The Onion can always be counted on to get to the core essence of a news story:

No nonsense news reporting. That’s what makes The Onion America’s Finest News Source.

Explaining the differences between Jews, Christians, and Muslims can be tricky, but fortunately someone going by the name RandomFerret has a simple explanation for the easily confused. It’s short. Concise. And nails it right on the head. Check it:

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Thanks to RockLifter for sending that along via Twitter.

I thought this was absolutely brilliant. Not sure what the message is supposed to be, but it was fun picking out all the real and fictional logos and brands used throughout. Warning: Some NSFW language is used.

Logorama from Robby Ralston on Vimeo.

Written and directed by the French team of François Alaux and Herve de Crecy, and created over the course of a few years, this Best Animated Oscar-Nominated short film features a world full of brand logos and corporate mascots (I’m sure a couple thousand appear in all — it even features fictional companies like the Buy N Large logo from Pixar’s Wall-E)

via /Film.

Here’s a letter to the editor in the Minneapolis Star Tribune from “Satan” in response to Pat Robertson’s comments about Haiti making a deal with the devil:

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.

Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”?

If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll.

You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best, Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

How in the hell did I not know about Red State Update? These two are hilarious and I’ll be spending part of my weekend watching back episodes. Here they offer up a prayer for Tiger Woods:

They make me proud of my own redneck heritage.

Haven’t found anything else to blog about so here’s a new Simon’s Cat animation:

Edward’s back with more on his War On Atheism series. This one is so good I nearly choked on my popcorn:

Found via Atheist Media Blog.

One of the few sitcoms I love to watch returns to ABC tomorrow night at 9:30PM. I’ll be at work, of course, but that’s why we have the DVR.

Here’s a reminder of why I love this show so much:

Yep, looking forward to that.

And now an important message from the Save The Murlocs Foundation:

http://www.SaveTheMurlocs.org – The Save the Murlocs Foundation aims to preserve and protect these majestic creatures. Through numerous awareness and outreach programs, we work to outlaw Murloc cruelty, help rebuild villages, protest part harvesting, and find homes for poor orphaned baby Murlocs.

Update: Yes, I realize this is a pretty clever bit of marketing by the folks at J!NX to sell plush Murloc dolls. It’s well done, though, and the dolls are cute. If somewhat on the pricey side.