Author Archives
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Higher Education: Time to Disrupt the Digital Disruptors
Unfortunately, we in the United States have allowed our system of higher education to be infiltrated by the demands of economic priority to a remarkable degree.
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Clean Water Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Hawaii Polluter and Trump Administration
But why is it “bizarre” to take into consideration how groundwater moves over time? What’s bizarre is to allow any pollution of our groundwater at all by a big, industrial source.
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Seven Cases of Coronavirus Likely Due to Wisconsin Primary Voting
As of this moment there has been no response, no few words of contrition, from the Wisconsin GOP regarding those voters sickened during the in-person voting in Milwaukee
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Three Satirists Walk into a Daily White House Press Briefing
“Thank you all for coming, like dogs, again today. And thanks for agreeing to purchase and wear my latest campaign hat with the slogan, “Making Media Grovel Again.”
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Bernie is Out, So Biden is In, And Bernie Endorsed Biden, So Bernie is, like, SO OUT!
From what I’ve viewed on Twitter, maturity and nuance regarding Biden (and even the former hero, Sanders) from the fingers of disgruntled progressives is scarce.
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They’re Having Problems Down in Florida: Satirical Poem
They’re having problems down in Florida.
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Coronavirus: Must we do nothing or be lockeddown? Some say there is a middle way…
How best to put an end to the Covid-19 pandemic? At the moment, after an irresponsibly late start, many countries in Europe and the United States are attempting various extreme forms of “social distancing” and “sheltering in place”, sometimes referred… Read More ›
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Limerick: To Pray in the Pub
There was an old man named O’Pious
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Life in a Time of Covid-19: Local, Private Joys and Separate Politics
We are now in a time of public collapse, known as “social distancing.” Perhaps anti-social distancing is a more accurate label. Our global economy is proving to be more fragile than we expected. And it seems there are limits to… Read More ›
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Now that Warren is Out, Vote Joe Biden Because He Cries in Public
If we can’t have Liz Warren, let’s elect a president who emotes and cries.
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The Poll (a poem)
I polled myself–a single throng–…
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Warren is Back. Cheers!
After the media and Democratic voters of Iowa and New Hampshire sent Senator Elizabeth Warren out to get coffee for the cream of the Democratic Primary, the debate last night in Las Vegas proved that Warren the candidate came back… Read More ›
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Dem Primary: “Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”
Democrats in 2019, to beat Trump in 2020: “Biden or Warren?” Biden, according to polls, beats Trump by the largest margin, especially in crucial swing states. Warren, however, is more liberal, intellectual, younger, has excellent grasp of policy and many… Read More ›
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The Pacific Returns for 2020
After a long retreat, a deep ebb tide of silence, the Pacific blog returns to regular publication for this momentous political year. The Pacific will remain “a still small voice” in the vast ocean of digital detritus, providing discriminating readers… Read More ›
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John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)
If Rudy* is a “hand grenade”*Why did Bolton* send his aideTo disarm the whole charadeWhile Bolton lounges in the shade? Well, that is how his wars are made:From the safety of Bolton’s brain. Note: *Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of NYC… Read More ›
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Playing God (satirical poem)
Trump’s got a new “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Investigating whether there’s a thing called human rights For aliens & atheists & immigrants & kids And anyone who alienates It By the color of her skin.
The Pacific 