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By Dan Geddes WASHINGTON – In response to the growing epidemic of “fake news,” President Obama today announced the creation of a new department of the federal government, the Ministry of Truth. “As a Constitutional scholar, I can assure you that the Fo... More »
By Dan Geddes BERLIN – Germany’s law against insulting the leaders of foreign governments will be put to the ultimate test when billionaire Twitter personality Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the United States in January 2017. Insulting Presiden... More »
By Donald Unger 4 November 2016 WASHINGTON – The federal Office of Diversion Control (ODC), a unit of the US Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration today announced a further expansion of items to be placed on Controlled Substance Sche... More »
By Dan Geddes NEW YORK – After a week of new allegations of Donald Trump’s past sexual predations, campaign spokesman Dirk Digger stated that Mr. Trump would not commit sexual assault “before, during or after” his final Presidential debate with Hillary... More »
Good morning, to the Right Honorable Prime Minister Madam Theresa May, I’m incredibly sorry to have missed you when you were in New York, but I was somewhere in what I call flyover country. This is a huge, huge country, but I would have flown to New York in ... More »
By Anna Murray 12 October 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Move aside, FiveThirtyEight, Daily Kos, and The Upshot. The Data Evaluation Sciences & Political Analytics Institute for Research (DESPAIR) today announces the launch of a new political-prediction blog.... More »
NEW YORK – The incredibly addictive Pokemon-Go app, which has sent countless millions of people out into the world to stare at their cell phones more than ever before, has now put the U.S. Presidential elections in doubt. Recent CNN polls show that voter... More »
By Chris T. Hackett 28 August 2016 Last month at a secret hacker conference, known only “Future Cons,” a stunning announcement was made. Hackers released a smart phone app that exposes the secret agents working for America’s intelligence organizations. C... More »
By W.T. Fallon 25 August 2016 NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced at a press conference today that he plans to replace the Affordable Care Act with his own health care plan, Trump Care, if elected. “I promised to make Am... More »
While the rebel flag no longer flies there, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley says that the state has never considered itself part of the Union, European or otherwise. COLUMBIA – Following a hotly contested statewide referendum, South Carolina Governor... More »
By Dan Geddes ATLANTA– A recent CNN poll of American citizens found that a solid majority (72%) believes that “the United States of America is still the greatest democracy in the world.” Most poll respondents were clearly favorable toward American democr... More »
By Rick Blum 24 July 2016 In an unexpectedly raucous press conference this afternoon, the American Contract Bridge Council announced that it has modified the terminology used in this trick-taking, card game, which dates back to at least 1886 when John Collinso... More »