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People, myself included, love to use historical analogies to describe the current hellscape we are living through. The most popular comparison of the rise of Trumplandia is to that of Nazi Germany in the ’30s. I confess to having fallen into the habit myself, and you can find plenty of
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Work has been a bit of a nuisance this week. It’s kept me from getting to a lengthy post I am working on about our boy, the orange monster. But in the meantime, you can take some time to read about the train wreck that is happening to the Navy.
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While I have never been a part of the cult of James Mattis, I do, nonetheless, respect him, and I respect his judgment. For the last few months or so, I have been waiting with increasing disappointment for him to speak out against the malice and incompetence of the orange
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I have watched in depressed horror all the flare ups of violence across the country tonight and it makes me glad I am not in the continental US right now. Tomorrow I will put up a post on the subject – advancing what some may think is a controversial theory.
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This has been one hell of a week. We veered from 1918 to 1968 with a dash of 1881 thrown in for good measure. At this point, I am so disgusted with my own country. I cannot stand it. The country needs a 9.9 scale earthquake in the Gulf of
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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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I am becoming more and more convinced that Trump has been persuaded to just let the virus wash over the US. Someone has convinced him it’s better to go about business as usual and bet the death toll is not enough to fuel public outrage any further. Trump is gambling
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In the movie, Thank You for Smoking, the lead character (Nick Naylor) takes his son (Joey Naylor) with him on a business trip to Los Angeles. Out for a night in Santa Monica, Joey asks his dad about his job as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco. In the course of
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Rumors of Kim Jong Un’s demise appear to be greatly exaggerated. Or have they? It seems that Mr. Kim is alive and well, after all. On Saturday, North Korean state media released photos and video footage of him smiling, chatting and walking before a large crowd at the ribbon-cutting ceremony,
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Today is Labor Day for most of the civilized world. It’s a holiday in many countries, but this year that is pretty much a meaningless concept. The US, of course, wants nothing to do with the stinking commie day. Hence we celebrate an obscure French battle in early May and
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