Category Archives: Humor
from Flor-uh-duh Bob’s EZ Entrepreneurial Guide to Charter Riches!
OK, if some reader is so dense as not to see that this piece is satire meant to call attention to horrific, illegal scams being perpetrated right now in the United States, it is. And if you follow any of … Continue reading
What K-12 Textbooks Are Like Now: A Sample lesson on the Declaration of Independence
[Begin lesson.] We hold (Did you know that Thomas Jefferson invented an automatic letter copying device? It’s pictured here. Higher-Order Thinking: how are letters different from email?) these truths (Cross-curricular Connections–Math: Truth tables are used in logic. Al-Farabi, pictured here, … Continue reading
Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions, 2022, by Robert Shepherd, Lifestyle Reporter
–Resolved, with resolution, resolutely to do nothing in 2022 to curb the epidemic of school shootings. –The United States Congress –Petition the warden for Big Mac deliveries. –Donald Trump –Deputize and arm Citizen Militias to remove from public schools both … Continue reading
Patriotic Noise 2
Submission pursuant to an application for the position of speechwriter for Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, or Ron DeSantis Murika, land of the tis of thee, by jingo by golly by jingoism,by the dawn’s eerie night from … Continue reading
Corporate Decision Making: You Are There
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Remembrance of Things Ass
So, Donald Trump had the mobster’s habit of destroying the evidence–tearing up paperwork he didn’t like or after he didn’t (or couldn’t) read it. Ordinarily, under actual presidents, these papers would have gone into the National Archives. The Presidential Records … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders and I
The Bern and I, SCUBA diving. Those were the days! Bernie, love you, Bro.
from Field Notes: Jabba idiota orangii
It is sometimes claimed that, as with Yeti or Bigfoot, there is but one Donald Jabba the Trump. Such cannot be the case, however, for how would such species persist across time? While Jabba idiota orangii is a monotypic taxon, … Continue reading
The Devil Went Down to Georgia, aka Bad Angels in America, a Screenplay | Bob Shepherd
[“Bohemian Rhapsody,” by Queen, crescendos, then fades over voice of Announcer.] ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States. JABBA THE TRUMP: Good evening, GEEOR-JUH! So here we are. What’s this place? Dalton? Dalton, Geeorjuh. You gotta be … Continue reading
Close to You (Donnie’s Song) | Bob Shepherd
with apologies to Hal David, Burt Bacharach, and The Carpenters Why do toadies suddenly appearto take your part and kiss your rear?Putin has the dirtto ensure they don’t desertand stay close to you. Why does Mitch, like Pence’s fly,stick like … Continue reading
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