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Snip It's hard to tell today how the satire in The President's Analyst landed when it was released at the end of 1967. It's reputed to have bombed at the box office despite more than decent reviews; Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times compared it favorably as a comedy to The Graduate and Bedazzled (two contemporary satires that time has treated very differently), but I can't read Ebert's affable review ("modern and biting, and there are many fine, subtle touches") without suspecting that he was swept up in the groovy zeitgeist, unwilling to go all squaresville and rain on the...

Political Satire: Having trouble surviving these times? You’re not alone. Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible: Joe Buckstop, an aging, corrupt old fool, somehow becomes president in his basement, and every night, an aide has to bring him his soup and discuss the events of the day as he prepares to receive his nightly meds… Dateline, February 8. Begin Transcript: “Good evening, boss! Guess what we have for you tonight!” “Well, it had better be soup…” “Of course it’s soup, sir, but it’s one of my favorites… country...

Political Satire: Having trouble surviving these times? You’re not alone. Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible: An aging, corrupt old fool somehow becomes president in his basement, and every night, an aide has to bring him his soup and discuss the events of the day as he prepares to receive his nightly meds… January 20. Begin Transcript. “Well, that was a busy day!” “Yessiree, boss, sure feels good, doesn’t it?” “Yup. All that reading, and speaking, and signing things… and walking up and down stairs… And I didn’t...

The scene: As the curtain rises, we see two empty podiums, in front of the humble 60-room mansion that serves as the village hall of the remote village of Chelm. A few reporters walk on stage, taking their seats in front of the podiums, and finally, the Mayor of Chelm’s press secretary, Benito Bugiardo, walks on stage with a wizened old man, 92 if he’s a day, Dr. Paco Balmalocha, the village medical czar. They reach the podiums, and fiddle with the microphones nervously for a minute or two. After what seems like an eternity, an aide hurries out of...

Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his evening snack, and engages him in conversation about current events, in a losing effort to keep the old man's mind somewhat sound. Tonight's episode is an excerpt from the ongoing series, "Evening Soup with Basement Joe," by John F. Di Leo, a fictional chronicle of the events of 2021, a political satire available in paperback or eBook from Amazon. "Hello?...

Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his bowl of soup, and engages him in conversation about current events, in a losing effort to keep his mind hale. Tonight's episode is an excerpt from the ongoing series, "Evening Soup with Basement Joe," by John F. Di Leo, a fictional chronicle of the events of 2021, a political satire available in paperback or eBook from Amazon. "Hey, is da...

I, Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long, MD, MPH, FS being duly sworn, depose and state as follows: 1. I make this affidavit, as a whistle blower under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, Title 10 U.S.C. § 1034, in support of the above referenced MOTION as expert testimony in support thereof. 2. The expert opinions expressed here are my own and arrived at from my persons, professional and educational experiences taken in context, where appropriate, by scientific data, publications, treatises, opinions, documents, reports and other information relevant to the subject matter and are not necessarily those of the Army or Department of...

Illinois Review is proud to be sharing samples of IR columnist John F. Di Leo's popular soup series - one he's been writing since January 2021 - when President Joe Biden was first sworn into office. John's new book is available on Amazon.com. Fire-Roasted Tomato Soup with Basement Joe By John F. Di Leo - Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his bowl of soup, and engages...

U.S.—The 347 Democratic presidential candidates currently running announced Monday their new plan to attract voters to their platforms: simply to dangle stacks of cash over their heads on a fishing line. At every rally and campaign event, Democrats running for president will dangle bags or bundles of cash above undecided voters, hoping to lure them to the polls to vote. "Rather than compete on ideas, we will resort to blatant bribery," said Bernie Sanders after proposing giving $1.6 trillion to college graduates. Sanders then pulled out a fishing pole and began teasing his audience. "Whooa, gotta be quicker than...

https://youtu.be/LsgCIrQOOac Michael Moore "I'm Living Paycheck to Paycheck" (Parody Interview) Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore sits down for an interview with Brad Binkley, where Moore reveals how he manipulates the resistance and what is in store for 2019. Protests and activism are in store for the resistance while michael moore continues his assault on reality.

Wait’ll you hear the head-spinning, heart-stopping cancellation letter that LNTV’s Norvell Rose shares LibertyNEWS TV - "The Unbelievable Cancellation Letter That's Awfully Hard to Swallow"

Today President Obama announced that on top of raising the taxes on working class American to further support his regime of government assisted voter base, he also is proposing to change American Independence Day to National Kenyan Appreciation Day.

My own You Tube video. I will never forget this is for all who served and did our part for the country we are starting to become the oldies on the block. Video gives Vietnam Vets perspective on a forgotten issue, yes we are starting to age and we now need to run more then ever this 30 seconds video puts a little humor into our lives at the same time makes a point!

You are going to love this video!!! Well worth the time to watch, and look at the views this thing has!

Tonight -- we talk to Chris Muir, the creator of the popular and ultra hip political comic strip "Day by Day". How does he do it? Join me as we get to know the man whose strip can be found on hundreds of blogsites. We get started at 9 p.m. ET sharp. Link to the show here.See today's strip at Day by Day. *****

In 1984 a book was published with the title New Lies For Old. It was written by Soviet KGB defector Anatoly Golitsyn. The book claimed that the Soviet Union had a secret long-term strategy to disarm and defeat the United States through a controlled collapse of the Soviet empire that would take place in the last decade of the twentieth century. In the book's most remarkable chapter, titled "The Final Phase," Golitsyn accurately described the future of the Soviet bloc. Communism would give up its monopoly of power in Russia, he explained, as apparent freedom and democracy would be introduced....

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When Russian prosecutors opened a criminal case against journalist Vladimir Rakhmanov for writing a satirical Internet article calling President Vladimir Putin the nation's "phallic symbol," it raised eyebrows. But a case that began as an odd curiosity in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast is quickly becoming an international cause. Reporters Without Borders has taken up Rakhmankov's case as part of what it calls a campaign to preserve Internet press freedom in Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union. With print and broadcast journalism already subject to heavy-handed state control, free-press advocates are increasingly looking to save the Internet as the region's...

The British Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy By Stephen Polka, Dean of the Nostradamus School, Harvard University, and John Mereshameonyou, Know-Nothing Professor of Xenophobia, Patrick Henry University Editor's Note by Barry Rubin April 3, 2006 The following is a working paper of the Harvard University Nostradamus School. [Editor's Note: While walking on the Harvard campus, I saw a manuscript blow out of a dumpster and fall at my feet. Curious, I picked it up and read it thoroughly. This is the remarkable text you are about to read and which no doubt will soon be published by two prestigious political...