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— Paul Valery, French critic & poet (1871-1945)

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"Our republic and its press will rise or fall together." — Joseph Pulitzer

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UPDATED on 9-12-2025 GMT

WORLDWIDE LEADER? ACT OF GOD OR JUST A GARDEN-VARIETY IMPOSSIBLE DREAMER? ALL OF THE ABOVE? VERY POSSIBLY. Was Andrew Barbano the only advocate for an American pope? Google apparently says YES! At minimum, the Barbwire stumped and broke Google trying to find out. See for yourself. And please lemme know what you think.

1984 in 2025
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 9-10-2025

Cupcakes in CasinoLand
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 9-3-2025

Windy City Showdown: Pope Leo vs. the American Mad King
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 8-27-2025

Lampoons & harpoons for poltroons, dragoons and buffoons
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 8-20-2025

Blame Nevada for T-Rump cancer
37th anniversary Barbwire
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 8-13-2025

The Confederacy has finally won the Civil War
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 8-6-2025 / Updated 8-10-2025 GMT

Nevada Press Assn. Hall of Fame
BREAKING NEWS—> 5 down, 3 to go
7-31-2025 Barbwire Winner
Congratulations to Barbwire nominee & Pulitzer Prize winner Norman Cardoza
Reno Gazette-Journal

Ignore the jesters and you fester
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 7-30-2025

Payback Time: Colbert to PBS
Never gonna happen? Neither was an American pope. See above.
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 7-23-2025

Monsters of our own creation
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 7-16-2025

T-RUMP TRAVESTY TRILOGY HAT TRICK TRIPLE PLAY
Lisa Murkowski got publicly porked
And hit us with chops on July the 4th
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 7-9-2025

T-RUMP TRAVESTY TRILOGY PART DEUX
We become what we despise
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 7-2-2025

T-RUMP TRAVESTY TRILOGY PART 1
We don't need no stinking badges!
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 6-25-2025

 

LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR

Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts:

6-22-2025 — I posted the following promo on LinkedIn and Facebook before the Persian Perversion. What the hell, we've been basically at war with Iran since 1953 and we are still looking for a 51st state, right? All we need is a congressional rubber stamp to legitimize this bastardized obscenity of a special military operation.

ANGELS OVER AMERICA
Pope Leo & President Lech Walesa
God knows we need lotsa help

Walesa starts U.S. tour in August, Leo14 already sold out Chicago White Sox stadium — via satellite! Read all about it at Barbwire.US

Barbwire by Barbano, the ONLY advocate for an American pope — immediately last April, long before the conclave. Proof positive posted at April 23 column.

Be well. Raise hell. Stay safe.

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Sometimes I regret my chutzpah when I occasionally guess right. I've said for months that when T-Rump saw his political support at home slipping, he'd start a war. an oft-successful ploy employed by his Russian mentor. So he did. (Maybe that's why they were on the phone so long a few days ago.)

There's only one thing left—> Remember when the Mad King said this in 2024 to the precious snowflakes looking for simple solutions: "Re-elect me and you'll never need another election."

More with the Barbwire this week. Working title: We Don't Need No Stinking Badges — or democracy. (Props to Humphrey Bogart and Alfonso Bedoya.)

We apparently need intervention from elsewhere (see below) as the nation feels "Helpless, Helpless, Helpless". (Props to Crosby, Stills Nash & Young.)

Where be our better angels?

 

ANGELS FOR AMERICA
Pope Leo-14 and President Lech Walesa for the good guys
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 6-18-2025

That's great TV!
"It's interesting when people die" — Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry" 1982
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 6-11-2025 / Expansions in blue
 Updated Friday the 13th 2025. Chainsaws optional. Don't tell Freddie Krueger.

ORPHANS OF THE STORM
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 6-4-2025

Never, ever forget that name
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 5-28-2025


GEORGE WENDT, 1948-2025

ADIOS, NORM. Beloved actor George Wendt, the most recognizable and entertaining face of the legendary Cheers TV series, died on May 20 at 76. May the great actor rest in peace and live forever in eternal reruns.

Alas and alack, the producers, who made countless millions off the series, never corrected a macabre error in the Emmy-winning opening sequence. The Barbwire first broke the story in 2018. View the gruesome insult to the memories of exploited young American workers and judge for yourself by clicking above.

 

What's in it for him?
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 5-21-2025

Confessions of an altar boy
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 5-14-2025

Let it Be: An American Pope Francis2
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 4-23-2025

WORLDWIDE LEADER? ACT OF GOD OR JUST A GARDEN-VARIETY IMPOSSIBLE DREAMER? ALL OF THE ABOVE? VERY POSSIBLY. Was Andrew Barbano the only advocate for an American pope? Google apparently says YES! At minimum, the Barbwire stumped and broke Google trying to find out. See for yourself. And please lemme know what you think.

MAYDAY! Black genocide tonight, Labor Day tomorrow

Conniving Corruption Contortions, Conniptions & Contradictions
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 4-30-2025

Let it Be: An American Pope Francis2
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 4-23-2025

Twin terrorists run tax-paid American gulag
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 4-16-2025

 

FROM DOGE TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

PBS: NLRB whistleblower says key files stolen, nuked and possibly passed to Russians
PBS NewsHour video & transcript / 4-16-2025

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Top House Democrat says malfeasance
NPR 4-15-2025

 

LEGISLATIVE ALARM
Sen. Dina Neal needs our support of Senate Bill 391. ACT NOW to help Nevada tenants by capping predatory Wall Street speculation. Click here to lend your support.

Toxic sludge is good for you
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno/ Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 4-9-2025

MAYDAY! T-Rump executive order will kill the registrations of 21 million voters for 2026
By Greg Palast / 3-27-2024

Send back the Statue of Liberty
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 3-26-2025

Czar Dastardo Donaldov to Congress 3-4-2025: "America is back!"
INDEED, flat on her back.

Red Scares and Nobel Red Flags
Warnings from Walesa and Ressa
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 3-5-2025

March comes in with a lion —> from Ukraine

Zelenskyy for President!
So refreshing, heartening and energizing to see a leader with brass balls in the Oval Office as opposed to the Russian traitor with three gold balls hanging in his pawn shop
Be well and raise hell, President Volodymyr / America is with you and our democracies

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Margaret Dumont and Groucho Marx
Still crazy after all these years.

The Used Car Presidential Campaign
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 9-18-2024

Diabolical Déjà Vu: Fire is the Devil's only friend
Barbwire accurately called 2016 presidential result 9 months out & stands by 2020 prediction made four years ago

Barbwire by Andrew Barbáno / Expanded from the Wednesday 9-2-2020 Sparks Tribune

 

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Two more Barbwire/Molly Ivins Hall of Famers
installed into Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame
Barbano nominees and strong union men Rocha and Highton win again
9-14-2024

2 more Barbano nominees elected to Nevada Press Assn. Hall of Fame
Highton and Rocha win / 4 down, 4 to go
Carson City Nevada Appeal / 8-15-2024

APOCALYPSE THEN—>
It can't happen here. We're too smart, right?
Barbwire by Andrew Quarantino Barbáno / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune 3-1-2023

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HAPPY NEW YEAR / Feliz Año Nuevo / Felice Anno Nuovo
Frohe Weihnachten und beste Wuensche fuer 2025
Vaxx up, stay safe, pray for Ukraine, Gaza and more than 160 other currently war-torn lands.

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