Tag: Politics
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The Most American Thing
Continue Reading →By most estimates (except, of course, by those who routinely produce attendance numbers of the crowds at MAGA Events that are beyond believable), seven million Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest the abomination that is…
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Right Wingnuts or Right Wing Nuts?
Continue Reading →Free Speech in this country is apparently about as solid a concept as an ice cube in the desert. The President of the United States, the Attorney General of the United States, and the Director of the FBI all said…
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Crime Reduction Myths: Politics vs. Reality in America
Continue Reading →Now the President intends to send the National Guard into Memphis so they can “fix it like we did DC.” This wasn’t his original plan; he did a T.A.C.O. in Chicago, no surprise there. Guys with a brain like J.D.…
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No One Should Die Because of Their Beliefs
Continue Reading →No one should ever die over differences in belief. It is not the American way, or at least it never used to be the way we handled our disagreements. Mr. Kirk was a lightning rod of right-wing rhetoric and often…
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The Name Game
Continue Reading →Shirley!Shirley, Shirley Bo-ber-leyBo-na-na fanna Fo-fer-leyFee-fi-mo-mer-leyShirley! Apparently, the biggliest challenge facing our military, and by extension all areas of government, is the name of the department that runs it. Over the course of time, wokeness has caused us to dilute the…
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Florida’s Vaccine Policy: A Modern Satire on Child Welfare
Continue Reading →In the brilliant piece by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, Swift suggested that the state should provide care up to the age of one for infants of the poor. At that time, properly aged and fattened, they would be turned…
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Nonsense on a Universal Scale
Continue Reading →The following is a priceless example of the nonsensical, unoriginal, and idiotic pablum being offered by and to Trump supporters. Like a call for the government to come clean on UFOs and the aliens we have in custody and asking…
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Excerpt Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and the Man in the Middle
Continue Reading →Here’s an excerpt from the book Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and the Man in the Middle. The book takes you inside the world of mob-controlled nightclubs, backroom deals, and political corruption in the times of Buddy Cianci and…
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Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and the Man in the Middle
Continue Reading →“The friend of a conqueror is but the last victim…” Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire During the 70s and 80s, Providence experienced the demise of one empire and the rise of a new one. They both bore the outward veneer…
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A Pendulum Swings, But Not Too Far
Continue Reading →Since the January 6th attempted insurrection by violent supporters of Mr. Trump, incited by a host of lies about the Presidential Election, the pendulum has changed direction. Many of those involved have been arrested, lost their jobs, and been the…