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Recent reading
While I was back in the Whining States of America, I made the obligatory run to Barnes and Noble. I picked up a copy of the Federalist to re-read, my original copy having gone long by the boards when...
View ArticlePouring gasoline on an open fire
So, it would appear a portion of America really wants to prove to the rest of the world how ignorant they really are. Donald Trump won Nevada. Yet another shameful moment that is the United States...
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So here is a tech question I know someone out there can answer.
This is about Apple's fight with the FBI. I , by the way, am siding with Tim Cook because I don't want the FBI having a back door to look at my porn phone. ( Even though I stopped being an I phone...
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Something everyone can use
After last night's Rethuglican slugfest. My takeaways: Trump does not have as much game as he thinks he does, and needs to put Super Tuesday away quickly. Time is not on his side. That said, he is...
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A heady cocktail
Or two. Here is a pretty neat cocktail list to describe the current election:
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Overcome by events
I was going to write a nice non-political post tonight. But tomorrow is Super Tuesday (AKA SEC Primary) and I thought I would remind all present of something they need to know: IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF...
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The Alps are always beautiful!
Was out of pocket this weekend on a skiing trip. The town of Garmish Partenkirchen is always beautiful with its mountain backdrop of the Austrian Alps. This was a fun trip although it seems my skiing...
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Meanwhile back at Rubio headquarters
Little Marco tries to breath life into his dying campaign.
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April cannot come soon enough.
I was going to post something funny about International Women's day coming as it does in March, that oh so holy time of the year when the world should be devoting more time to celebrating the...
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As the previous post indirectly reported, Pat Conroy passed away on March 4, 2016. He was 70 years old. If one is a graduate of a certain prestigious military college on the banks of the Ashley River...
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A convenient dodge
The forces of He, Trump conspired to tear apart a piece of Chicago, last night. Never mind that Trump has spent months and months stoking up his crazed supporters to be just this violent-somehow in...
View ArticleNews you can’t use
Yes, I was going to do a post today about getting good news outlets to you. But just as I was ready to start showing you how to be an informed news consumer, over in the fact free world that is...
View ArticleThe Big Short
If you have not seen The Big Short, you really should. I am a big fan of Michael Lewis' books and this was as good a book as any he has ever written. For those who don't know, the Big Short is about a...
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Because we all need a good laugh.
And I am steadily getting drunk on St. Patrick's day. I will observe, Guiness tastes better in Ireland from a tap than from a can in Stuttgart. Nonetheless, I came across this little tidbit on...
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It is Friday and I am bored
So what else to do but drink and think about women? After all nothing takes your mind off of stupid ideas by the psychopath who tried to screw us two years ago and has renewed the bidding to screw...
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Ignoring the real crime
I, like many people, subscribe to Navy Times. And, if you have been a follower of this blog for some time, you that I very upset with some of the news about the Navy, my Navy, that it reports. And in...
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We are all Israelis now…….
When I got to work this morning and heard the news about Brussels, I just cringed because I knew that on top of an unspeakable tragedy, the traditional merry-go-round of the American blame game will...
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Where was Waldo?
Sorry for the lack of posts. I just got back from a nice weekend here. Where was I?
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Just in under the wire
It is the end of March. The end of that oh so wonderful time of the year known as women's history month. Long time readers know that I don't like Women's History month although I do like women a lot....
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An unintentional April Fool’s Joke
A traveling man is a happy man. Or should be anyway. Normally I would be happy to be on the road again-even if the trip is back to the Whining States of America. But not this time. Thanks to the...
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