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Top Pun's mission is to maximize prophets. Top Pun creates serious, funny, and seriously funny peace and justice designs which are available on your choice of products such as buttons, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. Top Pun blogs to highlight additional facets of his word artistry such as pun-filled poetry and funny political satire, free posters, as well as political actions of local and global importance -- and don't forget the noncommercial, public health radio show available online, Just for the Health of It . Top Pun's serious playfulness ever reminds us that justice is no yoke, and the pun is mightier than the sword!
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Tag Archives: State
FREE POLITICAL POSTER: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Tortuously Testifies – Of Course Torture Works, I Am Looking at a Huge Job Promotion
Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA Director, slunk partially out of the shadows yesterday to testify before Congress and the American people why a torturer should be promoted to director of CIA. She refused to acknowledge that torture is … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Congress, Donald Trump, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Gina Haspel, Illegal, Immorality, Job, Law, Morality, Political, Republican, Security, State, Success, Torture
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Tortuously Testifies At Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Political apologists for torture and war crimes are lining up to defend CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel, who was involved in black op torture and destruction of evidence about these operations — nothing to see here!? In honor of this surreal … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Defense, Donald Trump, Elite, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Gina Haspel, government, History, Job, Law, Moral, Nazi, Political, President, Republican, Responsibility, State, Surreal, Torture, War, War Crimes
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Anti-GUN VIOLENCE POSTER : Prez Donald Trump – Offering the lives of our children on the altar of an unregulated militia is proof of how great America is
200 school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Now, Broward County, Florida, gets hit again, after another school shooting there last year. This time they set the record for biggest school shooting massacre in Florida’s history. Gee, who … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anti-Gun, Children, Citizens, Congress, Democracy, Donald Trump, Guns, History, Military, Prevention, Second Amendment, State, Time, Top Pun, Violence
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FREE POLITICAL POSTER: Donald Trump Swamped With Taxing Situations, Declares MOST UNDRAINING EVER!
Donald Trump’s promise to “Drain the swamp” from Washington, DC, is perhaps his most surreal promise of all. Today, President Donald Trump is campaigning for Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been facing mounting credible evidence of his predatory sexual … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Competition, Congress, Corruption, Debt, Defense, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economic, Economy, Egalitarian, Elite, Enemies, Environment, Environmental, Experience, Faith, Family, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, Future, Genius, History, Housing, Hypocrisy, Image, Income, Inequality, Institutions, Intellectual Property, Irony, Jobs, Justice, Labor, Law, libertarian, Mind, Partisan, Perspective, Political, Politics, Power, President, Progress, Republican, Risk, Roy Moore, Rules, State, Surreal, Time, Trust, Truth, Values, Voters, Wealth, Work
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FREE POSTER: Jesus breaks silence on Senate candidate Roy Moore Just Saying NO Moore
What sexual predator would Jesus support to hold the keys of public trust? It’s time to say “NO more!” In the current case of Senate candidate Roy Moore, it’s time to say “NO Moore!” American so-called Christians have been practicing … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Addiction, Character, Community, Control, Donald Trump, Enemies, Evil, Faith, free poster, Free Posters, Funny, GOP, Heart, Hell, Institutions, Jesus, Law, Law Enforcement, Love, Martyr, Media, Moral, National, Political, Politics, Power, President, Religious, Republican, Roy Moore, sexual assault, Silence, State, Supreme Court, Tea Party, Time, Trust, Voters, Women
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FREE POSTER: GOP Greedy Old Perverts Sexual Predator-in-Chief Donald Trump and Roy Moore
Dirty old men, predominantly dirty old white men, are running rampant throughout our culture and politics. A long overdue push back is underway as many powerful sexual predators are finally being held to some account. The cutting edge of this … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, Gay, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Authoritarian, Beautiful, Children, Christian, Community, Conservative, Conspiracy, Crime, Culture, Democrat, Donald Trump, Enemies, Fascism, free poster, Free Posters, Future, God, GOP, Hypermasculinity, Hypocrisy, Illegal, Justice, Kids, Lawyer, Lifestyle, Martyrdom, Military, Minorities, Moral, Muslim, National, Nationalism, Nature, Nazi, Normal, Patriarchy, Political, Politics, Power, Present, President, Reactionary, Redemption, Religious, Republican, Revolution, Rhetoric, Right-Wing, Roy Moore, Sex, sexual assault, Socialism, State, Success, Supreme Court, Time
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ANTI-FASCISM POEM: In Efface of Creeping Fascism
He was a custom Too accept That creep Creep Creep Of fascism Without a furor Incite Picking wons Fights Posedly agin And agin Sow frayed Peering opposed Laws and orders As just Be for It’s too late Over Due In … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Control, Democracy, Experience, Fascism, Haiti, Life, Luck, Mind, Moral, Propriety, Protesters, Questioning, Reality, Risk, Security, Sen. Rob Portman, Soul, State, Time, Toledo, Women, Work
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POEM: Promedica My Ass — Owed To Branding
Logos used Too mean Know ledge Like that age owed ad vice Would you jump off a bridge If every won ails did As in sayin’ Bye your good will As money oozes from the non-prophet, health care (sic) system … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Funny Poems, Health, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Awe, Commercial, Community, Conundrum, Defense, Family, Gandhi, Genius, Health Care, Justice, Life, Living Wage, Love, Money, Mourning, Poet, Poetry, ProMedica, Prophet, Proprietary, Propriety, Resistance, Rich, skin in the game, Social Justice, State, Status, Tao, Time, Toledo
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POEM: Unleashed
