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The urge to pick up an instrument – Kill Everyone and Arktika
I quit Arktika in 2010 and, although we never officially announced our disbandment, amodestproposal played their last show in 2009. And ever since that time, not counting one very brief stay in Mannh… more →
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Jon Rappoport ~ Why didn't the US just attack Afghanistan with Monsanto GMO's?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: One of Jon’s best, imho. He’s a modern day Jonathan Swift with his own “Modest Pro … more →
"A Modest Proposal"
wrote 3 weeks ago: The earlier post on Gulliver’s Travels got me thinking about one of the most twisted pieces of non-f … more →
Language Arts ISUs
wrote 1 month ago: Various Grade 7 students will spend Term 3 working on individual study units (ISUs) that connect to … more →
The (Un)Modest Proposal
wrote 1 month ago: Disclaimer: The following is a parody of Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal. If you are not ac … more →
An Immodest Proposal
wrote 1 month ago: My great-great- and great-grandparents left Ireland because of the potato famine in the mid-1880s. I … more →
Fun Friday - A Modest Proposal for my Seniors
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wrote 1 month ago: We just recently read “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift with my 1 7th hour senior cl … more →
Story telling vs pitching your stories
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Is That Supposed to Be Funny? - consider satire
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wrote 2 months ago: Satire, like irony, gets misunderstood, especially when delivered deadpan. Deadpan artists find them … more →
Satire!!!!!!!
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wrote 2 months ago: Swift’s propensity for satire really takes center stage in his essay A Modest Proposal. If interpret … more →
One Blond Baby with a Side Salad, please.
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wrote 2 months ago: Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” is an entertaining, wildly horrific, inhumane, and perfectly argued … more →
A Modest Proposal
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wrote 2 months ago: “A Modest Proposal” was quite a shift in gears from the subject matter of “A Lady’s Dres … more →
MCV Name Change
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wrote 2 months ago: Well, we think it’s stupid, as evidenced by The Husband’s letter to the editor. Original … more →
A Modest Proposal on the Right to Bear Arms in America
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wrote 2 months ago: Along with the rest of the nation, I was horrified to learn about the violence in Newtown, Aurora, T … more →
Even Lawyers Can’t Keep Track of Our Arbitrary Laws
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wrote 2 months ago: In a recent gaffe, Vice President Biden has done a great service to our country by demonstrating tha … more →
Suck the barrel
wrote 3 months ago: 19 February, 2013 What do we gun owners want? Diane Rehm outed us today, so now someone’s got … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Do you think that was a #JonathanSwift reference when #Radiohead said “cut the kids in half? … more →
A Modest Proposal
wrote 3 months ago: The Thinking Viking is aware of the title’s historic significance. Deliberately chosen. Here … more →
Let's think outside the box, shall we?
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wrote 4 months ago: The political debates in the country are driving me crazy. It seems like every day the level of ang … more →
Perfecting Your Rights
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wrote 4 months ago: The Constitution and its progeny, the Amendments, have been featured heavily in the news of late, an … more →
