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By Dan Geddes 21 January 2015 America’s fullness is a bad fullness; an emptiness. America is full of emptiness, because it is too full of fullness. It is even empty of emptiness—but in the bad way. –Yamamoto Shunryu Yamamoto (’JA-MAH-’MOH-TOH) wa... More »
Many Americans identify themselves through compound forms based on national or regional origin—African-American, Italian-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American, etc. Such individuals often band together and hold parades, have parties, and get politicians... More »
By Harvey J. Lieberman 19 January 2015 Revelations about concussion injuries among professional football players and the resulting National Football League settlement challenge cherished notions about our iconic national sport. The following translation of an ... More »
WASHINGTON – Buried deep in the thousands of classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden, journalists have uncovered evidence of a little known non-kinetic warfare device currently being tested by the Pentagon. News of the technology has been kept secr... More »
(A Jason Half-Pillow Ennui Existential) When Amy One Eye Shut, an almost pathologically shy Navajo Maid at just another in a scattered series of California desert town Ramada Inns between Barstow and Bakersfield, bends her round figure down to prop up Room 113... More »
The following are five new mental disorders that have been included in the American Psychiatric Association’s 2015 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the reference book for those working in the field of mental hea... More »
by Alan Lord & Karlos Bedoy I Wanna Hold Your Head Shia Loves You Here Comes The Sunni While My Jihad Gently Weeps And Your Burka Can Sing Your Mullah Should Know Allah You Need is Blood Shia’s Leaving Home For The Beheading of Mr Kite If I In... More »
Generals, thank you all for coming. In light of recent revelations of a prurient nature, we are gathered here to review The Comely Behavior Manual that you all studied years ago before your uniforms were bedazzled with stars. Please turn to the chapter ent... More »
OMG! Did you hear? Potomac/Beltway VIPs are texting like crazy. Some are even phoning. This is a scoop of all scoops, hot and heavy with anger, as well as sex. Here’s what happened: Michelle Obama went berserk last Tuesday (August 19th) after the New York Ti... More »
To improve network security following this morning’s “Happy Garlic” computer virus attack, all users are required to change system passwords immediately upon receiving this message. Also, in keeping with compliance regulations revised in the wake of the ... More »
By Tal Abbady Once upon a past millennium, a group of North American Beavers who lived in the Upper Forest got together every year for their widely broadcast awards show. The Beavers lorded over millions of Squirrels in the Lower Forest and received awards for... More »
A literature professor, a geneticist and a provost are in a lifeboat. The provost gets to decide which of the two are to go. No, not of the three. That would be elementary rather than advanced math. This provost has long since left simple numbers behind, but r... More »