From One Parasite to Another

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The Answer is Eight, Eight Electrons

I remember a time when I was sitting in my chemistry class and learned about electrons. These wondrous little marvels are apparently what all of science and study has boiled down to. The electrons that determine the properties of an atom are, as far as we can ... More »

The Rumple in the Jungle Gym: Donny Trump vs. Mikey Bloomberg

Published 5y ago - Zachary Karem and Penelope Eaton

Donald Trump squares off with Mike Bloomberg at 3 p.m. on the playground next to the tennis court. By Zachary Karem and Penelope Eaton PARIS, LAS VEGAS — Two of the most popular kids in school, Mikey the Kid Bloomberg and Donny the Lump Trump, will be meet... More »

Dinner at the Woke Street Café

Published 5y ago - Martin Levinson

By Martin H. Levinson When I entered the Woke Street Café—a hip new restaurant that caters to the woke, those wanting to be woke, and individuals curious about the idea of “wokeness”—I tried to check my privilege at the door but was told unless I agre... More »

The Squad’s Greatest Hits

Published 5y ago - Mollie Fermaglich

Curated By Mollie Fermaglich JUST WHEN YOU’D HOPED THEY’D GO AWAY FOREVER –THEY’RE BACK, WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM, FEATURING SOME OF THEIR GREATEST HITS! IT’S THE SQUAD! THAT’S RIGHT – ILHAN, AOC, RASHIDA AND AYANA PRESSLEY, HAVE STOPPED BITCHING A... More »

If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit

Published 5y ago - Tom Deisboeck

“If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” More »

Democrats Confident of Winning 2020 Election on Anti-Trump, Pro-War Platform

Published 5y ago - Dan Geddes

The U.S. Democratic Party is confident they can win the 2020 Presidential elections on their strength of their anti-Trump, pro-war platform. “We are the opposition party to Donald Trump, you see,” stated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “If you hate Trump and... More »

Dear Iowa, We Need To Break Things Off

Published 5y ago - Eric Lichtblau

By Eric Lichtblau Dear Iowa, This is never easy, so I’ll just say it: We need to end it. It’s just not working for me anymore. Yes, you were “the first.” You’ll always be the first, at least in my heart. But we b... More »

The Parity Catastrophe

Published 5y ago - Foerthe

Danny had been randomly selected for incarceration duty by the Parity Algorithm. Of the men selected, a majority had at least one parent of Asian descent. More »

Poe’s Presidential Prophecy: King Pest Reincarnated as King Trump

Published 5y ago - Evert Jan van Leeuwen

In “King Pest,” Poe’s understudied story contains a broader critique of the self-serving and autocratic governmental tendencies that Jackson had come to embody in the eyes of his opponents. More »

Mark My Words

Published 5y ago - Tom Deisboeck

S***-worthiness is not a given A mosaic in Pompeii states “Cave canis”. Indeed, dogs are remarkable animals. While descendants from wolfs, they have quickly become man’s best friend, a title largely uncontested by man’s loving wife or life partner. Asi... More »

Corruption Therapy

Published 5y ago - Zsolt Bajnai

“I have already done recovering alcoholic therapy, drug quitters’ therapy, and broken family therapy, but I think more people suffer from corruption,” the younger one replied. More »

The Satirist

February 2020