Tag: Humor - Page 8
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Stephen Colbert Finds "Missing" Gulf Spill Oil (Video)
Last week, one of the dominant narratives in the news coverage of the BP Gulf spill was that all the oil from the nearly 200 million gallon spill had just up and disappeared. Good thing Stephen Colbert wasn't buying the
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"(Tar) Balls in Your Mouth" - Jimmy Fallon's BP Spill Song
It's been a really crappy week -- what with the definitive death of climate legislation in the Senate and the ongoing fallout from the BP Gulf spill and all. So, suffice to say that I needed this: A hilarious video from Jimmy
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BP's Real Crisis Command Center Revealed (Photo)
An amusing footnote to the BP Gulf spill surfaced yesterday, when a blogger noticed that the oil company had (badly) photoshopped pictures of its supposed crisis command center in Austin, Texas. See the bizarre photos, and the proof of the
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BP Photoshopped Fake Crisis Command Center for Website (Pics)
Oh man, this keeps getting better and better -- can't BP do something without lying or deceiving the public about it? How about something as simple as posting actual photos of its command center in Houston on the company website? Evidently not. No, a
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Stephen Colbert Blasts BP For Sending Fake Journalists to Cover Spill (Video)
The story was pretty amusing when it surfaced last week: the Wall Street Journal gained access to BP Planet, an in-house company magazine, only to discover that the oil giant had sent out its own 'journalists' to cover the spill, and were sending back
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Spirit Airlines Says "Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches"
When Spirit Airlines last graced the pages of TreeHugger it was during the election, when they advertised: "We believe in offshore drilling and other plans that will help keep fares low for you" with a well-formed tush in the foreground (below the
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Inept Oil Companies and the Politicians Who Apologize to Them (Daily Show Video)
Plenty of people did a genuine double take after hearing Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) apologize to BP after Obama arranged for the oil company to create a $20 billion fund to pay for the damage it's caused. But that was
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Just What We Needed Dept.: Tourist Lanes
TreeHugger loves ideas that make things smoother for non-motorized transportation. Here is one that would be a big help in cities that attract a lot of tourists: dedicated lanes. This would be particularly effective in New York, where the locals move
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Jon Stewart's Outlook on BP Gulf Spill: "We're So F*$ked" (Video)
Well, a lot's happened this week in the ongoing, excruciating-to-watch saga of the BP Gulf spill -- we saw oil continue to lap up on miles of coastline, hundreds of birds put in danger, estimates of the spill's size double, BP's stock plummet (causing
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A Picture Is Worth: PETA Gag of the Day
There were all kinds of people protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Ottawa last week, and that was even before events caused him to rush for the exit. PETA never misses an opportunity to promote their anti-sealing campaign, such as putting a
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Jon Stewart Blasts BP for Having 760 Pre-Spill Safety Violations (Video)
The Daily Show was unfortunately on hiatus during the last couple weeks of the BP Gulf oil spill, leaving a void where negligent companies should be lampooned and scathing satire delivered. But fear not, everyone! The spill is still continuing
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Isabella Rossellini, The Green Porn Star
Ever since she was a child, legendary model and actress Isabella Rossellini has been fascinated and amused by animals and their intricate rituals. Wanting to share her passion with the world through film, she chose a premise no one can say no to. Sex.
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BP Gets Punked: 7 Best Oil Spill Pranks & Satires (Images)
Okay, so there's not much funny about the dire scenario continuing in the Gulf. But that hasn't stopped satirists and pranksters from dredging
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Chris Matthews on Leno: Cheney Hiding Role in BP Oil Spill (Video)
Dick Cheney's involvement in Haliburton is hardly news to anyone -- but his role in the offshore drilling industry may be. Chris Matthews went on Leno last night, and vented his anger at BP's negligence, Cheney's shady ties to
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Cape Farewell to Show Film on Sundance Channel and Send Artworks Around The World (Photos)
The Cape Farewell project continues to spread the climate change message in brilliantly creative ways this week as their Unfold exhibition opens in Vienna today. Not in Austria? Never
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How Do We Get Oil? Fake Science Has the Answers
Science has seen better days. And this mistrust of science leads to these all too familiar headlines highlighting the disturbingly large segment of our population's denial of climate change.
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Clubby the Seal Gets Revenge, Takes Out Countless Human Hunters
So the iSealClub iPhone App didn't get very far, thank goodness. A St. John's Newfoundland software engineer wanted to bring the "excitement" of a seal hunt to anyone with an iPhone, but Apple rejected it. However, if you
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The Daily Show Takes On the Gulf Oil Spill (Video)
Ah, laughter. 'Tis the best medicine -- aside from whatever it is that might cure a million-plus-gallon oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, of course. But after weeks of disturbing news reports describing imperiled wildlife, threatened livelihoods,
