The antidote to Ann Coulter.

How can anyone, even with semi-functional brain cells, not see this is delightful, absolutely wicked lampooning?

Trisha Paytas is a multi-faceted performer who writes her own material.  She clearly taps a different vein of diehard rightwing nutjob Republican zealotry that Stephen Colbert so joyfully exploits.

Just as Tina Fey spoofed Sarah Palin, Paytas channels Tea Party Hatriot Victoria Jackson and adds her own mischievous vibe.

If the organizers of this event wanted to boost their message and their sponsors' profiles, they would invite this young marketing genius to attend, as a surprise motivational speaker.

Waiting period.

Updated to provide context: Arizona state legislature passed last October a series of measures restricting access to abortions.

New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion

Remember our blogposts about obligatory ultra-sounds in the state of Oklahama for women who had consulted a physician regarding the possibility of terminating a pregnancy?

Consider the following:

If you've been paying attention to the erosion of reproductive rights over the last several years, it's the kind of headline that makes you think, "Man I hope that's from The Onion" for a split second before it sinks in that of course it is. For now. Riffing on state laws that require clinics to perform ultrasounds on pregnant women before an abortion, The Onion News Network offers a brilliant satire of anti-choice arguments in favor of assuming women who want to terminate a pregnancy are ignorant or delusional. They're just giving women "all the information they need to be sure they're making the right decision," of course - certainly not making unreasonable demands or using inflammatory language to manipulate emotions or anything.

It's all humour and lampoonry until someone loses a kidney.

Remember Rod Bruinooge? If he and that other ReformaTory MP Vellacott ever join forces on a gynophobic crusade to stop women from exercising reproductive choices, it will get right ugly.

Triumph of the Shill: a tactical mash-up

Harper's unelected shadow minister* of political strategy Tom Flanagan is rumoured to be looking for a young, impressionable film-maker who will record Stephen Harper's considerable achievements.

Stephen Taylor was heard whining that, while he lacked the necessary expertise to be a successful candidate for the position, his total personal dedication to the awesome Harper should be the one and only qualification required.

Mesmerized by Harper's talent as a public speaker in both official languages, Taylor described the experience thus: "I had an almost apocalyptic vision that I was never able to forget. It seemed as if the earth's surface were spreading out in front of me, like a hemisphere that suddenly splits apart in the middle, spewing out an enormous jet of water, so powerful that it touched the sky and shook the earth." Taylor added: "To me, Harper is the greatest man who ever lived. He truly is without fault, so simple and at the same time possessed of masculine strength."

A draft Taylor wrote in anticipation of Harper's electoral success in winning a majority of Con seats was not published. Here is an excerpt: "With indescribable joy, deeply moved and filled with burning gratitude, we share with you, our leader, your and Canada's greatest victory. You exceed anything human imagination has the power to conceive, achieving deeds without parallel in the history of mankind. How can we ever thank you?"

Acquaintances of Taylor claim that he has an autographed copy of each of the 99 framed photographs of Harper that are currently hanging on the walls of the House of Commons.

*In that position, Flanagan adapted the "Big Lie" technique of propaganda, which is based on the principle that a lie, if audacious enough and repeated enough times, will be believed by the masses.



Note to the humour-challenged: the above lampooning is a satirical demonstration of Godwin's Law. However, it's daunting to note that elements of this spoof come uncomfortably close to reality.