Ron Shafer
@rshafer.bsky.social
Well-known minister Martin Luther King gives historic speech on having dreams-- Trump Park Service
April 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Well-known minister Martin Luther King gives historic speech on having dreams-- Trump Park Service
Trump brings back the sporty Reed Smoot look from the Smoot-Hawley tariff that led to the Great Depression.
April 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump brings back the sporty Reed Smoot look from the Smoot-Hawley tariff that led to the Great Depression.
Trump’s tariffs bring back the sporty Reed Smoot look from the Smoot-Hawley tariff that led to the Great Depression
April 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump’s tariffs bring back the sporty Reed Smoot look from the Smoot-Hawley tariff that led to the Great Depression
Today Sen. Reed Smoot is celebrating the day in 1930 when his tariff with Willis Hawley passed and led to the Great Depression.
April 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today Sen. Reed Smoot is celebrating the day in 1930 when his tariff with Willis Hawley passed and led to the Great Depression.
In a move to remove divisive ideology at the National Zoo, Trump has just ordered that the Asian elephant be renamed the American elephant.
March 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In a move to remove divisive ideology at the National Zoo, Trump has just ordered that the Asian elephant be renamed the American elephant.
Trump decrees an end to divisive ideology at the National Zoo. The black pacu is removed, the Asian Elephant is renamed the American Elephant and the Emperor Newt is now called the Just Newt because “Gingrich isn’t a bigger royalty than me.”
March 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump decrees an end to divisive ideology at the National Zoo. The black pacu is removed, the Asian Elephant is renamed the American Elephant and the Emperor Newt is now called the Just Newt because “Gingrich isn’t a bigger royalty than me.”
Pentagon orders all soldiers to have Secretary Pete Hegseth hair style. Each unit will receive greasy kid stuff hair oil.
March 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pentagon orders all soldiers to have Secretary Pete Hegseth hair style. Each unit will receive greasy kid stuff hair oil.
Tonight's Conclave: The Brutalist, "He's Still Here" Donaldo Perez demands Wicked have all White Males who speak only English, a policy of No Penny Boys and The Substance that makes Demi Moore's skin crawl. He accuses Anora's Mikey Madison of failing to negotiate with Russian attackers.
March 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tonight's Conclave: The Brutalist, "He's Still Here" Donaldo Perez demands Wicked have all White Males who speak only English, a policy of No Penny Boys and The Substance that makes Demi Moore's skin crawl. He accuses Anora's Mikey Madison of failing to negotiate with Russian attackers.
In the name of peace, Vance and Rubio offer to give Zelensky a free lesson on cowardly fawning over Trump, including drooling.
March 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In the name of peace, Vance and Rubio offer to give Zelensky a free lesson on cowardly fawning over Trump, including drooling.
In the name of peace, Vance and Rubio offer to give Zelensky a free lesson on cowardly fawning over Trump, including drooling.
March 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In the name of peace, Vance and Rubio offer to give Zelensky a free lesson on cowardly fawning over Trump, including drooling.
Elon Musk being asked to list all the ways he violated the Constitution last week. He said he took a buzzsaw to it, so help me Dolley Madison.
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Elon Musk being asked to list all the ways he violated the Constitution last week. He said he took a buzzsaw to it, so help me Dolley Madison.
Elon Musk is proof that even the world’s richest man can’t buy a sense of humor above junior high level. Call him the Pee Wee Herman of DOGE— with apologies to Pee Wee Herman.
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Elon Musk is proof that even the world’s richest man can’t buy a sense of humor above junior high level. Call him the Pee Wee Herman of DOGE— with apologies to Pee Wee Herman.
Today is George Washington's birthday. You can read how his half-naked statue went viral in my book that also includes a story on how a Napoleon ancestor started the FBI. And more!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHZS522R
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHZS522R
February 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is George Washington's birthday. You can read how his half-naked statue went viral in my book that also includes a story on how a Napoleon ancestor started the FBI. And more!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHZS522R
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHZS522R
THIS JUST IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WILL BAR ANY NEWS AGENCY THAT REFUSES TO REFER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AS "THE GULF OF MAR-A-LAGO." TRUMP SAID HE CAN SEE THE OCEAN FROM HIS FLORIDA ESTATE, SO CHANGING THE NAME IS THE AMERICAN THING TO DO. OR ELSE!
