Tag Archives: satire

Garry Trudeau was Mocking Donald Trump 35 Years Ago

Posted on October 25, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Yuge! (2016) I found this little gem of a retrospective look at 30 years of Doonesbury on Trump. I never knew. Twenty of those thirty years I was living in the UK and completely oblivious to the irony of it … Continue reading →

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Finally, I Understand Trump’s Appeal…

Posted on September 5, 2022 by cdsmiller17

That Old Time Religion Admittedly, I’d been stumped as to why people would flock to an event where Donald Trump was giving a speech. To me, it seemed nonsensical. Everyone knows he exaggerates and lies, and yet they lap it … Continue reading →

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He Wanted to be One of the “Hippies in a Van”

Posted on February 13, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Rick Mercer (October 17, 1969) We all wonder why someone takes the ‘road less traveled’. I bought this book (for my birthday) to see if it would give me a clue or two about Rick Mercer. Did it? In spades, … Continue reading →

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Farce: Did the Disciples Mistake Lazarus’ for Jesus’?

Posted on February 2, 2021 by cdsmiller17

The Empty Tomb As General Frederick “Boy” Browning said: “Well, as you know, I always felt we tried to go a bridge too far.” And I think the same thing about the author of “Caesar’s Messiah”. It is thus possible … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Canadian Politics 2019

Posted on September 19, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Tales from Riverdale When you get something stuck in your head, there’s nothing to be done until you express it in a blog. That’s why I’m sitting here at 2 in the morning writing this. Yesterday, after Justin Trudeau was … Continue reading →

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