Kavanaugh's "Meany-Face" Means He's Guilty- The Babylon Bee

A friend just turned me on to The Babylon Bee, a conservative version of the on-line satire site The Onion.  He had actually forwarded the article "Trump Supporter Executed Live On Stage At Grammy Awards"- which wouldn't seem that far fetched considering the way things are going these days. There is such palpable hatred toward Donald Trump and his supporters, no doubt the haters would be delighted if they were all executed.

I didn't think it was possible after 8 years under the uber-divisive reign of Barack Obama, but

we have become an even more polarized society since Donald Trump became the POTUS. I blame it on the relentless efforts of the media and everyone on the Left (in concert with some on the Right) to remove Trump from office since his first day as president. Actually it started when he became the Republican presidential nominee and hasn't stopped since. There are things about Trump that bother me, and some things he has done that I take issue with, but for the most part he has done some very good things for this country.

So, I was wondering  how The Babylon Bee would weigh in on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, which is just another thing that has severely divided this country. I will share my thoughts on that later, but for the time being The BB is spot on.

"Confirmed: Unpleasant Facial Expressions Now Admissible As Evidence of Guilt".  

WASHINGTON D.C.—The FBI has introduced an advanced new CSI technique for determining whether or not a person is guilty of a crime: pausing a video of the person while making an unpleasant face. “If a person makes a meany-guy-face even for one part of a second, we’ve nailed them,” said FBI director Marlon Quinn. “They are obviously guilty; otherwise, why would they make a meany-face?”

Had to laugh because as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed that's exactly what people were thinking. Hyper critical of his justifiable emotional response and anger. 

Read the rest here.

"Ban Peppa Pig" By UK Muslim Was A Joke

A parody video by a British Muslim on Youtube has caused quite a stir.  His Youtube channel quite clearly states BritishMuslim Comedy, but United Midlands posted the video on its Youtube channel and now many people think he's for real.

In the video Zayn Sheikh talks about how his 6-year-old son wants to become a pig instead of a doctor after watching the cartoon "Peppa Pig", so now he wants it banned from the UK airwaves. He even, allegedly, set up a Facebook page Muslims Against Peppa Pig (though I'm not sure this is the original page) which spawned a slew of  "Peppa Pig Against Muslims" pages.  The whole story sounded a tad suspect when I read about it on Al Arabiya, which linked to an article on the Mirror UK. In one sentence, at the end of the article, the Mirror does mention that some think it to be a spoof, which it clearly is, but seems to dismiss that possibility. Al Arabiya doesn't even mention the possibility.

In the video Sheikh says:

“Some of you, right, might have seen this abominable creature before, right, this Peppa Pig. Haram pig."

“As Muslims it is very important that we do not eat meat of the pork,” he explains.

“It is completely wrong that our kids are being shown these things on TV and my son ... he wants to be a pig now.”

“I think that we need to change this so I'm going to set up a Facebook group, ‘Muslims against Peppa Pig,’ and instead, because children still need cartoons to develop their minds, I propose we introduce Abdullah the cat.”

That's pretty wacky, and I know that Muslims have demanded some pretty wacky things, but this just seemed pretty odd. So I watched the video, and it all seemed very tongue in cheek, including a not-so-great unidentifiable dialect, and quite obviously a joke. Even the haram pig sign is indicative of a lack of seriousness. Then I started looking at the comments, and though the bulk of them were condemnations, there were a few people claiming the video was satire. One person linked to the original video, which proved indeed that it was a parody.

There are two videos on BritishMuslim Comedy channel: "Dangers of Peppa Pig To Muslim Children [Parody]" with this disclaimer

DISCLAIMER: This video is obviously a parody. I have NOT made the page 'Muslims Against Peppa Pig' or any other Facebook pages of the sort. For those of you who have got offended; don't reproduce. This country's possible future downfall is 1 million times more likely be down to the rapid multiplication of the mentally deficient like you who have failed to spot the satire rather than immigrants who have been unlucky in the accident of birth and have since then decided to move here for better prospects (just like you would in their shoes).

He obviously added the disclaimer after the hubbub, since it was originally uploaded in June.  And he just uploaded another video addressing the hubbub, where he eventually speaks with his normal Brit dialect.

I realize that Muslims can demand some pretty ludicrous things, and there have been some ridiculous laughable fatwas, but when something seems so far out, it usually winds up being bogus. Like this.

