THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST BY JOSE SARAMAGO - Harcourt Brace 1994 - God is horrible. This is what is revealed in a dream to Mary Magdalene, a reformed sex worker who becomes Jesus’ partner/lover in this rather singular account of the life of Jesus. Move over Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; there’s a …
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It’s a pity that HIS HOLINESS Ronald Rump (GHIT, PREZ for life, World’s Greatest Comedian, Master of the Universe, etc.) who already KNOWS EVERYTHING somehow missed the great lesson of WWII - you can’t win a war with a bombing campaign alone: Goering told Hitler he could bomb Britain into submission and Air Command told …
No doubt you’ve all been watching the spat between ‘Murica and Kanadoodle over trade talks. It’s becoming so hot that I keep expecting to see ‘Murican helicopters swooping into the Prime Ribber’s home and whisking him off to ‘Murica where he can stand trial as a NARCO TRADE TERRORIST and, even worse, HIS FAILURE to …
SON OF NOBODY BY YANN MARTEL - Knopf, 2026 - Am I a bad father? This is the question asked by an academic, Harlow Donne, both at the beginning of the novel and again at the end. The question is central to the theme in this story about someone obsessed with work. Harlow works in …
A MESSAGE FROM: His Celestial Holiness, Ronald Rump: Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT), Emperor of the Americas, PREZ for LIFE, Pontiff of the Planet, World’s Greatest Comedian, Majestic Conqueror of I-Rain, Defender of the Filthy Rich, HERO of the Rooskie Federation and Wonder of the Universe: TO THE HOI-POLLOI, IN AS MUCH as the world …
THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES BY GLENN DIXON - Atria Books, 2026 - Not only is it fun, there’s a certain charm to this story that propels you to the end, despite a rather dystopian flavor to the plot. It is set in a future where humanity’s current inexorable march to extinction has been …
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While returning from the NATO summit in Turnkey, security agents protecting THE RUMP from his usual off-gassing and constipation, whisked HIS HOLINESS into the front entrance of AIRFARCE ONE and out the back door. He was then hidden in a food container and brought secretly to another jet. The RUMP departed on the secret jet, …
THE SPLENDOR BEFORE THE DARK BY MARGARET GEORGE - Berkeley Books, 2018 - It would take a dedicated history buff to know who Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was. On the other hand, if you asked about the Roman Emperor Nero, most people could supply, “Oh, yes - the crazy Emperor infamous for fiddling when Rome burned”. …
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I saw the most charming little piece of drivel on a Facebook page the other day on why we shouldn’t increase taxation on the filthy rich. Some 20 watt bulb in the 100 watt filament of life likened our current tax situation to a group at a restaurant paying the bill. He insisted that if we …
There’s been much kuffule here in Kanadoodle about a new bridge between ‘Murica and Kanadoodle. Kanadoodle’s Prime Ribber, Chillie Con Carnie is taking a lot of flack for being robbed by His Holiness, Ronald Rump - PREZ for life, Saviour of the World, World’s Greatest Comedian, Hero of the Rooskie Federation and Prince of Pieces. …
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