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Professor Sondra Lear, a feminist science fiction scholar par excellence, was sobbing in her State University of New York at Greenwich Village office. The fact that Trump was really the President of the United States devastated her. Although she had experience... More »
While performing my janitorial duties in the basement of a biweekly newspaper that once wrote about music, I knocked over a box labeled “M.W.” An ancient fax machine tumbled out. My god, could I have stumbled onto the Mojo Wire, the apparatus Hunter S.... More »
All the Foolze down in Foolzville like Foolzville a lot, But the Frump who lived North of Foolzville did not. The Frump hated Foolzville! The whole blasted swamp! And he vowed he would drain it, in one wild romp! For doing so, he said he had lots of rea... More »
Even if your town has public consolation spaces where you can be bear-hugged by like-minded total strangers, that really doesn’t help PESS, especially if the hosts include complimentary coffee. The coffee only keeps you awake longer. Here psychologists and l... More »
By Paul Mortenson 6 November 2016 Take this brief questionnaire to find out. Caution: answers to all question choices are incorrect. Donald Trump Section If Donald Trump is elected President, do you plan to seek refuge in a monastery or convent move to Tierra ... 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 »
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 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 James C. Coomer 13 July 2016 Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech to Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 2016 Thank you, thank you. It has been a long campaign. I have traveled the length and breadth of this country, at my own expense be... More »
By Robert Friedman 30 May 2016 Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, today announced that he has selected his own ego as his running mate. “I gave this a lot of thought,” Trump told reporters at a campaign event at Trump Tower. “I’m a b... More »
Like most presidential wannabes, Hillary will need a campaign song. JFK had “High Hopes, “ FDR, “Happy Days Are Here Again,” But, sadly, her handlers have their hands full deflecting, avoiding and denying, so they might not have time for composing. Fol... More »
By Tony Powers 2 April 2016 Today, at the most prestigious wine tasting event of the year, VinItaly, the largest wine trade show in the world, which features over 150,000 annual visitors from 210 countries, 4,000 exhibitors, 2,600 journalists from 46 countries... More »