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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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Political gifts I wish I could give this Christmas

December 23, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor, Politics Leave a comment

Let’s play “Political gifts I wish I could give this Christmas.” I have compiled a list of things that would give me a measure

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post trump

Democracy at the bat: Post-Trump edition

November 9, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor Leave a comment

With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, the author—in 1888—of this famous poem, here is my updated, truncated, post-Trump 2016-election version of “Casey at the

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Blueprint for an “outrage meter”

January 31, 2014 Renee Shur Humor, Ideas, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m drawing up plans to construct an outrage meter.  Granted, I’ve never seen one nor even heard of one before, but why should that

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Politics and pumpkins

October 31, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Everything is political. Even, it seems, Halloween. Just for evil grins and giggles, here’s a gallery of jack o’ lanterns from this year and previous

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