barack obama, birthers, congress, gop, health care, john boehner, obama, politics, republicans, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

In a memo, House Speaker John Boehner explained, “From now on, we will say that he was born nearish America, and perhaps even as close as Cuba.”

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]]> 2011-01-24T02:50:32+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/hu_presents_obama_with_counterfeit_dvd_20110123/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/hu_presents_obama_with_counterfeit_dvd_20110123/ andy borowitz, barack obama, china, debt, deficit, diplomacy, hu jintao, nobel, nobel prize, obama, politics, state dinner, white house, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

In a moving White House ceremony today, President Hu Jintao of China presented U.S. President Barack Obama with a counterfeit DVD of the Hollywood blockbuster “Toy Story 3.”

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]]> 2011-01-24T02:48:51+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/fox_news_reports_no_link_between_matches_gasoline_and_fire_20110116/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/fox_news_reports_no_link_between_matches_gasoline_and_fire_20110116/ andy borowitz, cnn, fox news, media, news, rhetoric, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

“Gasoline and matches don’t start fires,” said Fox host Glenn Beck. “People start fires.” Mr. Beck went on to say that there was no link between “oxygen, hydrogen and water.”

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]]> 2011-01-17T08:51:47+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/apple_cancels_press_conference_steve_jobs_oversleeps_20110109/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/apple_cancels_press_conference_steve_jobs_oversleeps_20110109/ andy borowitz, birthers, hawaii, iphone, iphone alarm, obama, politics, tech, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

Also in this edition of the Borowitz Report: Birthers Challenge Hawaii to Produce Statehood Certificate.

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]]> 2011-01-10T03:38:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/blizzard_a_case_of_god-blocking_robertson_says_20110102/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/blizzard_a_case_of_god-blocking_robertson_says_20110102/ 700 club, andy borowitz, blizzard, gay, lgbt, new york, pat roberston, religion, snow, weather, winter, Humor Fake news by Andy Borowitz

The Rev. Pat Robertson sparked controversy in Sunday’s broadcast of his “700 Club” program when he claimed that God created the blizzard currently battering the Northeast “to punish Americans who were planning to drive to do something gay.”

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