archival
classified (Espionage Act)
criminal lying
crasscracy
deceit, social
defunding the FBI
deserved (schadenfreude)
distortion
electoral count
FBIer
felony
gov by dopes
grift
hokum (election denial)
home schooling
CURRENT CONTENTS: (prolongation #3)
Honest Truth
Legal precedence
MAGAciousness
National pique
Obstruction of justice
Special master
Stupidest coup
Taking the Fifth
Unhinged
Voting from abroad
Author's Note: In 2023, the US was looking forward to televized trials of certain national figures. Television cameras are not allowed in trials in the federal system, and one has to rely on the renderings by artists; certain states, e.g. Georgia, do allow the transmission from the courtroom; currently, an important process related to the overturning of state election laws is pending. One hopes that, in that circumstance, each member of the public can easily cut through the veneer of righteousness conveyed by persons whose careers have been built on longstanding deception.
Authors' Note: The 'Mitt' in the above verse is allegorical, unrelated to any real current person or long-serving Republican US senator.
Authors' Note: The reasons are not clear, but in Canada, compared to the US, a much smaller proportion of place-names are copies of names used geographically in the 'Old World'. The same also seems to be true for Australia and New Zealand. Just saying.
Folly Beach (name derived from an old English word for dense vegetation) is a seaside resort suburb of Charleston, South Carolina.
In the US, any proposed name-change would have to be reviewed by protocols of the Board of Geographic Names.
Mount Denali, at 6190m (20,310 feet), the loftiest peak in the United States, is discussed by the prodigious limericist SheilaB on the OEDILF website.And, just in case you wanted to know for comparison, the loftiest peak in Canada is Mount Logan, at 5960m (19,550 feet).
And for more views by Canadians on current related issues, poems in the series "Stand on Guard" can be viewed HERE.
Author's Note:
A.G.: Attorney General, a political appointee heading the US Department of Justice
prez: casual term for president, used in lightweight discussion of the American political situation
Forty-Five: a sequential numbering system is used in the United States for successive holders of the elected office of President; we are currently on number Forty-Six (Joe Biden)
capo: 'head', or 'boss' in Italian, frequently used in connection with the Cosa Nostra (Mafia)
Readers who desire more of this tomfoolery might proceed to our collection "American satire: cabinet confirmation" by clicking HERE.
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