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What a difference a fortnight can make. As this one began we had to decide: should we start working on the next newspaper, or just write a will? Admittedly, when it comes to assessing threat levels in various situations, our worst-case scenarios may be particularly vivid. That can happen when your prefrontal cortex matures under circumstances in which continued existence is clearly a matter of chance. We would argue, though, that our sense of looming dread was hardly without foundation. Thousands of Marines were already in the Gulf. More were on their way. The 82nd Airborne got orders to join them. What the future might hold for them was anyone’s guess; but at that stage, it’s safe to say they all still had their full complement of feet. Boots on the ground, anyone? Armchair admirals and keyboard warriors have been spoiled for nearly 20 years. Their fantasies of American exceptionalism and military dominance have been enabled by a fleet of Reapers: remotely-controlled flying death machines…. How’s That Cross of Iron Treatin’ Ya?
by Richard M. Balzano The Trump regime is itching to invade Cuba. Rambling to the press, Trump claimed it would be an “honor” to “take Cuba,” adding, “Whether I free it, take it, I think I could do anything I want with it.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called to topple Cuba throughout his career, and recently Texas Senator Ted Cruz called this “the most promising time in our lifetime to see the communist regime fall,” suggesting that intervention and foreign investment will transform it into an “island paradise.” With no sense of irony, these would-be liberators’ recent oil embargo has manufactured a humanitarian crisis. Prior to this escalation, Cuban society was managing comparatively well despite the 64-year U.S. economic war—which begs the question:… Washington Has Nothing To Offer Cuba
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2013—A fertilizer plant located next to a middle school in West, Texas, uninspected since 1985, explodes. Fifteen are killed, mostly volunteer firemen, 250 others are injured. 1986—Peace is declared between… 2008—“Thank you, your holiness,” George W.[MD] Bush says to Pope Benedict, “Awesome speech.” 1992—Afghanistan’s commie President Najibullah resigns, making way for a more enlightened government. 1992—The House Ethics Committee—no laughing,… 2024—D.J. Trump becomes the first U.S. president charged with 34 felonies to fall asleep during his own trial. 2015—Doug Hughes, a USPS mailman, lands a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn… 2006—Six retired generals sign an Op-Ed calling on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign. 2004—Attorney General John Ashcroft blames Bill Clinton for terrorist attacks that took place seven months… Fri, April 17
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Tues, April 14
by Ed Palm If you have been keeping up with the war news, you know that our first major setback was the crash of a KC-135 jet tanker, killing all of the six crew members aboard. Not to make light of that tragedy, but the… My father, the KC-135, and me
Dear Alleged Editor & [Actual] Vietnam War Veteran, I just learned that today (March 29th) is National Vietnam Veterans Day. According to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Facebook page: “Today, on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we honor the strength, service, and sacrifice of Vietnam… National Vietnam Veterans Day!
–=≈=– This fortnight’s rant looks at our current Crusade. One might hope that with a half-century of perspective on Vietnam, 35 years on Bush père’s Grand Adventure, not to mention Bush fils’ debacles, one might have hoped that this could have been avoided. But to entertain that hope, one would have to have been an idiot. This notable absence of coherence in current events, however, did not prevent us from publishing. To read our latest issue, just give this link a click. Volume 270, No. 15
A newspaper, a third cousin five times removed,
a freelance insurgency. Watch the video.
The New Hampshire Gazette’s resident starving artist. Over 20 years of political satire, some whimsical and some occasionally irreverent.
“Thanks again, as always, for making the now really bad news somewhat easier to tolerate. The truth, which is now seldom spoken, and never spoken by our nation’s “Liar in Chief,” just keeps getting worse and worse. I am thankful for our still (for now, anyway) free press and late night television comedians’ rants posted on Youtube about the state of our country.”
— E.S., Dover, N.H.
Portsmouth, arguably the first town in this country not founded by religious extremists, is bounded on the north and east by the Piscataqua River, the second, third, or fourth fastest-flowing navigable river in the country…read more.