The Queen is dead, long live the King! You have to hand it to the Brits - they really know how to go all out with the pomp and hoopla around any big royal event. The death of Queen E Two has provided monarchists worldwide with the greatest show in royal history. Aside from …
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9/11 REVISITED
It’s been twenty-one years since the al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11 and the occasion was marked in America this week by a number of ceremonies commemorating the nearly three thousand people killed. The attack itself was a message for North Americans who, up until then, were remarkably insulated from the radical ideologies that spawn global terrorism. …
THE NEW RELIGION
In 'Murica, the Publican Party has embraced a new religion and the rest of world is going to feel the wrath of the Almighty if they don’t shape up and sign on! The new theology trumpets the REAL TRINITY: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Smokes - Rump! HALLELUJAH! In anticipation …
MEN IN BLACK (AND A WOMAN)
Isn’t that Super-Preen Court in ‘Murica something? As if striking down federal law related to abortion isn’t enough, they’ve overturned state legislation related to gun control and wiped out legislation aimed at saving the planet from climate change catastrophe. Talk about your men in black (and one woman). I can hardly wait for the justices …
THE COST OF WAR
With inflation running wild, prices skyrocketing, world-wide supply chains in disarray, climate calamities an every day occurrence, agricultural output sagging, investment markets in a tail-spin and Vlad (the impaler) Pootine’s war in the U-Crane still raging, the average person is feeling the financial squeeze. In fact, the only people with a reason to smile are …
BAN THOSE PLANES!
When you start comparing ‘apples and oranges’, most people view this as a sign that your argument is on shaky ground. Apparently most people doesn’t include a few elected Publicans in ‘Murica, especially when it comes to defending guns for everyone. House minority whipper Stevie (the Wonder) Scaldmeez says ‘Muricans didn’t ban planes when they …
HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND
The spokesman for the National Rifle Association (NRA) says that the best way to stop a bad person with a gun is to have a good person with a gun. Tell that to the supermarket security guard in Buffalo killed by someone better armed and wearing body armor. Stop the school shootings? The NRA says …
OLD BATTLES
There’s quite a storm brewing in ‘Murica now that the GHIT’s appointees on the SuperPreen Court are set to strike down the fifty year old law that legalized abortion. The ‘Publican Party and their traditional supporters are making sure that the moment the law is struck down, every kind of abortion will be illegal in …
DOESN’T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS
What went wrong? The troops were promised a leisurely drive down the highway to the capital. The roads were supposed to be lined with happy U-Crane peasants cheering, throwing flowers and blowing kisses. The U-Crane Prez, Voldmort Z was going to throw his hands in the air and flee the country. Those in the west …
THE U-CRANE – AN ENDLESS BLEAK WINTER AHEAD
Seems as if the longer Vlad (the impaler) Pootine rules Rooskie, the more he acts like his hero, good ol’ Joe S. And hot dog, hasn’t Vlad been some busy this past week? Somehow those two hundred thousand ballet dancers that he’d brought to the border of Russkie have high stepped their way into the …
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