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Politics, sports, poetry, philosophy, satire, absurdity.
Though I've belted you and flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. -Rudyard KIpling
Donald Trump crows that he made America grate again. George III made us grate. So too did Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini and Stalin. Bin Laden made America grate. And on to Trump, who is still grating on America.
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Donald Trump crows that he made America grate again. George III made us grate. So too did Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini and Stalin. Bin Laden made America grate. And on to Trump, who is still grating on America.
There have been numerous sightings in the D.C. metro area of Karoline Leavitt at various gas stations with the air hose pressed to her forehead and the pump clanking away.
May 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There have been numerous sightings in the D.C. metro area of Karoline Leavitt at various gas stations with the air hose pressed to her forehead and the pump clanking away.
Pope Francis was a genuine human being and a special friend to those of us most in need of love and compassion. May he rest in peace.
April 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Pope Francis was a genuine human being and a special friend to those of us most in need of love and compassion. May he rest in peace.
Donald Trump and his cohort have established mendacity as the official language of the MAGA movement. To them, lying is just a dialect of the English language.
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Donald Trump and his cohort have established mendacity as the official language of the MAGA movement. To them, lying is just a dialect of the English language.
Bernie Sanders is fighting for America. I wish I had voted for him for president in the Democratic primary in 2020. My bad.
February 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bernie Sanders is fighting for America. I wish I had voted for him for president in the Democratic primary in 2020. My bad.
In attempting to understand Donald Trump, one must first begin with the obvious: he is a sadist.
February 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In attempting to understand Donald Trump, one must first begin with the obvious: he is a sadist.
Did our beloved Founding Fathers, in constructing our Constitution, possibly fail to anticipate a future President who would defy its very content and act contrary to its aims? Could they have overlooked the need of an enforcement power?
February 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Did our beloved Founding Fathers, in constructing our Constitution, possibly fail to anticipate a future President who would defy its very content and act contrary to its aims? Could they have overlooked the need of an enforcement power?
To the millions of high school and college students across America who are interested in the future they will inherit, what are they to make of Judge Merchan's remark after excusing the criminality of Donald Trump with this parting word to the convicted felon:" Godspeed"? Good luck, kiddoes.
January 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
To the millions of high school and college students across America who are interested in the future they will inherit, what are they to make of Judge Merchan's remark after excusing the criminality of Donald Trump with this parting word to the convicted felon:" Godspeed"? Good luck, kiddoes.
College football players have begun to rebel against schools who promised them big NIL money (or their coaches did) and then welshed on their promises. The athletes are quitting their teams and walking away. It's only a matter of time before they get even in other ways -like fixing games.
January 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
College football players have begun to rebel against schools who promised them big NIL money (or their coaches did) and then welshed on their promises. The athletes are quitting their teams and walking away. It's only a matter of time before they get even in other ways -like fixing games.
The more we learn about the freeloading of Clarence Thomas the more we discover the sad truth of American jurisprudence: being a judge and being a scofflaw are not incompatible.
December 28, 2024 at 4:30 AM
The more we learn about the freeloading of Clarence Thomas the more we discover the sad truth of American jurisprudence: being a judge and being a scofflaw are not incompatible.
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
December 24, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
The major paradox of western democracy is that when we cast our vote we are forced to choose among equally deceitful politicians, and we know it.
December 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
The major paradox of western democracy is that when we cast our vote we are forced to choose among equally deceitful politicians, and we know it.
Roy Cohn and Donald Trump, mentor and protege, posed for reporters at their election - by acclamation - to the Cockroach Hall of Fame in 1975.
December 7, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Roy Cohn and Donald Trump, mentor and protege, posed for reporters at their election - by acclamation - to the Cockroach Hall of Fame in 1975.
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM