A Legend In His Own Minefield
Politics, popular culture, sports, self-help, self-sabotage, and satire from the greatest writer in the English language, or at least someone whose work you're likely to enjoy.
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So You’re a Patriot Who Wants to Work for ICE (opens the original)
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The first step is a physical examination . Your tattoos will be counted, with extra points awarded for especially hostile sentiments, and misspellings. Your knuckles will be examined to ensure that they are abraded (from being dragged on the ground when you walk). And now for the written test! A passing score is three correct answers. Correct answers are provided on the back of this forms. If you are illiterate and unable to read this, just go get measured for your balaclava and tactical vest. T
Angelfood McSpade In Trafalgar Square (opens the original)
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On Sunday, I ventured into central London to see if the city had resumed swinging. Passing through Trafalgar Square, my eye was drawn against its better judgment to a statue of a gigantic black woman in a dress the garish cyan of folders on an iMac desktop, but without a handbag. I was duly appalled.<div class="image2-i
The Best and Brightest Don’t Often Watch TV, But When They Do, It’s TrumpTV (opens the original)
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I See and Hear the Whore Nets in T-Town! (opens the original)
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I witnessed a live musical performance Saturday night, at The Hogarth in Teddington, by the West London-based Hornets, to whom we’ll return after an orgy of divergence, by which I do not mean diversity, DEI being a dirty acronym in these dark times. <img alt=
If Little Marco and Jadie Falter... (opens the original)
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