Back during the Cold War, all THE SCRAPBOOK's rightwing friends had nicknames for the notoriously leftwing news shows on National Public Radio -- Morning Sedition, for example. It was with nostalgia for those days gone by that we learned recently of the new moniker for donors to NPR-affiliate KAJX of Aspen, Colorado. Cough up $ 75 or more during pledge drives, and you could be designated not the usual "friend" or "patron" but, yes, "comrade."
Staffers assure us that it's all for the sake of alliteration. It's "Komrade," with a K, as in KAJX. Yes, komissar.