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Species

I have spent countless hours staring into the vastness of space, often totally straight but probably more often in some altered state or other.  At one point in my life, I drove from LA to Joshua Tree National Park in the high desert almost every weekend where, lying in total…

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Misdirection

It’s become increasingly more difficult to find reliable information.  Whomever you choose to trust, in the classroom, in print, on television or via some app or other, that trust has dwindled in its certainty.  Perhaps we were simply more gullible, naïve or innocent in the Cronkite era, but then the…

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FUBAR

In this week’s episode of How to Become Speaker of the House, we tune in on some of the not-so-secret wranglings between McCarthy and the assorted fucktards that have now been sworn in as the majority of the 117th Congress. Tuesday, January 3, 2023 McCarthy to his top aides:  “OK. …

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MMXXII

There are several weeks remaining As I begin this yearly rhyming task Covid’s still a thing I still, occasionally, wear a mask Chaos is a constant We could all do so much better Yes, I’m well aware that my ranting On my Blog or in a letter To some editor…

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Ho!

Deep into my year-end opus.  Everything in my head is a couplet.  Going to show restraint by holding back any use of my Christmas-rhyming word list. Back in a week.

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Committee Report

The January 6th Committee will hold its last public hearing tomorrow and is expected to make criminal referrals to include the former President and several co-conspirators, including members of Congress.  This is mostly untrodden territory and will require the Attorney General to make some very tough choices.  The fact that…

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Top Secret

There are several Federal laws dealing with secrets, secret information, classified and highly classified materials.  Many of them fall under the category of treasonous activity and are punishable by death. The most famous example would be Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed for passing atomic secrets to the Russians in the…

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What?

Bi-partisan voting in the Senate?  Codifying same sex and bi-racial marriage?  Somebody, pinch me!  Full disclosure…44 senators did not agree and, in the tradition of seasonal list making, I would normally call out their names, but I have chosen not humanize their lack of humanity in such fashion.  We can…

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FIFA

What a complete load of crap!  And I actually like soccer.  I never played as a kid but I sort of participated weekly for a few years when I first moved to LA and it’s a fun, exhausting game.  On the professional level, it’s a crazy, all-out war of stamina…

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Oh, Crap!

If you were paying attention last week, you’ll remember I said, “temporary”.  I guess there’s no lower limit for what can be categorized as that.  Can’t we catch a break? The lunatics will soon be the majority in the House.  With Kevin McCarthy as their probable Speaker and the likes…

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