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By Donald N.S. Unger 8 January 2017 Friday, 20 January 2017, Noon Donald J. Trump parachuted, from his helicopter, onto the daïs at today’s inauguration, with a pair of underpants on his head—royal blue boxers, with the Trump logo in gold threads—disloc... More »
Though spending a month abroad could be possible, a year away fanciful, or four years in another country beyond imagining, at least two million Americans are suddenly thinking seriously about renting a villa on the other side of their nearest ocean or continen... 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 Marleen S. Barr 7 December 2016 Donald Trump was ensconced in his Fifth Avenue aerie contemplating his Cabinet appointments. He glanced at an oblong lamp adorned with a spout and a semi-circular handle which markedly differed from the other baubles disperse... More »
By Martin H. Levinson 27 November 2016 South of Brooklyn west of the Hudson there’s a land packed with pissed off men and upright women who don’t like things the way they are in rust belt towns, exurb villages, red state, alt hate, millions of Muslims ... 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 »
President Trump’s Cabinet, in order of succession to the Presidency, as of January 20, 2017 Vice-President: Donald Trump (Mike Pence was told “You’re fired!” on November 9, 2016) Secretary of State: Sarah Palin (she can almost see Russia from her h... 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 Dan Geddes Instructions The U.S. Congress requests that all candidates for U.S. President take the following the ethics test. Dear Candidate: For each question, please select the choice that best matches your beliefs. 1. Which term best describes your ethi... More »