Wow. We seem right now to be in a modern Golden Age of voter fraud allegations, don't we? And for good reason. It's so much less gory and blood-splattered than military coups. Well, usually.

So, while we're all waiting for everything in the world to get better and political power to be doled out fairly according to those who have earned it, let's watch some Daily Show clips…

September 17, 2009: Voter Fraud in Afghanistan

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Call them what you will — puppets, dummies, inanimate objects being controlled by more powerful forces — but they control the world in which we live. Or, to be more precise, they are controlled into controlling the world in which we live.

For more-entertaining, less-politically-damaging puppets, tune into the new Comedy Central series The Jeff Dunham Show premiering this Thursday, October 22 at 9pm / 8c.

Memo to: Iran
From: USA, Britain, France
CC: World
Subject: Secret uranium enrichment plant

Look, we KNOW you have one. And you know we know you have one, because our intelligence agencies just busted you. You also know you are NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT…

"They have cheated three times," one senior administration official with access to the intelligence said of the Iranians late on Thursday evening. "And they have now been caught three times."

Iran, cheaters never win! Didn't your mom teach you that? So knock it off. You now have until December to stop being such jerks. Or else… well, or else something. But trust us, you won't like it.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

ps. How's it feel to get bitch-slapped by Canada, huh?

What would you do, if you had to sit through a speech by a sniveling Holocaust denier with a patchy beard? Would you just sit back and think, Hey, at least it's funnier than Jay Leno?

No you would not, at least not if you're a Canadian delegate to the United Nations…

Canada will boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying his outbursts about the Holocaust and Israel are "shameful."

Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be at the world body to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly's annual debate, but officials signal he and other members of the Canadian delegation will vacate the Canadian seats when the Islamic republic's President approaches the podium.

Yeah! That's right! Da da Canada, nyet nyet Iran! Hoooooooo! Suck it, Ahmadinejerk!

Interestingly enough, this is the first time in recorded history that Canadians will be seen participating in a public display of rudeness that does not involve mouth guards and ice.

So, this morning marked the first time in eight years that an American president has addressed the United Nations General Assembly with full understanding that he was not talking to some other chamber of Congress that he'd just been told about on the plane ride over…

In a half-hour speech that was greeted warmly by world leaders, the U.S. president outlined "four pillars" that he called "fundamental to the future that we want for our children" — nuclear disarmament, Middle East peace, environmental restoration and economic growth. He chastised North Korea and Iran, warning of consequences if they do not back down from their nuclear programs.

"If the governments of Iran and North Korea choose to ignore international standards, if they put the pursuit of nuclear weapons ahead of regional stability and the security and opportunity of their own people, if they are oblivious to the dangers of escalating nuclear arms races in both East Asia and the Middle East, then they must be held accountable," the U.S. president said. "The world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise, and that Treaties will be enforced."

And if that doesn't work, we will nuke them. Do not think that we won't.

Anyway, here's the whole speech, in case you're interested. (If not, you can just wait for the SNL sketch.)

Poor Barack Obama just can't catch a break with his statements on the Iranian election. Here at home he was accused of an appalling lack of appalled-ness, so then he called the situation appalling, and now Iranian president (or "president," if you will) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is utterly, utterly appalled…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at President Obama on Thursday, warning him against "interfering" in Iranian affairs and demanding an apology for criticism of a government crackdown on demonstrators protesting alleged electoral fraud. [...]

"Do you want to speak with this tone?" Ahmadinejad responded Thursday, addressing Obama. "If that is your stance, then what is left to talk about?"

He added: "I hope you avoid interfering in Iran's affairs and express your regret in a way that the Iranian nation is informed of it."

Huh. That's weird.

Wonder why a guy whose administration has tried to shut down the internet would call on Obama to Twitter more.