Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 130: Tragedy, Victory, and Viennese Potato Soup
In today’s episode from the first year of his regime, his soup aide talks to him about the historical significance of September 11.
John F. Di Leo
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 129: Temporary Help, Afghanistan, and Easy Vegan Alphabet Soup
In today’s episode from the early autumn of his first year in office, we meet Rocky, the new soup aide.
Safe Spaces and Crocodile Tears
Republicans, independents, and other Trump voters sighed a sigh of relief at the presidential victory, then spent the days thereafter studying results as the outstanding races slowly got resolved.
Post-Mortems, Lessons Learned, and Recriminations
Having lost the 2024 presidential election, the Democratic Party has been forced to lick its wounds in the corner and try to figure out what it did wrong.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 128: Recalls and Speeches and Roasted Beef Tips with Vegetables Soup
In today’s episode from the early autumn of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries yet again to talk about the California recall with the old fool.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 127: Travel, Lockdowns, and Vacation Condo Soup
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries to have a sensible discussion about American tourism with the old man.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 126: Georgia Elections and Broccoli & Almond Soup
Political Satire: Having trouble surviving these times? You’re not alone. Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible: Joe Buckstop, an aging, corrupt old fool, somehow becomes president in his basement, and every night, an aide has to bring him his soup and discuss the …
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 125: The World in Disarray, and Solyanka Soup
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, arrives downstairs to see a mess of broken dishes and spilled equipment that just keeps getting worse and worse.
Sex, Lies and Ethnicity – the Candidacy of Kamala Harris
Year after year, we are told that we should elect a president who is of this or that demographic group.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 124: Illegal Aliens and Louisiana Alligator Creole Stew
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, discusses the dangers of the south and southeast with the old man:
The Economy and the Election – With Just Days to Go
A century ago, relatively few Americans had investments. The stock market was for the rich – or so we thought.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 123: Israel, Prime Ministers, and Mallow Soup
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries (without much success) to discuss the Middle East.
Election Fraud and the Programmable Screen
Many still assume that there is only one kind of vote fraud: a bunch of crooked poll workers filling out ballots in the names of dead people. Not so.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 122 – Renters, Landlords, Evictions, and Lasagne-Style Soup with Italian Sausage
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries to get the old man to understand the damage done by the CDC’s moratorium on evictions
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 121: Aliens, Immigrants, Borders, and Mexican Meatball Soup
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries to get the old man to discuss illegal immigration.
If the Dow Keeps Climbing, Things MUST Be Okay! Right?
Frankly, the stock market has roughly held even with inflation since Jan 20, 2021. It hasn’t really grown, it’s been flat, by expanding in ever-more-worthless currency.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 120: Singapore Travel, Vice Presidents, and Soup Kambing
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, gets the old man to spill the beans about his runningmate’s latest overseas trip.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 119: Extensive Vacations and Singapore Laksa and Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup
In today’s episode from the late summer of his first year in office, President Buckstop’s soup aide, Russell Rhoades, tries to understand the nature of this new president’s seemingly contradictory published schedule.
Christopher Columbus – Ambassador of Western Civilization
On October 12, 1492, the Genoan navigator Crisforo Colombo first reached land in the Western Hemisphere.
Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Vol III – Episode 118: Vice Presidents, Business Travel, and Lazy Man’s Crab Cioppino
Political Satire: Having trouble surviving these times? You’re not alone. Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible: Joe Buckstop, an aging, corrupt old fool, somehow becomes president in his basement, and every night, an aide has to bring him his soup and discuss the …