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Byron Kennard: How to Trick People into Doing the Right Thing
I’ve just published a new book, and it’s gonna knock your sox off. It’s a rip-snortin’ good yarn and laff…
Earth Day in History: Promulgating the First Law of Ecology
NOTE: This is an excerpt from Byron Kennard’s just published book written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first…
Earth Day in History: Comparing the Environmental Revolution to the French Revolution
NOTE: This is an excerpt from Byron Kennard’s just published book written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first…
Earth Day in History: How Environmentalism Resembles the Protestant Reformation
NOTE: This is an excerpt from Byron Kennard’s just published book written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first…
Earth Day in History: How Environmentalism Resembles the Renaissance
NOTE: This is an excerpt from Byron Kennard’s just published book written to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first…
On the Use of Conservative Methods to Achieve Radical Ecological Goals
by Byron Kennard On April 22, we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day…
Trump’s Favorite Things
A parody of the song from The Sound of Music (1:44) by “Yours truly” Watch It Now Sing along,…
Greedy Magazine Publishers are Causing Old People to Fall Down
NOT FAKE NEWS, BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE It’s annoying when you open up a magazine and a bunch of re-subscription postcards…
Trump Fires Spicer, Hires O’Reilly
Former Fox News Star to “Host” Daily White House Briefings (Not fake news but authentic satire) In a series…
Bannon denied key to newly refurbished Executive Washroom in White House West Wing
(NOT FAKE NEWS BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE) Latest slight signifies diminished stature for Bannon in White House hierarchy The most dramatic…
Trump’s Children Apologize to Public for “Dad’s Bizarre Behavior”
(NOT FAKE NEWS BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE) In a statement made public today, Donald Trump’s adult children offered an apology…
Trump’s Hairdresser is Reputed to be a Fairy
NOT FAKE NEWS, BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE According to a rumor now making the rounds in Washington, President Trump’s hairdresser is…
In a rage, President Trump mistakenly fires Regis Philbin, his old friend, instead of Reince Priebus, his Chief of Staff
— Trump and Philbin, singing a duet, in happier days.…
Trump Administration Rules Out Use of Poison to Destroy Political Opponents
NOT FAKE NEWS, BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE Putin’s Offer of “Technical Assistance” Firmly Rejected According to an anonymous high-level source…
What to Do While Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
NOT FAKE NEWS, BUT AUTHENTIC SATIRE When it comes to Trump’s misadventures, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.…
Don’t forget what happened to President Ford after he pardoned Nixon
I’m operating on the assumption that Trump will be impeached sooner rather than later. He’s bound to do something so…
Bing Crosby to sing at Trump’s Inaugural
President-elect Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway announced today that the Bing Crosby Estate has granted permission for the broadcast of…
Trump, Mussolini & Me
There aren’t enough derogatory words in the English language to describe my feelings about Donald Trump. For the moment, however,…
President-Elect to make Donald Trump Jr. Director of National Zoo
Alt-Right Group Opposing Animal Rights Endorses His Appointment President-elect Trump announced today that he will appoint his eldest son, Donald…
To Serve at Putin’s Pleasure
’Twas thanks to Russian hacking, That Clinton’s votes were lacking; Now alt-right men Are in like Flynn, And Putin’s lips…
Trump Plans to Name Billy Bush Chair of FCC
According to a high-level source inside the Trump transition team, President-elect Trump plans to name Billy Bush, former co-host of…
Uncle Sam’s Demise (in five lines)
Uncle Sam, a bearded chap, Survived (Thank God) Pearl Harbor; But now poor Sam is in his grave, And why?…
In Defense of Deviousness
Ladies and gentlemen, I rise in defense of deviousness, a much misunderstood and maligned aspect of political leadership. Deviousness, in…
Trump Refuses to Release his Psychiatric Records
“I am not a kook!” he tweets. “I’m as sane as the Rock of Gibraltar.” Moments after Hillary Clinton released…