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Category Archives: Satire
Furious Ohio Republicans Report Widespread Incidents of Women Voting
By Andy Borowitz (thanks to Pam P.) “Many of our poll workers spotted women going into voting booths and literally casting votes,” a G.O.P. operative in Lake County said.
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Skyline declares “No Memo Week”
Top level administrators have decided in the interest of transparency to forgo sending out opaque memos this week. Instead a number of new initiatives will take place with small focus groups interacting with leadership, such as: Resident satisfaction surveys with … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, happiness, Humor, Satire
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Trump Angrily Orders Pence to Return All Classified Documents to Mar-a-Lago
By Andy Borowitz in the New Yorker. Thanks to Pam P. “Mike Pence kept me from having a complete collection of documents, and that, quite frankly, is a disgrace,” the former President said.
U.S.A. the Envy of World After Ten Billion Dollars in Campaign Ads Changes Almost Nothing
“When you imagine what you could do with ten billion dollars, you immediately think of building new roads or schools,” a citizen of Montenegro said. “But America’s roads and schools must be in excellent shape, if they can afford to … Continue reading
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Putin Says He Is Losing War in Ukraine Because F.B.I. Seized Stuff He Needed
Satire by Andy Borowitz in the NYT. Thanks to Pam P. MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Amid reports that the Russian front has collapsed near Kharkiv, Vladimir Putin complained that the only reason he is losing the war in Ukraine is that … Continue reading
Birds Aren’t Real
Ed. Note: The Gen Z’ers have gathered around a crazy fake conspiracy theory. They needed to laugh and poke fun at all the “real” conspiracy theories out there. I listened to the NYT Podcast “Today” and found it remarkable that … Continue reading
Science vs. imbedded disbelief
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Tom Lehrer Turned 93 Yesterday: On Aging
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Obama Passes Cognitive Test by Reciting the First Fifty Digits of Pi
Thanks to Pam P. for finding this. WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Barack Obama recently passed a cognitive test that required him to recite the first fifty digits of pi, the former President has disclosed. Obama took the test voluntarily, he said, … Continue reading
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Hamilton and big pharma
Zdoggmd gives his take, Hamilton style, on Big Pharma
Seinfeld – Kramer’s deliberation on when to “pull the plug”
Ed note: One day in my office a Microsoft programmer told me, “Hey, if anything happens just pull the plug.” Then he smiled and went on, “But quickly plug me back in, because I’m likely to reboot.” I hope you … Continue reading
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WACCRA “news” update and correction
Obviously the report submitted earlier today came from unidentified “fake news” sources. We’ve actually just received even more unbelievable news. Oh my, it’s so hard to know what’s real. “Leading Age has disbanded and endorsed all of WACCRA’s platforms. In … Continue reading
“News” of WACCRA
April 1, 2019 WACCRA has disbanded and has notified Leading Age that it has cancelled its legislative attempts to enhance financial transparency. An insider reports that WACCRA leadership finally came to its senses. “We are too old to figure this … Continue reading
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But where are you really from?
It’s getting more and more complicated? Do you like the question, do you get annoyed or does it seem impossible to answer?
Be Prepared
A friend was vacationing in Kauai and reports some local news: “One of the best stories was from a humorous employee of Living Foods – the Whole Foods-like market and coffee bar. The dairy products and ice cream had just … Continue reading
Broad Majority of Americans Support Moving Trump to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a new poll conducted on Wednesday, a sweeping majority of Americans said they support moving Donald J. Trump to Jerusalem. The sixty-three per cent of survey respondents who approved relocating Trump to Jerusalem placed few conditions … Continue reading