This one picture pretty much sums up the state of America today. And it’s more than just a touch ironic coming as it does on Memorial Day weekend when we are supposed to be honoring the sacrifice of those who died to make America “free”. In case you were asleep
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The cracks were always there – maybe the building needs to collapse.
The new wingnut narrative is coalescing. Since the “let them drink Lysol” narrative did not work, they are going to a new multi-pronged attack: 1) The governors are stifling pent up demand. The economy is ready to come back if it were not for this pesky emphasis on saving lives
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Is the Hebrew phrase for, “Next year in Jerusalem”. ( לשנה הבאה בירושלים). A couple of things have been making me think of that phrase this past week. Today, for example, is Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. It happens right before the week of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day.
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In zombie movies, the zombies somehow rise up out of the graves and go menacing the population turning them into zombies. I never watched too many zombie movies truth be told. Until now that is: Of course, the difference between zombie movies and real life is, the zombie movies did
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If you are, as I am a travel addict- these last two weeks have been a nightmare. The area I live in just put a shelter in place order so it will be at least three months before I can go anywhere. I was lucky I got to Japan when
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If God is indeed just, there is a special place in hell reserved for Grover Norquist and his philosophy of “drowning government in a bathtub”. Unfortunately, we know the divine entity plays favorites, so Norquist probably got rich selling stocks weeks ago as some of his Congressional friends did. For
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Meaning it really does not matter that the COVID-19 virus started in China. Sure it makes MAGA hacks feel better thinking that blaming China will change the net effects of Nero’s Trump’s fiddling while the rest of the world burned. Blame China all you want. Post memes saying China Lied,
Continue readingWhere was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.
So, by my count, it has been well over 5 months since I posted here. There are a multitude of reasons for it, few of them good, but they were consumers of my time. It has been a busy five months as I was engrossed in a project as well
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During a recent conversation with a former squadron mate, the talk turned to the dismal state of American politics. He is of the conservative bent, but not of the wild-eyed MAGA hat variety. He made the assertion that Trump is an aberration, a unique creation of the times and the
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I subscribe to several daily business newsletters via e-mail. One is called Morning Brew. It is a trendy and very visually exciting newsletter that is focused on millennials but is also kind enough to let older gentlemen such as myself subscribe and read its content. In their June 11th edition
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