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I Buy Strays Site is Satire

2008-01-21 17:10:24 by HASH0x8baead0 in
 
...satire I heard from a lot of Dogsters outraged about the site. So I asked Dogster HQ to find out what they could about who registered this site. Our fabulous HQ ran down the registered information. So where and who registered it? It was registered to an agency that acts as the owner of record so there is no real address, phone number and...
 
Tags: strays site, site, real, real address, satire, real owner, owner, author jim willis, research facilities
 
 
 
 
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Satirist Christopher Buckley on Tackling the Supreme Court, Competing With Actual Headlines

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2008-08-29 10:45:06 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...satire, but at least one reviewer has said that this new book isnt a satire; it's a farce I disagree. I think I know the difference between satire and farce at this point! It's what I do! Well, whatever it is, it retails for $24.99. And that's no satire I think they said that because the plotline seems pretty plausible I've always said that...
 
Tags: court, supreme court, satirist christopher buckley, buckley, president, vice-president shot, satirist, slightly dopey president, satire
 
 
 
 
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Whats Buzzing at Sundance: Hold On, Well Find Something

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2008-01-22 13:00:55 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...satire What Just Happened? , with Robert De Niro, may have been the worst (partly because tone-deaf studio director Barry Levinson complained about his $20 million budget to an audience of struggling independents). And, yes, the festival's most nepotistic entry, Amy Redford's The Guitar , confirmed everyone's doubts and went down in flames,...
 
Tags: competition film, film, sundance, straight-up art film, films, fiction films, festival, rodger dodger, occupant films
 
 
 
 
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Ten Shows From the Eighties We'd Actually Like Ben Silverman to Revive

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2008-01-25 11:30:12 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...satire of television itself. Set "twenty minutes into the future," the series presciently posited a world in which ratings drove coverage, personalities trumped news, and advertisements were all-pervasive. The show introduced the now-commonplace concept of the "blipvert," near-subliminal advertising that seems on viewing the blinking,...
 
Tags: eighties, abc series, abc, nbc, series, pitch, series presciently, nbc wunderkind, silverman
 
 
 
 
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Why Critics Want Grand Theft Auto IV to Be the Godfather of Video Games

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2008-05-02 09:15:09 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...satire disguised as fun. Entertainment Weekly s contorted rave was almost baffling: Its criminal themes notwithstanding, GTA IV is more than a state-of-the-art videogame: it represents a compelling (if bloody and violent) example of both the narrative and immersive power of the medium. Slates sharp review by Chris Baker points to GTA IVs...
 
Tags: games, game, mere game, grand theft auto, gta, gta ivs, godfather, video-game players, rockstar
 
 
 
 
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How television can help grow children?

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2008-06-12 07:13:18 by Avani in lifestyle blogs
...satire, double entendre, and slapstick It may not be relevant today, but understanding these literary devices will serve kids well in high school. Shakespeare used all of them at one time or another, but you and your kids can learn them right nowjust by watching television comedy. A prime example of satire on TV today? The Simpsons 5. General...
 
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The New Yorker Controversial Obama Cover

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2008-07-15 20:24:12 by Meg in Bitten and Bound
...satire. The Obamas are not amused or buying it for a moment. Satire or malicious? You decide Be sure to check out Obamas cool body man Reggie Love here more Related Articles Rev. Jesse Jackson's 'Crude and Hurtful' Barack Obama Comments (Video Michelle Obama on The View (Video Obama Funky Wrist Watch Photos: Time For a Change Indeed Obama...
 
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Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65

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2008-08-10 21:04:24 by steph in AggBlog.com - Aggregated Blogs|Celebrity Gossip blogs|Celebrity Gossips
...satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins, he said Co-creator creators Matt Stone responded that Hayes has no problem - and hes cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians. A subsequent episode of the show seemingly killed off the Chef character...
 
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Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65

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2008-08-11 08:16:25 by showbiznews.info in Showbiz News & Celebrity Gossip
...satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins, he said Co-creator creators Matt Stone responded that Hayes has no problem - and hes cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians. A subsequent episode of the show seemingly killed off the Chef character...
 
Tags: hayes, isaac hayes, hayes angrily quit, hayes wife, hayes laid, hit, big-time soul singers, soul, career hit