"Women Are Un-Islamic" Claims Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology?

Legitimate mainstream news websites, bloggers and readers often mistake articles posted by fake/satire sites like The Onion and The Daily Currant as truth. I know I've almost been suckered into believing some.  But if it's a little too outrageous, I google. Of course, there are plenty of legitimately outrageous stories from the Middle East and environs that, as unbelievable as they are, turn out to be legit, so one never knows.

So, when I saw someone on Facebook post a link to an article on Pakistan Today titled "Council of Islamic Ideology declares women’s existence anti-Islamic" I checked it out and, yes, Pakistan has its very own satire news site. Who would have thought.

Islamabad - Sharia Correspondent: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah. As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as soon as possible. The announcement comes a couple of days after CII’s 191st meeting where they dubbed laws related to minimum marriage age to be un-Islamic.

After declaring women to be un-Islamic, Shirani explained that there were actually two kinds of women – haraam and makrooh. “We can divide all women in the world into two distinct categories: those who are haraam and those who are makrooh. Now the difference between haraam and makrooh is that the former is categorically forbidden while the latter is really really disliked,” Shirani said.

The rest here.  It's pretty darn funny.

Hisham Fageeh's Parody On Saudi Driving Ban- "No Woman, No Drive"

So Saudi women, probably the only females in the world who are actually banned from driving, are fighting for their right to do so.  Saudi men are fighting just as hard to keep them on their feet or in the back seat. One idiot Sheikh, Abdulatif Al al-Sheikh, went so far as to warn women that driving would mess up their ovaries and pelvis.

In this video, comedian Hisham Fageeh takes Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"  and turns it into his own socially relevant satire "No Woman, No Drive."

Produced by Alaa Wardi's Telfaz11.tv

Czech "Pastafarian" Photographed With Collander On Head For National ID

For a little levity, there's a Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (CFSM), the followers are called Pastafarians, and adherents like to have their identity photos taken with colanders (strainers or sieves, if you prefer) perched on their heads. Some countries are actually accommodating the demands of these jokesters.

Lukas Novy, from Brno in the Czech Republic, is a Pastafarian who was allowed to get his official  ID card- with his colander headgear- because of religious equality laws in that country.

According to Pavel Zarna, City Hall spokesman:

 'The application complies with the laws of the Czech Republic where headgear for religious or medical reasons is permitted if it does not hide the face.'

A little background on the Flying Spaghetti Monsters from Daily Mail UK:

According to its tongue-in-cheek website their 'only dogma ... is the rejection of dogma'.

Members claim to believe that an invisible alien made of spaghetti and meatballs created the universe after 'drinking heavily.'

In 2005, physics graduate Bobby Henderson, 24, from Oregon State wrote a letter about a 'Flying Spaghetti Monster' as a protest against the Kansas State Board of Education's decision to allow the teaching of intelligent fesign as an alternative to evolution in public schools.

The 'religion' arose as a response to pressure for American schools to teach the theory known as intelligent design, which some Christians favour as an alternative to natural selection and evolution. The theory argues life must have been helped to develop by an unseen power.

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wrote to the Kansas School Board asking for the Pastafarian version of intelligent design to be taught to schoolchildren as a way of criticising the intelligent design campaigners.

By professing belief in a supernatural entity composed of pasta and meatballs, Henderson called on 'Pastafarianism' to be given equal time in science classrooms alongside Christian theory.

CFSM claims to have thousands of Pastafarians around the world.

You can become a Pastafarian minister for a mere $20.00.

We're Coming To Slaughter You- Syrian Art Collective Satire Video To Stop Sectarian Violence

Through music and satire, Bidayyat- a Syrian art collective- is shining light on the horrendous use of children to stir up sectarian violence and slaughter in Syria.

It all started back in February, 2013, when the video of a young boy in Idlib province, northern Syria, showed up on YouTube. Filmed by Syrian rebels, the boy is shown singing al-Qaeda songs glorifying Osama Bin Laden, and calling for the slaughter of Alawites and Shiites. That video was used by both sides of the conflict to incite sectarian violence. Shortly thereafter, a video was posted on YouTube of another little boy, this time from Damascus, glorifying the bloody exploits of the Syrian Army's 4th Brigade, and how they were "coming to slaughter you."  This video was also used by both sides to stir things up.

