Talk Abottabad Excuse! ;)

Here's a provocative cartoon - no, not the blasphemous kind:

Star Trek Episode: The Alternative Factor

There's an old episode of Star Trek which I remember watching as a child - I'd always found it to be quite memorable and intriguing:



What was particularly interesting was the dark ending of the episode, where Kirk grimly wonders aloud to Spock, "How would it be, to be trapped forever with a raging madman at your throat... how would it be?"

How indeed, Captain.

Angry Birds Skit Parodies Peace Process

Has anybody played the iPhone game 'Angry Birds'? Here is a skit that parodies the Middle East piss process:

Faith Fighter

I found a cute Flash game called Faith Fighter, which allows you to fight as the god of your choice.

I can think of a whole bunch of game ideas for satirizing Indian politics. Anyone care to pony up their ideas for this?

How Pakistani Taliban are Like Facebook

Atlanticwire has a witty look at How Pakistani Taliban are Like Facebook

Youtube Yanks Hitler Parody Videos

This was actually quite brilliant:



The 2004 German movie 'Downfall' features a scene of Hitler losing his temper and ranting at his generals. That scene has been re-used countless times for parody videos on all kinds of subjects (think of Islamic Rage Boy from J&K)

Now the makers of Downfall have insisted that Youtube pull down all these parody videos, because of copyright infringement on their original source material. In response, yet another parody video was released on the net, commenting on the decision to censor all of these videos.

The Ballad of Amar Jindal

Well, I don't always take myself too seriously. So you'll have to bear it.



With apologies to CBS's Beverly Hillbillies:

The Coconut Hillbillies

Come and listen to muh story,
About a man named Jindal,
Poor engineer,
Only saw his prospects dwindle,

Then one day,
He discovered something huge,
When he found himself a job,
In a place called Baton Rouge...

...US, that is...
land of gold, 'cross the sea...

Well, the first thing yuh know,
Like in SlumDog Millionaire,
Kinfolk said, "let's move away from there!"

Said Louijiana was the place they oughtta be,
So they filled out all the forms,
And got an H1-B...

... Visa, that is...
Endless queues, dismissal blues...


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Okay, there was no H1-B back then, but I'm entitled to artistic license, for satirical purposes.
Anyway, not bad for 10 min worth of meditation.

Maybe it can be played on the radio during Republican National Convention week in 2012 ;P

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

A bitingly sharp comedy skit on what we're not supposed to conclude.