chosen not to go along with the new
administration, which, two hours
ago, declared this country to be
under the dominion of a more majestic
and righteous God, and has
had coins minted to read, “In Quetzalcapitl
“Please! Won’t someone think of
the president?” sobbed former Arizona
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom Mr.
Trump once pardoned for criminal
contempt in a racial profi ling case.
“He’s so orange — so innocent —
so native-born! Mark my words, he
tried to warn us: First they came
for the Trump offi cials; then they
came for the climate denialists;
then…”
There may, in fact, be some truth
to Mr. Arpaio’s predictions. Only
20 minutes ago, the new leader
tweeted that there is still enough
room in the detention camps for all
registered Republicans and several
thousand Democrats. According to
legal experts, one’s safety in this
country now depends on being able
to prove that one was born somewhere
— anywhere — else.
What happens next is anyone’s
guess. The public will probably
know more after a series of raids in
major cities, currently scheduled to
happen… any day now .
this post crossed a line, and while
it was largely intended as satire, it
was inappropriate and invasive.”
Readers may wonder if I have a
beef with Dale Peck. I do, and it’s
an old one. A long time ago, I attended
a reading given by Peck at
the LGBT Community Center. He
read a portion of his novel “Martin
and John” — a description of someone
with AIDS having elaborate diarrhea.
It wasn’t just graphic; it was
pornographic, with each grotesque
detail spelled out in showy, preening
prose. Having gone through
such an experience in real life with
my boyfriend at the time, I scarcely
needed Peck to explain the precise
mechanics of uncontrollable diarrhea,
and since then I have resented
him, perhaps beyond reason.
Still, I have no compunction about
gloating over Peck’s absurd bid for
attention, an endeavor that backfi
red badly and ended, ironically,
as a stinking pile of runny shit.
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law for some time now. But hey, as
long as the economy’s solid and I’ve
got my retirement package, life is
good.”
Indeed, with the market remaining
sound, most former US citizens
seem largely unconcerned that the
country has been seized by a foreign
power.
“I know I should care about how
those Trump people are forced to
live in miserable places against
their will, how their lives are shattered
and they have no control
over what happens to them, yadda
yadda,” said Nancy Pelosi, former
Democratic speaker of the former
House of Representatives. “But
this problem is too big to do much
about. Wait. I have signed some
online petitions to get those poor
people some toothpaste.”
Questioned about Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez’s criticizing her for
approving a $4.6 billion borderfunding
bill without safeguards for
immigrant children, Ms. Pelosi appeared
defi ant. “You can tell AOC
for me that I double-dog-dare her
to visit these camps. And I am categorically
not singling her out.”
A few diehard conservatives have
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➤ DALE PECK’S BRAIN DUMP, from p.18
ed show-off; that’s all. The League
of Conservation Voters has no reason
to take out its umbrage on all
of the Democratic presidential candidates,
not to mention the nation’s
voters, who could certainly use
many public forums to learn about
climate change. Fortunately, The
New Republic instead opted to pull
out of the event. The forum lives to
fi ght climate change another day.
To return to the fun, Nicole Lafond
of Talking Points Memo adds
an amusing detail: “The New Republic
initially claimed the post
was meant to be satire before it was
removed on Saturday.”
Yeah? One wonders what Peck
was attempting to satirize. Homophobic
assholes? Actually, the
“satire” claim made it into TNR’s
“we’re bailing” announcement:
Editor Chris Lehmann wrote that
“The New Republic recognizes that
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