Part The Daily Show, part "A Modest Proposal"

Hurry Up, He's Dead (free subscription might be required), a fake-news show from Iraq.

Compulsive, often quite funny reading . . . and, even more important, oddly inspiring that, even in the midst of the 9th circle of Hell that Iraq has become, people have some small hopes of changing their circumstances through laughing at what--yes, and who--torments them.

Those who remember Bootsy Collins from his P-Funk days will want to click on the link just to see the picture that accompanies the article

(Hat-tip: 3 Quarks Daily)