“Newt Gingrich crushed Mitt Romney on Saturday (in South Carolina). … Gingrich sealed his victory in last week’s debates by going after America’s most dangerous enemy: debate moderators.”

Stephen Colbert

“‘Newt triumphed with 40% of the vote to Mitt Romney’s 28% — a gap so wide, you could fit Newt’s head in it.”

Stephen Colbert

“We were ready for Romney to win the Republican nomination, so we had our puns ready: ‘Bright Lights, Big Mitty,’ ‘Mittizen Bain,’ and “Mormon-y, Less Problems.” But then … ‘The Gingrich Who Stole South Carolina.’”

Jon Stewart

“There’s a State of the Union drinking game. Let me just say this, if you really are playing the State of the Union drinking game, you’re probably an alcoholic.”

Jimmy Kimmel

“Obama focused on four areas he believes are the keys to restoring economic security. Energy, manufacturing, education, and TV shows about cupcakes, which we love.”

Jimmy Kimmel

“People who saw Steven Tyler sing the National Anthem at the Patriots game yesterday said, ‘Nancy Regan really looks good for her age.” But Steven Tyler got some of the lyrics wrong, so now everyone thinks the song goes, ‘Flag looks like a lady.’”

Conan O’Brien

“President Obama was heckled by a protestor who called him ‘the Antichrist.’ The protestor was detained, but released without being charged, and then later he was offered his own show on Fox News.”
Jay Leno

”Sarah Palin is driving all over the country in a bus, I guess to pick up where Charlie Sheen left off.”
Jimmy Kimmel

”In the wake of President Obama’s decision to not release pictures of Osama bin Laden’s body, a number of new conspiracy theories are surfacing claiming that bin Laden is not really dead. Which means Barack Obama will go down in history as the first black person ever to have to prove that he killed someone.”
Seth Meyers

”This morning on the ‘Today’ show, Jenna Bush interviewed Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy was so confused and inarticulate that Jenna accidentally called him ‘dad.”’
Conan O’Brien

”What?! The congressman had a sex scandal and had to apologize to Bill Clinton? For what?! Copyright infringement?”
Jon Stewart , on Weinergate

”Sunday is the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan, and all over America, Republicans are going to celebrate this by throwing big parties and leaving the bill for Democrats to pay.”
Bill Maher

”The Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered outside Rupert Murdoch’s house chanting, ‘What do we want?’ Murdoch interrupted saying, ‘I already know, I hacked your phones.”’
Craig Ferguson

”Fox News, call your doctor, because the erection you now have is going to last much longer than four hours.”
Jon Stewart on the Obama administratin’s Solyndra scandal

”The Taliban is now on Twitter. So if they start following you, go hide someplace where no one will find you … like MySpace or Friendster.”
Jimmy Kimmel

the year’s news – in pictures

From the royal wedding to the death of Osama bin Laden, the English summer riots and the fall of Gaddafi, here are some of major news stories of the past 12 months captured in Lego by Flickr members.

Jeder Rotz, jeder menschen-verblödende Schund, jedes sexistische und von Maschen durchtränkte Blabla, das in diesem ohrenbetäubenden Massenspektakel geprädigt wurde, ist hier feinsäuberlich abgetippt und in Dramenvers gesetzt. Das Layout errinnert dabei bewusst an Reclam.

Projektarbeit mit Grischa Stanjek an der HTW Berlin im Fach Typografie unter der Betreuung von Christian Hanke.

Schöne Text-Bild-Korrespondenz, taz.