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Donald Trump’s Interview with Jake Tapper of CNN “This is how demagogues rise to power. It is also the pattern of Anti-Christ. I’m not comparing [Donald] Trump to the Anti-Christ; I’m just saying the desire of the people for a political savior is the p... More »
By Tony Powers 20 February 2016 NEW YORK – Alice, who famously said in Alice in Wonderland, “it’s the stupidest tea party I ever was at in all my life,” today retracted her statement. In a press conference held earlier on the lawn of The Mad... More »
“We shall fight them migrants on the beaches and in the hills; we shall never surrender.” “Mr Gordochez, put up that wall!” “My fellow Americans, ask not how much this is costing you, but how much I’ll be making.” R... More »
Imaginary Review by Jack Belck 6 January 2016 Midnight’s Sunshine, Wanda Buchanan’s first novel, explores in a brisk and emotively effective way the varieties of familial relations and their discontents during twenty-two chapters of exciting and heart-... More »
The Nightmare Before Christmas Dismayed by his townspeople, Jack wanders away from them. He should have kept going, because he stumbles upon an obsession for the “happy feelings” of Christmas. This almost gets him killed. It proves that chasing happiness i... More »
MEMORANDUM To: Trigger Communications Clients From: Trigger Crisis Management Team Subject: “Thoughts and Prayers” Successor Brand Message Date: December 17, 2015 The growing media blowback against “thoughts and prayers” as an incident-response-deflect... More »
By Scott Gordon 8 December 2015 ______________ From: God, Creator of the Universe To: Eva Gonzalez, Hiring Manager, Bubbala Dear Ms. Gonzalez: It’s with divine interest that I respond to your job opening for Life and Annuity Consulting Actuary: Exciting Tele... More »
Hold onto your lips, folks ― the hottest trend in self-improvement has arrived. Smile shaping is taking the country by storm, and classes can’t keep up with demand. What the heck is smile shaping, you may be asking yourself. With roots in ethology, the sci... More »
(Our Pardons to Shakespeare) By Rfreed 21 November 2015 Dramatis Personae IAGO- Advisor to Othello – played by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CASSIO- Lieutenant to Othello, husband of Iago – played by Bill Clinton OTHELLO- A noble Moor leader – p... More »
Psephology (\see-fol-uh-jee\) noun, 1. The study of elections. Yo, Karl Rove, how do you like Ohio now? Apologies. I just got an urge to throw a shout out to one of Fox News’ fave guests and the maker of my most memorable moment from the 2012 election. Not a... More »
By E. Wohn 31 October 2015 CHICAGO – As part of a nationwide campaign to stem the over-prescription of antibiotics, the American Medical Association recently recommended the prescription of AntiBiox+, a new placebo with limited side effects. To support i... More »