A Plague of Clowns

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News outlets all around the country have finally noticed the outbreak of creepy killer clowns. This isn’t surprising. The media is usually last to hop on the zeitgeist train, which means I needed to get this post published fast. The incidents have everything a presstitute craves when breaking a story. They’re unusual, have a macabre twist, terrify the public into paying attention, and can be blamed on Donald Trump. We’re all anxiously waiting to see how they’ll do that.

Scooby Doo would have already tackled this mystery and we’d be talking about the shocking reveal all over social media by now. Continue reading

Rejoice for the Great Christian Theocracy

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My fellow Christians: Rejoice! The Great Christian Theocracy we’ve all secretly wanted is at hand! It’s been 800 long years since that last crusade didn’t work out so well, but we’ve been planning and plotting and scheming ever since, desperate to devise a way for government to outlaw sin and usher in a holy utopia.

How this has come to pass isn’t exactly obvious, so stick with me while I explain. Continue reading

Stuff. Plus Omelas.

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The “meat” of today’s post is provided by Codex. When she presented her idea for a Wednesday post she didn’t think I’d go for it. It’s a serious post. I’m known as the “funny one” of our comic partnership. But a Tuesday night off is a Tuesday night off, even if I have to throw in a couple of extra paragraphs to provide a little context. click through to read the rest