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Tag: Trump

Golf balls in the snow

Sometimes you just can’t make it up!
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Posted on August 23, 2019August 22, 2019Categories Climate change, Odds & EndsTags climate crisis, golf, Greenland, TrumpLeave a comment on Golf balls in the snow

Salute to America!

Every year the United States celebrates the Fourth of July. Here is an updated version of its Declaration of Independence. Continue reading Salute to America!

Posted on July 2, 2019June 28, 2019Categories PoliticsTags Fourth July, impeachment, independence, TrumpLeave a comment on Salute to America!

Armageddon madness

The Guardian newspaper has made public a document titled “Nuclear Operations”, which was drawn up by the US military and rationalises the idea of fighting and winning a nuclear war. Continue reading Armageddon madness

Posted on June 25, 2019June 20, 2019Categories PoliticsTags nuclear weapons, Trump, US policy1 Comment on Armageddon madness

The USA is a democracy, dammit!

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” – Laurence J. Peter Continue reading The USA is a democracy, dammit!

Posted on December 11, 2018December 11, 2018Categories PoliticsTags America, Pompeo, Trump, USALeave a comment on The USA is a democracy, dammit!

The “leader” of the free world

Spot the difference. Continue reading The “leader” of the free world

Posted on November 27, 2018November 27, 2018Categories PoliticsTags journalists, Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, Trump1 Comment on The “leader” of the free world

The Bill of Wrongs

In a leak purportedly coming from inside the Oval Office, President Trump is about to ask the Supreme Court to replace the U.S. Bill of Rights with a Bill of Wrongs.

Continue reading The Bill of Wrongs

Posted on October 2, 2018October 1, 2018Categories Politics, What passes for humourTags Bill of Rights, Bill of Wrongs, Trump3 Comments on The Bill of Wrongs

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