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• Seven Cases of Coronavirus Likely Due to Wisconsin Primary Voting

  By John Frederick Kaufman on April 21, 2020

  

  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

• Three Satirists Walk into a Daily White House Press Briefing

  By John Frederick Kaufman on April 14, 2020

  

  “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.”

• Bernie is Out, So Biden is In, And Bernie Endorsed Biden, So Bernie is, like, SO OUT!

  By John Frederick Kaufman on April 14, 2020

  

  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.

• They’re Having Problems Down in Florida: Satirical Poem

  By John Frederick Kaufman on March 29, 2020

  

  They’re having problems down in Florida.
  They gettin’ corona blues from the New Yorkas.

• Coronavirus: Must we do nothing or be lockeddown? Some say there is a middle way…

  By John Frederick Kaufman on March 22, 2020

  

  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 ›

• Limerick: To Pray in the Pub

  By John Frederick Kaufman on March 19, 2020

  

  There was an old man named O’Pious

• Life in a Time of Covid-19: Local, Private Joys and Separate Politics

  By John Frederick Kaufman on March 13, 2020

  

  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 ›

• Now that Warren is Out, Vote Joe Biden Because He Cries in Public

  By John Frederick Kaufman on March 9, 2020

  

  If we can’t have Liz Warren, let’s elect a president who emotes and cries.

• The Poll (a poem)

  By John Frederick Kaufman on February 23, 2020

  

  I polled myself–a single throng–…

• Warren is Back. Cheers!

  By John Frederick Kaufman on February 20, 2020

  

  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 ›

• Dem Primary: “Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”

  By John Frederick Kaufman on February 18, 2020

  

  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 ›

• The Pacific Returns for 2020

  By John Frederick Kaufman on February 15, 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 ›

• John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)

  By John Frederick Kaufman on October 24, 2019

  

  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 ›

• Playing God (satirical poem)

  By John Frederick Kaufman on July 25, 2019

  

  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.

• A Conservative Intellectual (satirical poem)

  By John Frederick Kaufman on July 22, 2019

  

  “There’s only one thing worse than being effete; And that’s being a cosmopolitan elite! What we need is conservative nationalism: America white or wrong! You know, imperialism.”

• Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”

  By John Frederick Kaufman on September 17, 2018

  

  To be “liberal” is to be “open to new ideas” and “favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.” Given the above definition, can a true liberal be a promoter or defender of that most ancient flaw of humanity–war?… Read More ›

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