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By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist It’s sad to see, the president said, knocking down our metal-molded racist generals green with age. Once such men were all the rage, … Continue Reading Rumple Oxbridge: “Ode About Not Missing Statues of Racist Generals”
By John Frederick Kaufman Reports from the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday make clear that the “Unite the Right” marchers, many of whom sported and voiced the hallmarks … Continue Reading To Protest Against Brutal White Supremacy, Learn from the Non-Violent Civil Rights Movement
“The Vacation-Taker Denier in Chief” at NY Times “Google Doesn’t Want What’s Best for Us” at NY Times “In the republic of marriage”: Garrison Keillor at The Capital … Continue Reading Weekend Links to Good Reading (8/13/17)
“Militarizing the Presidency” at Boston Review “Robert Jeffress Gives Trump God’s Permission to Launch War Against North Korea” at Right Wing Watch “Disarmament Shouldn’t Be a Precondition for … Continue Reading Weekend Links to Good Reading (8/12/17)
The Pacific will be taking a print and nature sabbatical for awhile, not sure how long, perhaps the rest of the spring and summer. Thanks to readers and followers for their support.
The Pacific regrets it will not be posting much satire for the next few days due to the reality show some refer to as The White House. We simply cannot compete … Continue Reading The Pacific Letting the Naturally Satirical Material in Washington, D.C. Speak for Itself
By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist A journalist of the conservative type has branded my satirical prayer “a crime against the idea of verse.” Well, well. I plead guilty in this literary … Continue Reading Rumple Oxbridge: “Liberal Verse is No Crime”
(Originally published on OtherWords.org, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. Copyrighted under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported license.) Trump is using sympathetic out-of-work miners as a cover for … Continue Reading Jill Richardson: Gutting Climate Protections Won’t Bring Back Coal Jobs
Arguing against military retaliation/intervention is not appeasement or surrender; it is an attempt to limit violence everywhere . . .
With the announcement today that the Obama administration will send 50 U.S. ground troops to northern Syria to “advise and assist” rebel groups fighting the Islamic State, many have noted that … Continue Reading All Democrats should oppose sending U.S. ground troops to Syria
There are basically two ways to honor American victims of war and terrorist violence: pound our patriotic chests and talk tough about destroying “the enemy” or work through peaceable means to … Continue Reading Best to Honor Victims of 9/11 by Working for Peace
According to the latest CNN poll, Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker is down to 5% in the race for Republican presidential nominee, a percentage he shares with Mike Huckabee. Donald Trump … Continue Reading Gov. Scott Walker now favored by only 5% of Republicans
(Photo of Russ Feingold in Public Domain) By John Kaufman The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s columnist Dan Bice looked up former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold’s Progressives United PAC on OpenSecrets.org and found … Continue Reading Feingold’s PAC-Gate Underwhelms
(Coal strip mine in Wyoming. See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman WE Energies and the Wisconsin Public Service Commission want to save electricity consumers some … Continue Reading Coal Still King in Wisconsin
(Drawing by John Tenniel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) “It’s the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!”— Alice in Wonderland By John Kaufman It’s been a busy … Continue Reading WI Republicans in Wonderland
(Photo by schooner guest [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Assembly is assembling two bills aimed at achieving less freedom for the unemployed and people on food … Continue Reading Let Them Eat Lobster
(Photo by U.S Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2010. Photo taken at the State Department, in Washington, D.C.) By John Kaufman Though famed for … Continue Reading The War On Hillary’s Ovaries
(“An Eclogue” by Kenyon Cox 1856-1919 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.)