February 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
THIS JUST IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WILL BAR ANY NEWS AGENCY THAT REFUSES TO REFER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AS "THE GULF OF MAR-A-LAGO." TRUMP SAID HE CAN SEE THE OCEAN FROM HIS FLORIDA ESTATE, SO CHANGING THE NAME IS THE AMERICAN THING TO DO. OR ELSE!
Trump awards himself the Mark Twain Prize for American humor after asking, “Who the hell is Mark Twain?”
February 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump awards himself the Mark Twain Prize for American humor after asking, “Who the hell is Mark Twain?”
Today on Fox: For more on why people should get jobs based only on merit, let’s go to Steve Doocy’s son covering the White House. Take it away Peter.
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today on Fox: For more on why people should get jobs based only on merit, let’s go to Steve Doocy’s son covering the White House. Take it away Peter.
Remembering today my friend Danny Pearl
February 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Remembering today my friend Danny Pearl
After Trump pardons violent January 6 attackers and an international drug dealer, American ancestors of Jack the Ripper have their fingers crossed.
January 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
After Trump pardons violent January 6 attackers and an international drug dealer, American ancestors of Jack the Ripper have their fingers crossed.
Mary and I “O-H-“ cheering Ohio state’s national championship!
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Mary and I “O-H-“ cheering Ohio state’s national championship!
Two Ohio State fans: Me and Archie Griffin. One of us was a great football player. Go Bucks!
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Two Ohio State fans: Me and Archie Griffin. One of us was a great football player. Go Bucks!
Meanwhile, construction is suspended on the Trump Presidential Library
January 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Meanwhile, construction is suspended on the Trump Presidential Library
1n March 1893 Grover Cleveland took his second non-consecutive oath of office outside with snow falling and the temperature 25 degrees. A veteran reporter wrote the cold temperature was second only to Grant’s second inauguration when “the thermometer fell so low the whiskey froze.”
January 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
1n March 1893 Grover Cleveland took his second non-consecutive oath of office outside with snow falling and the temperature 25 degrees. A veteran reporter wrote the cold temperature was second only to Grant’s second inauguration when “the thermometer fell so low the whiskey froze.”
Drinking to Jimmy Carter. Not really, but I do have this can of Billy Beer promoted by brother Billy Carter.
January 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Drinking to Jimmy Carter. Not really, but I do have this can of Billy Beer promoted by brother Billy Carter.
My former colleague on the Ohio State student newspaper, folk singer Phil Ochs, didn’t make it
into the new movie about his old pal Bob Dylan. But one of his songs did, “There But For Fortune” sung by Joan Baez.
into the new movie about his old pal Bob Dylan. But one of his songs did, “There But For Fortune” sung by Joan Baez.
December 25, 2024 at 10:36 PM
My former colleague on the Ohio State student newspaper, folk singer Phil Ochs, didn’t make it
into the new movie about his old pal Bob Dylan. But one of his songs did, “There But For Fortune” sung by Joan Baez.
into the new movie about his old pal Bob Dylan. But one of his songs did, “There But For Fortune” sung by Joan Baez.
Last minute gift. 3 dozen of my Washington Post history articles in my book A Half-Naked George Washington. Spread the word
A Half-Naked Geoge Washington: And Other True Tales From History a.co/d/5Iudhfg
A Half-Naked Geoge Washington: And Other True Tales From History a.co/d/5Iudhfg
December 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Last minute gift. 3 dozen of my Washington Post history articles in my book A Half-Naked George Washington. Spread the word
A Half-Naked Geoge Washington: And Other True Tales From History a.co/d/5Iudhfg
A Half-Naked Geoge Washington: And Other True Tales From History a.co/d/5Iudhfg