HeLong Muskrat, reputedly the world's richest furry mammal, has recently bought the billion dollar swamp gas giant Twit. A champion of free croaks, Muskrat was enraged when Twit began to put constraints on the smells that people could let loose on the gassy platform – like when Ronald Rump (former Prez of 'Murica and Grand …
Month: November 2022
IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE?
After months of coyly wooing his supporters, fluttering his eyelashes and dropping a blizzard of hints, Ronald Rump, former Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT) and Prez of 'Murica, has announced his intention to seek the Publican nomination for the Whitey House in 2024. Comedy fans everywhere greeted the announcement with hysterical shouts of joy. As …
THE RIGHT TO RIGHTS
In the fair and frozen lands of Kanadoodle, we take great delight in criticizing governments that fall short in the treatment of their citizens. With shaking heads and finger wagging we point to the despots in other countries who bludgeon their critics in order to maintain power in their steely grip. But it’s not just …
A PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY BY HILARY MANTEL
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel, Atheneum Press, 1992 - If you’ve read ‘Wolf Hall’ you might already be a fan of Hilary Mantel. If you haven’t read ‘Wolf Hall’, her book about the life and times of Thomas Cromwell (Henry VIII’s chief political architect after the fall of Cardinal Wolsey), you should. …
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