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Half of an NSA intercept
Little Rocket Man? Dotard here. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | May 29, 2018 I did over half of my Air Force hitch in USAF Security Service, the USAF branch of the National Security Agency. It was our … Continue reading
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Tagged Dotard, Kim Jong Un, Political Satire, Rag Bloggers, Rocket Man, Steve Russell
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Paul Krassner : My Tweets of 2012
Paul Krassner tweets @ZenBastard. Graphic by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Paul Krassner’s Tweets of 2012 By Paul Krassner | The Rag Blog | December 27, 2012 This is my first tweet. I have Writer’s Block. I mean Twitter’s Block. … Continue reading
Michael Simmons : I Was a Texas Jewboy!
Left to right: Larry Campbell, Michael Simmons, Jim Rider, and Kinky Friedman at the Lone Star Roadhouse, New York City, 1989. Photo by Cleveland Storrs.Move over, Kinky: I was a Texas Jewboy! The Kinkster blew my still-growing mind and helped … Continue reading
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Tagged Country Music, Kinky Friedman, Michael Simmons, Music History, Political Satire, Texas Musicians
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James McEnteer : I Drank the Booze Today, Oh Boy
Cover art by Lynn Hatzius from Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses.Losing the plot:I drank the booze today, oh boy Barney considers himself devoted to the Rodney King school of public thought: why can’t we all just get along? By James McEnteer … Continue reading
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Tagged Humor, James McEnteer, Political Satire, Religious Tolerance, Salman Rushdie
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Harry Targ : Fairness in Hypocrisy Valley
Image from Occasional Links and Commentary.Fairness in Hypocrisy Valley Since elections, the public expression of political power, are significantly determined by millionaires, trustees at Hypocrisy Valley usually are the wealthy and powerful. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Corporate Power, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Political Corruption, Political Satire
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Paul Krassner Is Still Smokin’ at 80
Paul Krassner at his 80th birthday party.The counterculture was a spiritual revolution:A Rag Blog interview with Paul Krassner As the editor of The Realist, Krassner taught me not to take myself too seriously and not to gaze with absolute reverence … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Drug Law Reform, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Marijuanaland, Medical Marijuana, Paul Krassner, Political Satire, The Realist, Yippies
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Lamar W. Hankins : Satire and the Abortion-Rights Deniers
Garry Trudeau’s controversial series of Doonesbury cartoons satirized the Texas sonogram law.Taking on the abortion-rightsdeniers with satire No other right, except for perhaps the right to organize a union, has been under such assault in the U.S. By Lamar W. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Doonesbury, Lamar W. Hankins, Political Satire, Sonogram, Women's Health
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Bill Freeland : A Balanced Budget for All Citizens!
Graphic by Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog.Proposed:A balanced budget amendment for all citizens The guys who now work at bank loan departments and refinance companies would finally have to go out and find honest work. By Bill Freeland | … Continue reading
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Tagged Balanced Budget, Bill Freeland, Personal Finance, Political Satire
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Life During Wartime : ‘Danse Macabre’
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog
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Tagged Glenn Beck, Joshua Brown, Martin Luther King, Political Cartoon, Political Satire, Sarah Palin
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Life During Wartime : Our Enduring Commitment
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog
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Tagged Afghanistan, Cartoon, Gen. David Patraeus, Joshua Brown, Political Satire
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Paul Krassner : Why Firing the General Was an Act of God
Cartoon by Larson / The Far Side / The Mutt’s Nuts.Why firing the GeneralWas an act of God By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2010 The volcano in Iceland was considered an Act of God. Smoke … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. Stanley McChrystal, God, Humor, Obama Presidency, Paul Krassner, Political Satire
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Tom Tomorrow : Free-Market-Man
Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow / This Modern World. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Source / Truthout The Rag Blog
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Tagged British Petroleum, Comics, Oil Spill, Political Satire, This Modern World, Tom Tomorrow
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