The Internet is abuzz today with people wondering about the giant George W. Bush billboard hovering over I-35 near Wyoming, Minn. The billboard features a smiling picture of the former prez with the caption "Miss Me Yet?" From where did this strange advertisement spring, and what is its intended purpose? Asylum spoke to Mary Teske from Schubert & Hoey Outdoor Advertising, the agency ...

AccuWeather meteorologist Jim Kosek may not be a household name yet, but one of his recent forecasts threatens to change all that. In a clip that has over 300,000 YouTube hits, Kosek fluctuates between flat-lining and freaking out while discussing the impending snowfall in Baltimore. The clip is full of high-volume, highly quotable potential catchphrases, but our favorite is "Tertiary problem ...

Sarah Palin's career has been declared dead more often than Jason Voorhees, but like the "Friday the 13th" boogeyman and fellow hockey accessorizer, she always rises again. This week will test that cycle once more. On Saturday, the former Alaska governor delivered the keynote speech at the first National Tea Party Convention, followed by a short Q & A with a Tea Party moderator. Palin's ...

Republican Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign touched off an Internet supernova yesterday with the release of the weirdest political ad ever. The ad, an attack on Fiorina opponent Tom Campbell, starts with the idea that lambs represent fiscal conservatism, not deliciously slaughter-prone foodstuffs. It then sets out, comically, to prove that Fiorina's opponent is no lamb! Reaction to the ad was ...

Tommy Christopher, Asylum's White House correspondent, explains the story that will rock the media this week. Going into last Wednesday's State of the Union address, things were not looking so great for President Barack H. Obama. He and his party were taking heat from every corner of the political spectrum, with liberals angry at their inability to capitalize on a 60-40 majority in the Senate ...

Actor and composer Val Kilmer, star of many an awesome movie, is now starring in a weird viral video in which he extols the virtues of rapper 50 Cent to ancient-looking New Mexico State Representative "Lucky" Varela. Kilmer has been mulling a run for governor in New Mexico, and while 50 might seem like an odd choice of topic, the thrifty moniker of Kilmer's close friend might appeal to ...

If you're wondering what passes for humor on the political right these days, look no further. It's the death and/or torture of Nancy Pelosi. Previously, we brought you Glenn Beck's "Pelosi Poisoning Theatre," part of his weird pattern of poison-related fantasies about women. Now, Beck is dueting with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on something called the "Bold & Fresh Tour," and he seems to ...

Ah, the State of the Union address -- that (mostly) annual stoppage of normal TV so the president can blow some smoke while members of the opposition party sit stern-faced with their arms folded. Most of you probably have trouble remembering the last time the speech was given by someone who could pronounce the word "nuclear," so this year's model may have some novelty for you. Still, even ...

Not long ago, we alerted you to the existence of a blog with an elegantly simple mission: to Photoshop actor Nicolas Cage onto everyone imaginable. This site was founded on "the belief that everything in life would be better with a little more Nic Cage, the most unique and versatile actor of his generation." Of course, it's the dream of every superfan to gain the approval of their love subject. ...

In the week since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, we've seen stories of tragedy (far too many), triumph (too few, but also amazing) and ugliness, but today, we caught the closest thing to a funny moment amid the human drama. In this report from a field hospital in Port au Prince, CNN's correspondent talks about the amazing things being done by surgeons under the most difficult of ...