Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: I PAD“My podcast’s a real sensation,The most popular in the nation.How on earth do I packIn an hour-long trackFifteen minutes of information?” From the archive SCOUTING FOR THE PROSEBefore hiring an “analyst,” quiz himTo detect any …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: BOYCOTT THE COY BOTSWe can start any time that we likeAnd all take a long virtual “hike”:Stay off Facebook and Twitter,Watch their revenue witherFrom our grand social media strike. From the archive YOUR FACTYou may say …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: C’EST MOI!There is something about his defiance,His absurdly smug self-reliance,That makes me say, “No,This guy Fauci must go,This guy who says ‘I am the Science!’” From the archive TONY BALONEYIs it ’cause we no longer applaud?Is …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: STAR-CRAVING MADThe DeNiros, the Hankses, the Streeps,Sanctimonious Hollywood creeps:All their evil’s recordedAnd will soon be reportedWithout any censorship bleeps. From the archive SPOILERSAll the Devil’s disciples deceive,But just what do they hope to achieve?Do they really …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: SCOUTING FOR THE PROSEBefore hiring an “analyst,” quiz himTo detect any barbarism:That banality“Physicality,”The grotesque “athleticism.” From the archive HOGGWASH“Receive our wisdom, peasants,And be grateful for our presenceAs your benefactors,”Say anchors and actors,Athletes, and adolescents.(2018) OUT OF …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: BOOSTED INCOME“Covid Karen’s addicted to shotsAnd is filling up lots of my slots:Just today I re-goosed herWith her 25th boosterAnd re-jabbed two or three of her tots.” From the archive 2031“Was that Karen conserved in a …
Prior to the advent of the environmental movement and its success in demonizing fossil fuels and development of any kind, oil and pipelines were something to be celebrated. In 1960, oil tycoon Bud Adams christened his new AFL franchise the Houston Oilers. (The team moved to Tennessee in the late …
You hear a lot of talk about conspiracy theories nowadays. It seems like everyone’s being accused of entertaining or promoting them. Conspiracy theorists used to be a rare breed. Now they’re everywhere. It’s the ultimate conspiracy theory. Why conspiracy theories were ever a taboo topic is hard to understand. After …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: GHISLAINEHer conviction for procuringIs just and reassuring,But will clients reportFor their day in court?That’s what needs to be occurring. From the archive BAD ENDIn a limerick, it’s a crimeIf the last line doesn’t rhymeWith the first …
Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: 2021This year was a year that was junk,This year as a year really stunk,This year was all wrongAnd it lasted too long:This year was the year of the skunk. From the archive ALMOST OVERNew Year’s Eve, …
