Louis C.K. on the absurdity of a bank charging a customer a fee for having "insufficient funds."[1] ...

"These people [on the Other Side] are really pathetic, too," wrote A. Barton Hinkle Sunday in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.[1]  --  "The other day I saw a YouTube video in which My Side sent an investigator and a cameraman to a rally being held by the Other Side, where the investigator proceeded to ask some real zingers.  --  It was hilarious!  --  First off, the people at the rally wore T-shirts with all kinds of lame messages that they actually thought were really clever.  --  Plus, many of the people who were interviewed were overweight, sweaty, flushed, and generally not very attractive.  --  But what was really funny was how stupid they were.  --  There is no way anyone could watch that video and not come away convinced the people on My Side are smarter, and that My Side is therefore right about everything." ...

If you've ever read an article by Robert Fisk -- or better yet, The Great War for Civilisation -- you'll get a chuckle or two from this pastiche by Nir Rosen.[1] ...