posts tagged “oh the irony”
Sep 1
12:27 pm

Man Already Knows Everything He Needs To Know About Muslims

Sadly, a case of The Onion imitating life.

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 12:27 pm.
Aug 31
9:45 am
Yes, because the thought process that leads you to print up signs ahead of time and then wander the crowd at the Glenn Beck rally looking for someone to pose between you is soooooo not racist.
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Yes, because the thought process that leads you to print up signs ahead of time and then wander the crowd at the Glenn Beck rally looking for someone to pose between you is soooooo not racist.

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Posted: August 31, 2010 at 9:45 am.
Aug 30
3:05 pm
This little number is labeled as the “Glenn Beck Faith Hope Charity” t-shirt. Featuring Jefferson as “Faith” while appropriating the visual language of the Obama campaign. WHUT.
Glenn Beck faith hope charity shirt from Zazzle.com

This little number is labeled as the “Glenn Beck Faith Hope Charity” t-shirt. Featuring Jefferson as “Faith” while appropriating the visual language of the Obama campaign. WHUT.

Glenn Beck faith hope charity shirt from Zazzle.com

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 3:05 pm.
Aug 16
10:38 pm
The Landlord’s Game
Patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, the object of this game was to illustrate the economic inequality inherent in the renter/owner relationship.  From Wikipedia:
Magie based the game on the economic principles of Georgism,  a system proposed by Henry  George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. She knew that some people could find it hard to understand why this happened and what might be done about it, and she thought that if Georgist ideas were put into the concrete form of a game, they might be easier to demonstrate.
The game was manufactured beginning in 1910. In 1935 the patent was ultimately purchased, ironically, by Parker Brothers; they wanted to buy the patents of all competing economy-based board games so as to have a monopoly on the genre. (via Toys as Socialization Agents: Monopoly vs. The Landlord’s Game » Sociological Images
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The Landlord’s Game

Patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, the object of this game was to illustrate the economic inequality inherent in the renter/owner relationship.  From Wikipedia:

Magie based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. She knew that some people could find it hard to understand why this happened and what might be done about it, and she thought that if Georgist ideas were put into the concrete form of a game, they might be easier to demonstrate.

The game was manufactured beginning in 1910. In 1935 the patent was ultimately purchased, ironically, by Parker Brothers; they wanted to buy the patents of all competing economy-based board games so as to have a monopoly on the genre. (via Toys as Socialization Agents: Monopoly vs. The Landlord’s Game » Sociological Images

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Posted: August 16, 2010 at 10:38 pm.
Mar 1
9:11 am

Why the internet will fail

Newsweek article from 1995. Priceless.

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 9:11 am.
Nov 19
12:39 pm
This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
Texas’ gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages
Posted: November 19, 2009 at 12:39 pm.
Jul 9
9:26 am
Newsstands have been treating GQ’s July cover, featuring a nude-but-not-all-hanging-out Sacha Baron Cohen is like porn. But a tipster at a Hudson News in Manhattan has noticed the decision has lead to some interesting juxtapositions. At left In this picture taken near Grand Central Station is an as-the-good-lord-made-her Bar Refaeli on the cover of Esquire. At right is dirty, dirty pornography.
Because women are supposed to be objectified, duh! When a naked man is on a magazine cover it’s all scandalous and gross and stuff.
via Gawker
Newsstands have been treating GQ’s July cover, featuring a nude-but-not-all-hanging-out Sacha Baron Cohen is like porn. But a tipster at a Hudson News in Manhattan has noticed the decision has lead to some interesting juxtapositions. At left In this picture taken near Grand Central Station is an as-the-good-lord-made-her Bar Refaeli on the cover of Esquire. At right is dirty, dirty pornography.

Because women are supposed to be objectified, duh! When a naked man is on a magazine cover it’s all scandalous and gross and stuff.

via Gawker

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 9:26 am.
Jul 5
4:58 pm
 Top 10 Ironic Ads From History - History

Top 10 Ironic Ads From History - History

Posted: July 5, 2009 at 4:58 pm.
Jul 3
6:48 pm
There are few journalistic standards left these days as we have proven on this broadcast again and again.

Bill O’Reilly, in a moment of unintentional irony.

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Posted: July 3, 2009 at 6:48 pm.
Jul 2
2:37 pm
via aatw, via ragbag

via aatw, via ragbag

Posted: July 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm.
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