Oh, irony. “On the same day that a New York Post editorial claimed racial profiling was not a growing problem, one of the Post’s own reporters filed suit against the city claiming to be a victim of such profiling.” [E&P]

It’s as if the paper’s departments don’t communicate with each other to fine tune their message; this would never happen at Fox News. (The editorial is here; the Post’s own story on the lawsuit, appearing today, is here.)

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Because it's what they do, the New York Post has compiled a list of the 50 best (their word) jokes of the last 12 months, a feat that accomplishes little more than to confirm everyone's assumptions: the Post can never be intentionally funny.

Of the greatest 50 quips in the world today, at least 40 are completely void of humor and hackneyed, two or three are not jokes at all and seven mock either African Americans or women (four for the ladies and three for the blacks). All in all, we think the whole exercise was just the Post endorsing Obama in the only way it knows how.

"Jokes" are after the jump.

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• Forest Whitaker wants to play Louis Armstrong. And while that would be nice, we think it would be a shame if an Armstrong movie was released before a decent Miles Davis flick. [Guardian]

• Surprise: The New York Post employs ignorant wackos! [HuffPo]

• Please, people, don't vote for Ralph Nader. Please. Please. [XXL]

• "Barack Obama plans to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton’s contention that she has been more thoroughly scrutinized." [NYT]

• Rita Marley wants Lauryn Hill to portray her in an upcoming biopic, which is kinda sorta weird considering the fact that Hill is married to one of Bob Marley's sons from another relationship. [C+D]