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Category: Ukraine

  • Pope Francis, Barack Obama, go to Kyiv!

    Bomb this, Vlad the Invader!  The foreign desk here at the Werkes was just spit balling when one of the faceless lab coats came up with a stunning idea, for which the Head Groundskeeper will take full credit. In the news today: Four doughty central Europeans: the prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia, and the Czech…

  • American conspiracists excuse Putin’s invasion

    They’re the loudest ones at every party! Hey kids! Spring is in the air! Daylight savings time has started; temps expected to brush 50 degrees F. College basketball tournament about to begin. You know what that means! Time to royally piss off somebody! Who will be today’s lucky victim(s)! How about our conspiracy addict ……

  • President steps up support for Ukraine

  • The 2nd Amendment protects the First

    Just ask the heroes of Ukraine! At a gathering of well aged Democrats, the Head Groundskeeper ventured that if Ukrainians had enjoyed Americans’ Second Amendment rights for more than a few days before the Russkies invaded, they might be marginally better off than they are now. (“Ukraine locks and loads.”) A liberal acquaintance — Madison…

  • Getting it right on crime and schooling

    And toxic burn pits! Are even Democrats awaking from Wokeness? Eight months is an eternity in politics. Joe Biden may yet change Democrats’ prospects in November’s mid-term elections but — like asking how many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb — they have to want to change.  Two things we noticed about Uncle…

  • Wanted in Madison: one-half Ukraine’s courage

    When have you spoken out under your own name?  Today marks the first day Dane County is allowing the citizenry to breathe free. Yeah, the mask mandate has been listed. Blaska Stately Manor has been bare faced since Day One! Except Madison schools. They’ll make a decision in another month and a half — April…