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Twenty years pass, RI stays the same

Acclaim for dubious deeds is an Ocean State mainstay
Phillipe + Jorge were graciously asked to recall Rhode Island’s Monthly’s first dubious achievement-style Rhode Island Red Awards, as chosen in 1988 by your superior correspondents, during the mag’s 20th anniversary gala last week.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 07, 2008

I didn’t give at the office

Halitosis Hall gets an ‘F’ for long-range thinking
Hats off to the brave lawmakers at Halitosis Hall!

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 30, 2008

RIPTA drones thrown under the bus

It’s high time for a better mass transit system
Beautiful! The people responsible for the longstanding mishandling of RIPTA have earned their brownie points, but little else.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 23, 2008

Beating up on Chris (times two)

Matthews gets dissected; Young goes egotistical in ATM contretemps
It’s nice to see the rest of the world picking up on something we Vo Dilunduhs have known for years.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 16, 2008

How Giuliani’s presidential campaign came undone

GOP Minority Leader Watson reveals all at Nick-a-Nee’s
Your superior correspondents last week had a close encounter with a couple of creatures who qualify in Vo Dilun as authentic endangered species: Republican legislators.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 09, 2008

BeloJo? Think Cosmo!

The Other Paper’s Web site wants to emphasize its feminine side
A recent Urinal survey of women readers purportedly revealed that what women want from their organ of record is . . . wait for it . . . news (!?!?).

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 02, 2008

RI DOT marks the spot

A veritable treasure trove of dubious state doings
Just when you think questionable doings couldn’t get any more questionable in Rhode Island, along comes the state Department of Transportation.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 26, 2008

Shocker: RI GOP in disarray

A real two-party system requires an effective minority party
An internecine battle has broken out between the couple dozen or so people who claim to be members of the Rhode Island Republican Party.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 19, 2008

Spitzer screws himself

Wandering NY governor annihilates a once-promising political career
In times of personal hardship and anguish, Phillipe + Jorge are always the first to offer our understanding and consolation to the aggrieved.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 12, 2008

And the beat goes on

Hillary Clinton proves the Rasputin of primary politics
All Phillipe + Jorge can say after Tuesday’s presidential primary is that we are overjoyed the Patriots resigned Randy Moss.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 05, 2008

Crunch time for Obama and Hillary

Advertising time slots offers a preview of the results
If you are a believer in omens — you no doubt picked up on the portent of Billary and Barack’s recent prime time TV buys in the Biggest Little .

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 27, 2008

A smack to the head

Pow! Chafee gets McCain right in the kisser
McCain’s pants-ing moment, as he entertained a typical GOP (all-white) AARP rally, was highly entertaining.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 20, 2008

Mark Weiner for President?

Superdelegates are not so super in a punitive democracy
There has been much hand-wringing recently over whether superdelegates will hijack the Democrats’ presidential-selection process.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 13, 2008

Hey, we’ve got your budget solution!

The children of the needy will make a tasty meal
What with all the drama about the enormous budget crunch, Phillipe + Jorge hope to offer our esteemed leaders a very solid solution.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 06, 2008

Just the facts

Linc Chafee exhibits typical candor in his forthcoming book
Phillipe + Jorge wake up frightened by a bizarre new concept in the literary world: a book by a politician that actually tells the truth.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 30, 2008

A Wire runs through it

The HBO drama is spot-on in diagnosing newspapers’ woes
Here’s the scenario: Local ownership sells off a mid-market, well-respected and Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper to a huge media conglomerate in a major American city.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 23, 2008

New Times editor, Ben Dover

Kristol’s op-ed addition marks a sellout to the neocon cabal
This is the disgraceful hiring of a political operative, not a journalist.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 16, 2008

Dubya’s final countdown

Thanks be, time’s running down on his disastrous presidency
So the countdown begins on the last year in office of the cross-eyed, flash card-taught, flight suit-wearing little cowboy.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 02, 2008

Poppy parks the tiger amidst Crawford holiday splendor

Phillipe and Jorge
Phillipe + Jorge’s invitation to share Christmas with the Bush family and their closest friends in Crawford, Texas, was once again lost in the mail.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 26, 2007

Stormy weather

Snow cleanup undermined by incompetents and flying monkeys
Phillipe + Jorge are not upset or disappointed that Governor Don “Laughing Boy” Carcieri was out of the country, in Iraq, during the recent winter storm imbroglio.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 19, 2007

Rhode Island’s famous for you

The time has come to capitalize on our scandalous past
How about a Providence Mobster Museum and Hall of Fame on Federal Hill, to celebrate our bygone years as New England’s headquarters of organized crime?

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 12, 2007

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