Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war.

Objective geographical representation isn’t always the intention of maps – they can also provide social, economic or political commentary on a region, as British Library maps curator, Tom Harper discusses.

Huw Parkinson turns to the fallout from the recent UK general election, which left Theresa May facing complicated Brexit negotiations having lost her government majority.

Atheist Iceland passes a law preventing white Southern Baptists from entering the country. Republicans are furious and citizens of Iceland ecstatic. This secular island country situated in the North Atlantic passed a law yesterday preventing white Southern Baptists from entering the country. Officials state that the United States of America is a country in turmoil and Southern Baptists are the ones mostly responsible. Atheist Iceland considers itself to be taking a stand for human rights by not tolerating foreign nationals who seek to undermine democracy.

Pie's attention turns to Washington.

Goodbye Armageddon. Hello, Arma-mentum. By Dan Cluchey.

French people have voted overwhelmingly for a meringue-based confectionery item to run their country, saying it would do a better job than extreme far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Bonnie Prince Bob

The Daily Show correspondent took no prisoners when he took the stage; read the full text of his speech here. By Hillary Busis.

In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient. By Megan Garber.

Hundreds of years before audiences fell in love with Star Wars, one writer dreamt of battles in space. By Lorraine Boissoneault. (Dec. 14, 2016)

By satirising it in long, amusing letters, written to be circulated among her friends, according to Kathy Chamberlain. By Frances Wilson.

The satirical House Bill 4260 would encourage men to remain "fully abstinent" and only allow the "occasional masturbatory emissions inside health care and medical facilities,

The Donald Trump administration is too difficult to satirise because it is funny enough on its own, say Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park. While the most recent series of their animated sitcom featured a character that clearly resembles Mr Trump, the pair made the decision to "back off" making fun of the latest US political events. "It's tricky now because satire has become reality," Parker told 7.30.

Displaying a level of strength and mobility that he will never again possess as he paced back and forth across his living room Tuesday, terminally ill man Thomas Halverson reportedly spent the last good day of his life on the phone with his insurance company. [Satire]

Laughter is in short supply in this collection from France’s great satirist and contrarian. By David Wheatley.

Catherine Brown reviews John Stubbs’ “Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel.”

THE Queen will use her annual Christmas message to announce that she will never die. The monarch will tell Britain that she has developed a condition known as Methuselah Syndrome, caused by generations of grotesque inbreeding and being immensely wealthy. Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: “Beyond immortality, sufferers can lead a perfectly normal life. “With the right emotional support and a steady diet, the Queen should remain healthy at least until the universe begins to contract and conditions become unsuitable for existence as we know it.

Assuring users that the company’s entire team of engineers was working hard to make sure a glitch like this never happens again, Facebook executives confirmed during a press conference Tuesday that a horrible accident last night involving the website’s algorithm had resulted in thousands of users being exposed to new concepts. [Satire]

Langley, VA - A decades-long plot to get Cuban dictator Fidel Castro to pass away peacefully in his sleep has come to fruition, according to a statement from the CIA.