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Diamonds? Nah. I’ll Take a Dog Instead.
Times two.
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Sweetheart, They Like Hating
These guys will hate you even if you’re the bestest good Jew on the planet, and those guys will hate you even if you’re the bestest good Muslim on the…
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Handholding? Honey, Just Tell Me How Many Hands You Got Free
Quite the nasty little expression, ain’t it? Mocking that primal need for skin-to-skin support even if there’s no actual skin involved. You bet I’ve…
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"Mom, can we keep them?" "No! We got too many prophets already!"
Which Middle Eastern blood sacrifice cult to rule them all?
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Karma—It’s Just Like Kosher Hotdogs
Answerable Only to a Higher Authority
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Genie? Djinni?
I Get So Multicultural, Baby!
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That Time They Really Put a Fork in It
First I was thinking of the radiant ones but what’s the point talking about them? You encounter any in a lifetime, you’ve had yourself some spectacular…
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That Cosmic Thingy
I’ve always loved that song. Everything about it’s great, the lyrics and music and the hilarity of who wrote it with what it’s about. Just an all around…
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February 2024

Got an Old KGB Guy Moping Around the House?
Here’s what to do with him.
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January 2024

Sue
The vax finally killed my friend of 51 years though it took three years to do it. Her sister and brother have just honored me by asking me to contribute…
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Zionist? Sure, I’ll Go With That
And—what? The Israelis should be perfect or something? Not normal human beings doing what human beings do? Bad stuff—I don’t like it anywhere. Lies? In…
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Predictive Text
Just an ordinary amount of garden-variety evil.
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