No, it's Flying Rodent's!
And as he says, and we agree, it was a very odd year. For example,
It was the year when it finally became apparent that the West's economy
was entirely based upon the ruling class's willingness to believe in
the literal existence of golden unicorns that shoot rubies out of their
eyes and gold bricks out of their arses, leading to massive government
investment to shore up the ruby-shooting, gold-shitting unicorn
industry...
...And it was a year in which the great and the good leapt to their feet in spirited defence of lowly Georgia, finally opening their mouths to righteously denounce the mighty Russian bastards, before slowly sitting back down, opening their newspapers and pretending they'd never spoken as it emerged that the Russo-Georgian War was a bit more of a level-bastardry field than we had initially been led to believe.
...And it was a year in which the great and the good leapt to their feet in spirited defence of lowly Georgia, finally opening their mouths to righteously denounce the mighty Russian bastards, before slowly sitting back down, opening their newspapers and pretending they'd never spoken as it emerged that the Russo-Georgian War was a bit more of a level-bastardry field than we had initially been led to believe.
Here are a few specifics (he worked backwards starting with December 2008) from Part 1:
(There are lots more---these are just a few samples):
November
October
- In joyful scenes that recall the promise of the American dream, Joe Biden became the 47th white Vice President of the United States. Americans of every creed and colour were united in joy as Barack Obama was elected the country's first non-asshole President since 1945.
October
Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic W. opens
in cinemas, causing an instantaneous economic crash and mass
redundancies. In response, the government implements extreme measures
permitting torture and arbitrary detention to maintain order, while the
middle east collapses in anarchy.
May
Bhutan voted in its first-ever democratic election
following the abdication of King Wangchuck, prompting mourning
royalists to ask How Much Wang King Wangchuck Would Chuck, If King
Wangchuck Could Chuck Wang
FebruaryGermany recognises
Kosovo but is seized by a sudden irrational fear that it might not
actually be Kosovo, and actually just a country that looks a bit like
it, so doesn't go over to say hello
January
At his final State of the Union address, President George W. Bush is fondly bombarded with shoes.
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