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Who’s That Sitting at My Daddy’s Desk? by Paul Lander and Dan McConnell Paul Lander is a TV comedy writer, award-winning columnist and producer. His humor pieces have appeared in MAD, American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, McSweeneys, National Lampoon, Robot... More »
Kiss the Federal Government Goodbye By Martin H. Levinson Elon Musk and his merry band of muskrats are doing their best to trim excess fat from the US government by suggesting ways to fire federal employees. The problem is they’re being too conservative with... More »
General Disillusionment By Melissa Tonkin The news comes on the TV at 7:02 p.m. Considering it’s called ‘The News at Seven,’ it’s late. The night’s top story is breaking. A black and white sketch fills the screen: the Unabomber in sunglasses and a ho... More »
X-JACK: the 12-step Program for Mastering Your Domain by David Comfort To regulate men like women, Mississippi state senator, Bradford Blackmon, a Black Baptist and former ballplayer, has just introduced the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.” The b... More »
France and Poland Excited that Germany is Rearming at Top Speed By Dan Geddes BRUSSELS – During yesterday’s NATO summit, leading EU member states such as France and Poland expressed unbridled joy at the prospect of major German rearmament and conscription.... More »
by Jeffrey Meyers After teaching in Japan for a year, my wife and I took the long way home through Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Russia, Poland, Germany and England. We had a taste of Russia before we got there. When we first entered our ... More »
Tom Deisboeck is a published cartoonist and children’s book illustrator. He is largely self-taught yet propelled by great mentors like Charles Zembillas (The Animation Academy in Burbank, CA) and John Byrne (The London Art College, UK). Tom’s carto... More »
Jesus is Not All Right with Me by Stephen J. Lyons The newly elected capo was rightly offended by the Inaugural Day sermon. “She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.” His consiglieri was horribly aggrieved. “The person giving this sermon shou... More »