The collective decided to tackle the increasing and troubling trend of using kids to foment violence, by producing the following video.

"We came to the conclusion that irony is one of the few means capable to resist violence, hatred and sectarian killing." "Irony prevails over hate speech, as it uses the more human impulses of laughter, joy, dancing and sarcasm."

Therefore, we produced this sarcastic video in the aim and hope that the two children of opposite will someday live side by side in dignity and freedom in a new Syria, free of tyrants and sectarian hatred.

New Syria, a country characterized by peaceful co-existence, justice and freedom as well as happiness and irony.

Note how the artists mock the sawing arm motion of the kid in the first video.





Source: Bidayyat YouTube Channel
H/T Free Arabs.

Video- Famous Egyptian Belly Dancer Pokes Fun Of Hijabis- I think

I found this video on Facebook, and since it's an Arabic site I have no clue who they are and what they stand for.

I think this is the famous Egyptian belly dancer/actress Sama al-Masri (or el-Masry) who performed a satirical anti-Morsi constitution belly dance protest last year, but I could be wrong. They have the same style.

I have no clue what she's saying, or what she's lampooning, but she's amusing as ever. Looks like she might be poking fun at hijabis, but who knows.

Most of the people commenting on the video were not very complimentary, as far as I could glean from the Bing translation.

Video satire- Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions At Dinner

This is an old one, goes back to 2009, but it's pretty dang funny.

From the satire site The Onion- Obama's home Teleprompter malfunctions during dinner time with the family.

Fatwa Against Female Farting In Indonesia- from The Wadiyan satire site

And for a little humor- from the satire site The Wadiyan - we have the latest Indonesian fatwa banning female flatulence. Not that this would be in any way far-fetched.

An Islamic city council in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which follows Sharia, has banned female citizens from passing gas.

Sayyid Yahia, mayor of the city, told media that a ban was needed, as farting does not go well with the Islamic values of modesty. “Muslim women are not allowed to fart with sound, it’s against Islamic teachings,” he said. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Feminists Association told local media they will attempt to block the smelly law as they deem it discriminatory.

Talking to The Wadiyan, mayor Sayyid Yahia said the law aims to save people’s morals and behaviors. “When you see woman fart loud, she appears like a man. But if she sit sideways and pass it quietly, she looks like a woman,” Sayyid said.

Although the proposed law does not ban “quiet fart,” passing gas with sound is actually not uncommon in Southeast Asia, particularly for women consuming potatoes and peas. Obviously, women maintain that they feel healthier, farting loud. Fathima Khan, a medical doctor at the Al Banni Islamic Hospital in Aceh’s capital is critical of the proposed law: “There is no need to question this practice, let alone regulate it, because people do it for their health and safety,” she said.

The mayor declined to give The Wadiyan details of what the punishment would be for violators. While another member at the City council, who wished not to be named, said if convicted by the sharia court, the offender could receive 20 lashes for small farts and up to 3 months prison time for larger ones.

On another note, the local Islamic scholars were mostly divided over the law. Well-known Muslim activists like Bshar Abdulla voiced his objection, “How to pass gas is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran,” he said on his Twitter account. However, “the Islamic tradition and the values of modesty does not support women farting loud,” said Mehmood Hussain, a scholar and stenchy supporter of the law.

Under the new regulation, the mayor says that only women in the public space are going to be monitored. “It will be the responsibility of the husband to make sure that his wife upholds Islamic values at home”. He also argued that there is no scientific evidence supporting health benefits of passing gas, in Koran.

The City council will be evaluating the regulation in a week, after which it could turn into a by-law.

But with the slew of bizarre fatwas that have been issued in the past, this one - if true - wouldn't have been so hard to believe. After all, women have been banned from eating bananas- or any other phallic shaped fruit or veggie, and Indonesia has come up with some of the most notable ones.. Thankfully, it's just something the folks at The Wadiyan made up.

Iranian Blogger Posts 'Exclusive Interview" With Monkey Astronaut

Iranian blogger Mustapha Nik Kerdar on his 'Good Speech' blog, posted an interview with the monkey that Iran allegedly launched into space. MEMRI has translated the "exclusive interview" with "Aftab" the first Iranian monkey astronaut:

Aftab The Monkey: I Thank My Brother President Ahmadinejad – My Model In Carrying Out This Divine Mission

"After many efforts, and after bribing the zoo bouncer... our correspondent managed to interview the Iranian space monkey:

"Is your name Aftab ["sun" in Persian], and can we call you that?

