Category Archives: Humor

Stevieslaw: A Good Citizenship Guide for Energy Producers.

Posted on April 21, 2011 by stevieslaw

Smokey Diamond was able to obtain The Good Citizenship Guide for Energy Production Corporations: A Primer this week. It is surprisingly short. In applying for a permit to drill, blast, or frack, cite the extensive research you have done that … Continue reading →

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StevieslawExclusive: Republican Primary to Air on Fox as the Reality-like Show, Lost Too.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by stevieslaw

Our own intrepid reporter, Smokey Diamond, has uncovered plans by the Republican National Committee to frame their 2012 primary race in terms of the popular TV show “Lost.” The Reality-like show will air on Fox News more or less 24 … Continue reading →

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StevieslawItMakeNoSense: Tom Corbett Babbles like a Blighted Brook. AP Looks On.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by stevieslaw

Peter Jackson of the Associated Press, reporting in today’s local paper, has Pennsylvania Governor and man of the people, Tom Corbett, assuring citizens that he will “not let them poison the water.” Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, and I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged Associated Press, black humor, family value, fracking, Income Tax, Marcellus Shale, pollution, property tax, smokey diamond, tom corbett, water pollution | Leave a comment

StevieslawMarket: Survive the New Gun Law with “I am not a Threat Tees.”

Posted on April 16, 2011 by stevieslaw

StevieslawMarketplace: “I am not a threat” Tees Available after Background Check. Karl Andren of the Harrisburg Patriot-News reports in the Centre Daily Times today that the so called “castle-doctrine”, the right to use deadly force if you feel your life … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged black humor, Castle Law, Centre Daily Times, family value, Harrisburg Patriot News, I am no a threat logo, NRA, Rio shootings, Second Amendment, smokey diamond, tee shirts, Virginia Tech | 13 Comments

StevieslawSnipit: The Low-life in Corporate America

Posted on April 14, 2011 by stevieslaw

In a corporate world in which the Pennsylvania DEP would clearly issue a gas fracking permit to drill right beside—let’s say—the only oasis to supply water to the desert city of wishyouwerehere, before being asked, Smokey and I were still … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college | Tagged agribusiness, Florida, fracking, investigative reporting, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania DEP, smokey diamond, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair | Leave a comment

Stevieslaw’Splainittoyouoncemore: Detaxing the Rich and the Corporate.

Posted on April 13, 2011 by stevieslaw

With school boards, elected local officials, mayors and governors across the nation getting set to fire your neighbors, relatives and friends, the hardheaded among us are asking once more why the very rich are paying at the lowest tax rate … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: Fracking for the Foreign Market, or Where Have All the Good Excuses Gone?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by stevieslaw

Today we learned from Lou Kilzer and Andrew Conte, writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (about the Marcellus Shale), that foreign companies are buying up “significant shares of these drilling projects and making plans for facilities to liquefy and ship more … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron and the Tax Code.

Posted on April 10, 2011 by stevieslaw

I’m sure you all recognize my cousin Myron by now, aspiring author, GED diplomaer, trickster and idiot savant—with not so much savant. Myron, as you must recall is a whiz with numbers and anything related to numbers. He called me … Continue reading →

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StevieslawInsight: Politics, Language and the Government Shutdown

Posted on April 8, 2011 by stevieslaw

We are fast approaching a government shutdown, during which the only people whose lives will not be affected are those we elected to draw up, debate and pass a budget. Ogden Nash had a lovely poem entitled, “It’s Always When … Continue reading →

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StevieslawLighternote: Glenn Beck to Step Down. Myron to Get GED.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw has learned from the Washington Post that super-patriot Glenn Beck—the only remaining survivor of the constitutional convention—will step down from Fox News. This is big news at Stevieslaw—even bigger perhaps then the news that my cousin Myron will be … Continue reading →

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