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Category: Humor

Putin-Trump

How Loose Lips from Obama Hurt America and the World

March 17, 2022 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, 2020 Election, Campaigns, Humor, International, Nuclear weapons, Obama, Politics, Putin, Russia, Trump, Ukraine Leave a comment

Barack Obama was clearly one of the most cerebral and well-spoken presidents that the United States has ever had. But as odd as it may seem, two slips of his tongue may have led to the rise of the two worst dictators so far in the 21st Century.

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Michael Cohen

16 phones: Theme song for Michael Cohen’s tell-all book on Trump and Company

May 8, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Corruption, Crime/Violence, Humor Leave a comment

Trump’s former consigliere, Michael Cohen, is reported to be writing a tell-all book. Whether he’ll be writing in in a jail cell or at

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anti-abortion

Alabama’s anti-abortion abomination

May 16, 2019 Renee Shur Humor, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

If you’re a woman and if your head is spinning following passage of the draconian abortion law in Alabama, rest assured that the dizzy

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mystery

Walt, Anne and Jesus: Mystery on the Magazine Rack

February 21, 2019 Renee Shur Humor, Ideas Leave a comment

What do Jesus, Walt Disney, and Anne Frank have in common?  Perhaps this seems like a question that reeks of such absurdity that it’s

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shocked

Shocked, shocked to hear that Trump is unfit

September 7, 2018 John Messmer Humor, Media, Trump Leave a comment

About that “shocking,” anonymous op-ed in the New York Times: What I find most amazing about all this talk about how the president is

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insulted

The twelve months of Trump [A Christmas sing-along]

December 24, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, Trump One comment

In his first month in office, he insulted with a Tweet: A US Attorney named Preet. In his second month in office, he insulted

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Greitens

MO Governor Greitens’ latest stunt is “Rappellant”

September 12, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor, Missouri region 2 comments

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens loves to show off his Navy-Seal skills for maximum political effect. You may recall that he blasted off his campaign

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un-president

The un-President

June 7, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor Leave a comment

There is so much to unlike about the current President of the United States. I’ve been compiling a list of “un” words that describe

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New Secy. of Interior rides into office, literally—on a horse

March 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, People, Republicans, Trump One comment

Newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made a grand entrance on his first day on the job: He rode several blocks through

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Political quotes: Absurdities

January 23, 2017 Occasional Planet 2016 Election, History, Humor One comment

Is Trump unique? No. He’s just the latest in a long line of demagogues and false populists who use deceit and “alternative facts” to

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