"Aftab the monkey: I was sent into space from a street named The Glory of Islam, at a cost of three billion to man, bringing the blessing of peace to all space aficionados and to Iran, the breeder of martyrs, and also to the leader of the astronauts, the supporters of the space [program of] in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also to all the monkeys who were martyred on the path to the conquest of the heights of space. [This came] in advance of the 10 days of Fajr [Iranian Revolution Day celebrations] or what people call the 10 days of suffering... You may call me Aftab.

"What made you decide to become an astronaut?

"Aftab the monkey: Truly, we [monkeys] are mistaken in thinking that we want to, or like to, become astronauts and go into space. What does a monkey have to do with space? We belong in the treetops! But after being kidnapped by the sinful soldier brothers of the Imam Zaman [usually referring to the Mahdi; here it is apparently mocking Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei], I was transferred to Evin [Prison], where I spend six months in solitary confinement. After that [came] interrogation by the confession brothers, under the guidance of brother Hossein the interrogator, and I resisted. Ultimately, they brought in a large bear who called me a rabbit. I broke; I volunteered to become an Islamic astronaut in order to destroy the plundering Israel and the imperialist America. I only insisted that they present me as an astronaut who is a member of the Basij. They refused, and I don't know why.

"All in all, how long did it take you to become an astronaut?

"Aftab the monkey: If you count the time I spent in solitary [and in Evin] and in training, I managed to attain this great honor in under a year. Indeed, I [would like to give] special thanks to my brother Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of the state and the servant of Imam Zaman, who was my model in carrying out this divine mission."

"Via Chat, The Brothers Read Me Verses" Of The Ayatollahs – "And The Light Of Belief Again Shone In My Heart"

The rest of the interview here.

H/T American Infidels- for some clever photoshopped pics of Ahmadinejad as the monkey, to add the cartoons portraying him as one.

Nik, however, does not appreciate non-Iranians comparing Ahmadinejad to a primate.

Iran's Fars News Plagiarizes An Onion Report Claiming Whites Prefer Mahmoud To Barack

Iranian media keeps using The Onion as a source of news information with no clue that it's simply satire.

Tehran-based 24 hour English Language PressTV used an Onion video claiming that Facebook is a CIA front, and that Mark Zuckerberg is a CIA operative, as a source for their own report. The latest bit of stupidity has the state run Fars News Agency plagiarizing, no less, an Onion piece that said rural white Americans prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama. It was edited (they left out the bit about Mahmoud being a holocaust denier who executes political prisoners), but the bulk of the original Onion piece was published  without giving credit to the source. They even used the same headline  "Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama" which they posted along with a link to their version of the article on their Twitter account.

The N.Y. Times 'The Lede' said:

Although the dateline for the news brief says that the reporting was done in Tehran by Fars, the first sentence is identical to the earlier Onion parody:

“According to the results of a Gallup poll released Monday, the overwhelming majority of rural white Americans said they would rather vote for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than U.S. president Barack Obama.”

The second sentence of the Fars report, however, changed “have a beer with Ahmadinejad,” to “have a drink with Ahmadinejad,”[snip]

The final two sentences of the original Onion report, quoting a fictional voter in West Virginia who prefers Iran’s president, were published unchanged by Fars:

“He takes national defense seriously, and he’d never let some gay protesters tell him how to run his country like Obama does.” According to the same Gallup poll, 60 percent of rural whites said they at least respected that Ahmadinejad doesn’t try to hide the fact that he’s Muslim.

The only other difference between the two versions of the fake report is that The Onion used a more flattering photograph of Mr. Ahmadinejad, showing him with a broad smile.

It was the third most "important" story on the homepage until Fars finally removed it  after the NY Times contacted the Iranian Mission to the  UN.

It was also published on Hayat and Mehr news site. So now the Iranian people think the vast majority of whites would prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama. You have to love the narcissism and ego of some of our world leaders, including Obama. But no, Mahmoud, we don't prefer you to Obama.

Joke of the day: "Jihad Bells" video by Noam Jacobson

From Israeli singer, songwriter, musician Noam Jacobson. Sung to the tune of- you got it- Jingle Bells. It's been around, but worth another watch.