This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: Orange Squeal
What do you get when you combine cowardly-yellow with hate-red? Orange squeal! Our political landscape is being poisoned by agent orange. A guilty party leads the guile-tea party. … Read more
economy
Slobovian Billionairess Has Answer to Holiday Travel Woes
Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network) Travel woes are a thing of the past, says a risk-taking billionaire who is launching her own pioneering airlines. Famed Slobovian Billionairess … Read more
CDC Issues Tea-Rump Fever Alert
Agency warns: You may be infected with Tea-Rump fever if… The Center for Disease Control has issued an alert for a possible resurgence of the very dangerous Tea-Rump … Read more
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Child Labor
Her new child labor law is a speedy response to FDR’s New Deal-era Fair Labor Standards Act, says Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders met with … Read more
Child Labor: Republicans’ Wet Dream
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has become a star in the new Republican crusade to bring back child labor. I have to concede one point: Today’s far-right Republican party does … Read more
Bezos’ Acquisition Plans Include the Whole World
Being the third-richest person in the world is not nearly enough, as the Amazon founder acquisition plans include all assets, everywhere. It’s a jungle out there for all … Read more
How Inequality Happens
One reason these Wall Street types make so much is that theirs is a dirty job — they are why inequality happens. I don’t usually cover hard-luck sob … Read more
2022: The Year of the Workers
Instead of Time magazine’s somewhat pompous annual “Person of the Year” award, how a “Year of the Workers” award? ‘Tis the season of sugar plums and gift-giving — … Read more
Santa Claus Asks Biden for Help with Reindeer Strike
Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network) Santa Claus has appealed to President Biden for help in avoiding a planned reindeer strike this year. SNN North Pole reporter Freezyn … Read more
A ‘Locally Grown’ Thanksgiving
“Locally grown” is developing the cachet of wholesomeness that “organically grown” once carried. Harry Truman said: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” The problem with … Read more
