GOD KEEP ME

by Alejandro Escud�One can organize well.Hate in sharp angles:Triangles, crosses, swastikas.Checked boxes.If you believe this,You can't believe that.Then there's the vitriolThat anticipates understanding.Firewalls of reaction.Dull, bright colors.In...

CHARLOTTESVILLE 8/11/17

by Jan SteckelSeveral hundred white nationalists and white supremacists were met by a small group of counterprotesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson on Friday night at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. �The Washington...

CLINTONATIONS

by Edmund Conti When you argue with the GOPBe sure to bring your best artillery.Their argument you won�t foresee.It goes like this:  �But Hillary.�Your facts can sting like a bumblebee,Dance and flit like a fritillary.They�ll just respond with...

THE PANEL

by Joan Colby�CNN dismisses Jeffrey Lord after Nazi tweet,instantly upgrades panel discussions.��Erik Wemble, The Washington Post, August 10, 2017 Grid of heads.Former congressman. Aide to aPresident twice removed.Retired General. Snarky blonde.Outspoken...

SWAGGER TIME

by Michael BrockleyImage source: OKdoodleAfter VICE reports that White House staffers deliver a folder filled with complimentary news twice a day to Donald T***p.You�ve got that Ron Jeremy thing going, what with your necktie bulging from your crotch....

RESISTANCE, AMERICAN STYLE

by George Salamon �But the resistance doesn�t do vacation.� in �The Resistance Now: Trump's on vacay, so now's the time to act� �The Guardian, August 4, 2017"Not my president," they shouted.Resist! their signs urged.Petitions flooded the corridors...

JOHN F. KELLY, A MODERN FOUR-STAR GENERAL

by  Orel Protopopescu   With Apologies to Gilbert & SullivanHe is the very model of a modern four-star general,thinks politicians should shut up or change the laws, ephemeral.He�s sure the border�s leaking drugs that make us all delirious,suggested...

COMRADE VLAD

by David SouthwardPresident Putinmust be hootin��tricked the Yanks to vote a brute in!Tried some far-outhome computin�to keep the stateside rowdies rootin�.The guy�s too sly:all smiles, refutin�prissy liberals� highfalutincomplaints their voting wasn�t...

AFTER EUPHORIA

by Ralph La Rosa A post-Obama meditationAfter Emily Dickinson, �After great pain, a formal feeling comes� (372)After Euphoria, formal feelings come �Once Tuning Forks, the Nerves won�t humAnd numbed Hearts wonder, �Where is the Sage who boreSuch sane...