What a great idea!

The budget problem in the US is caused by the fact that people want a lot of the services that the government provides but don’t want to pay for them. That great economic genius Donald Trump knows how to solve this: tax other countries!

It’s quite astonishing that no one has thought of this simple solution before.

The Daily Show on CPAC

Conservatives got together for their annual shindig and their leaders tried their hand at stand-up comedy. Jon Stewart rates the performances.

– C-SNAP

The strolling gorilla

Ambam has figured out how to walk the walk. Maybe he will later talk the talk?

Watch the video of Ambam (after the commercial).

I think that as Ambam moves around, they should play this song by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Whenever I hear this song, I want to yell out, “For heaven’s sake Frankie, why don’t you sing like a man?”

This Modern World

Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow’s take on the events Egypt and Obama’s response.

The problem of each religion claiming to be true

Jesus and Mo and Moses struggle with the problem of reconciling the contradictory absolutism of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, while Stephen Colbert, Steve Carrell, and Jon Stewart debate the merits of the same three religions.

(via Machines Like Us)

Prank on call center

All of us have likely had bad experiences with call centers where, after navigating through the menus, one gets transferred amongst various people, with the calls sometimes abruptly cut, and have to repeat your problem over and over again. In Belgium, exasperation with a particularly notorious outfit called Mobistar drove a group of people on a comedy show into playing a prank on them to have them experience the frustration their customers felt. (Note: The symbols that appear such as 05u22 refer to the time, in this case 5:22 am.)

(via Sadly No.)

Super Bowl ads

I watched most of the Super Bowl game and of course saw the ads. My problem is that although I remember ads, I almost never remember the product that is being advertised. So when the next day people rave about or pan the ads by product name, I have no idea which ones they are talking about unless they describe it. If you are like me, you can see most of the ads here.

I do remember that some of them were weird, some awful, some incomprehensible, and a few rather nice.

Stephen Colbert on Bill O’Reilly’s latest argument for god

Recall that Bill O’Reilly’s argument that “the tide comes in, the tide goes out, so god exists” received considerable and well-deserved derision. He then expanded on what he meant, which resulted in further hilarity all around, such as this response from Stephen Colbert.