A More Appropriate Standard

The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Homeland Security no longer uses control of the actual border as a measure of how well the Border Patrol is doing its job.

That makes sense. After all they’re not called the Border Control, right?

Precision: Illustrated

Top Secret Drum Corps is a precision drum corps based in Basel, Switzerland. With 25 drummers and colorguard members, the corps became famous for its demanding six-minute routine performed at the Edinburgh Tattoo in 2003.

It’s not that I’m a huge fan of drums, it’s just that it’s nice to watch people who are excellent at what they do.

And these guys are:


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Link of the Day: Satire – DoD To Charge Admission Fee For Base Access To Fix Budget Shortfalls

[High Praise! to The Duffel Blog]

DoD To Charge Admission Fee For Base Access To Fix Budget Shortfalls

BONUS LINK: [WARNING: Chock full o’ cuss words]:

Hipster Joins Army To Be Ironic

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Michelle’s Legacy

Michelle Obama said it’s “hard to find time” to reflect on her legacy.

Let me save you some time then: your legacy is kids making ick-faces at trays of school lunchroom tofu.

Fastest Gun in the… Pick a Direction

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]


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Bob Munden starts off with a lot of bragging, but it ain’t bragging, because he can actually do it.

Honestly, I would’ve sworn that thing with the two targets was fake until the slow-mo at the end.

Mind-boggling.

lolbama! Part 126

[NOTE: Just wanted to thank you guys for the slew of last-minute entries. I don’t know why you guys don’t submit more often. This is primo stuff.]

Submit entries to lolterizt@gmail.com

Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.


My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture (plus one different one which fits better in this section – you’ll understand why):

From CTCompromise:

From CTCompromise:

From CTCompromise:

From DamnCat:

From DamnCat:

From Dodsfall:

From James:

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From Jeff:

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From Jeff:

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From Katy:

From Katy:

From Les of Nuking Politics:

From Steve:

From Tanstaafl44:

From Travelwise42:


This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:


I’m going with Katy, because I’ve never heard Valerie Jarrett called ValJar before. Didn’t know she was JarJar’s little sister. Although that WOULD explain why her face looks like bad CGI.


PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolbama! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.

#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.

MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.

STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.

IMAGE SOURCES: Lots of great Obama pics to be found at the White House Flickr page.

Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.