As anger and grief morphs Into the habits and vagaries of daily life The heart is circled by its waggin’s In loo of revolutions more roil As if Too be stuck In The mettle Only to be Haunted by cursory … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Anger, Authoritarian, Awe, Balance, Change, Consciousness, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Donald Trump, Elections, Future, Heart, Hope, Justice, Life, Loss, Misogyny, Muslim, Muslims, National, Nationalism, Outrage, Poems, Poetry, Power, Racism, Revolutionary, Sexism, sexual assault, Solidarity, State, Supreme Court, Surreal, Time, Voting, Women, Work, Xenophobia
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Friendly Rant: Voting FOR Jill Stein NOT Wielding “Privilege”
Oddly, with the presidential candidates from the two dominant and domineering political parties setting new records for low approval, voting for anyone else is met with bafflingly high contempt. My friend, local activist, and Green Party Jill Stein supporter, Shannon Frye, … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Argument, Ballot, Children, Classism, Compassion, Crime, Culture, Defense, Democracy, Environmental, Equality, facebook, Family, Fear, Feminism, Feminist, Food, Freedom, Future, Gender, Green Party, Hell, Hillary Clinton, History, Identity, Incarnation, Inequality, Jill Stein, Justice, Labor, Life, Logic, Medicaid, Military, Mind, Modern, Money, Moral, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Police, Political, Power, President, Prison, Privilege, Queer, Racism, Rage, Religious, Revolution, Security, Sex, Sexism, Sexuality, Silence, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Security, State, Time, Truth, Violence, Voting, War, Women, Work
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Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics
This article pretty much sums it up. Managing the air, apparent electorate, and the “for most” illusion of politics. Great contribution from The African American Intellectual History Society, Managed Democracy And The Illusion Of Politics: Now that another sordid election … Continue reading
Posted in Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged African American, America, Business, Capitalism, Change, Control, Crises, Democracy, Elite, Facts, Heart, History, Humanity, Inequality, Integrity, Meaning, Media, Mind, Police, Political, Politics, Power, Questions, Reconciliation, Republican, Revolution, Society, State, Terrorism, Truth, Virtue, War
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Donald Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism
If you want to make sense of the failure of neoliberalism, as typified by Hillary Clinton, and its vomiting up of proto-fascist leaders like Donald Trump, then author and journalist Chris Hedges nails it again, in this piece, Donald Trump: The Dress Rehearsal … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Advertising, Authoritarian, Bernie Sanders, Capitalism, Children, Christian, Citizens, Commercial, Common Good, Compassion, Control, Conundrum, Cruelty, Culture, Cynical, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Donald Trump, Economic, Elite, Enemies, Failure, Fascism, Heaven, Hillary Clinton, Hope, Hypermasculinity, Hypocritical, Identity, Ideology, Integrity, Justice, Liberal, Misogyny, Mitt Romney, Moral, Narcissism, National, Nazi, Neoliberalism, Police, Political, Politics, Poor, Possibility, Poverty, Power, Rage, Reality, Religious, Republican, Rhetoric, Security, State, Superficial, Trust, Truth, Violence, War, Women
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FREE EDWARD SNOWDEN POSTER: Pardon Me!
Edward Snowden, the infamous NSA whistleblower, is my candidate for the most heroic American this decade. Is it time for President Obama to grant a presidential pardon to Edward Snowden? YES! The campaign is on, with the release of Oliver … Continue reading
Posted in Free Stuff, News, Political Action
Tagged Authoritarian, Change, China, Citizens, Congress, Conspiracy, Culture, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Experience, Family, Free Downloadable Posters, free poster, Free Posters, Gift, government, Hillary Clinton, History, Hope, Human Rights, Journalists, Journey, Law, Lawyer, Life, Logic, National, National Security, Obama, Patriot, Perspective, Police, Political, Possibility, Power, President, Progress, Right-Wing, Risk, Russia, Security, State, Time, War, Whistleblower, Work
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ANTI-VIOLENCE POEM: Sisyphean Tax
He was steeped in the slippery slope of violence An idol escalator Heedlessly powered by gravity and gravitas A climb it denier Of the worst breed Not giving won ascent A bout others In spite of the accost Whatever It … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Peace, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Abundance, Attitude, Awe, Consciousness, Creativity, Domination, Experience, Freedom, Hell, Life, Moral, Nature, Nonviolence, Play, Poems, Poetry, Possibility, Present, Reactionary, skin in the game, State, Suffering, Time, Top Pun, Violence
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POEM: Mad ’em Presidents
Knowing either jack or Jill Raze your Stein As Donald Trump sucks The “Oh too” out of the room Plenty of space In the huge check Box Of which to think out of Beyond first lady and commander-in-chief Paid in … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged America, Choices, Crises, Democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Fear, Feminist, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, President, Progress, Republican, State, Surreal, Third Party, Top Pun, Values, Voters, Voting, Women
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HAPPINESS: Hedonic Happiness Versus Meaningful Happiness
I have long been interested in happiness and happiness research. I recently stumbled across one of the most fascinating scientific articles of any kind that I have read in recent years: Some Key Differences Between a Happy Life and a Meaningful Life. … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Anxiety, Argument, Arrogance, Balance, Change, Character, Children, Church, Culture, Environment, Events, Experience, Future, Happiness, Heart, Hubris, Humanity, Identity, Joy, Life, Logic, Loss, Love, Meaning, Modern, Money, Nature, Perspective, Play, Political, Present, Psychology, Reality, Relationships, Religion, Religious, Respect, Rich, Risk, Sacrifice, Science, Selfish, Society, Soul, State, Suffering, Superficial, Surreal, Time, Values, War, Welfare, Work
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REAL POLITICS, REAL CANDIDATE: Jill Stein 2016 Platform
IF you want a progressive presidential candidate that you can get excited about voting FOR, then Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate is worth serious consideration. Jill Stein has selected her Green Party running mate, Vice President choice, Ajamu Baraka. … Continue reading
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