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Memo to God: Three Things I Want, Just for Me

Just recently, a friend asked me an interesting question, and it really got me thinking. He asked me about the things I most wanted to be able to do with my time left here. For some background, we had already talked about what we were hoping for as a result…

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Three things I want, just for me
Three things I want, just for me

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·22 hours ago

The Most Striking Political Advantage of Invertebratism — Part One

Invertebratism. It’s a word I just made up — so how can there be political advantages to it? — Yes, I made up another word. It came to me while I was reading articles that were ultimately about some other isms. Like nationalism, populism, tribalism, fascism, and Trumpism. Specifically, I was reading articles and Tweets talking about the amazing contortions being made by a number of GOP members of…

Politics

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The Most Striking Political Advantage of Invertebratism — Part One
The Most Striking Political Advantage of Invertebratism — Part One

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·Aug 10

From a REAL Emperor of the Past to America’s Wanna-Be Emperors

From the pen of Marcus Aurelius — almost as if it were written specifically for our overly-ambitious and naked Emperors-in-waiting — Call him anything you like, but Donald Trump and his acolytes have a common view — that he is above the law. In other words, an emperor or a dictator. Judging from their own words and actions, this evidently means that they think they are above the law as well…

Politics

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From a REAL Emperor of the Past to America’s Wanna-Be Emperors
From a REAL Emperor of the Past to America’s Wanna-Be Emperors

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·Jul 25

Some “No, You Think!?” Moments From Late July 2022

Or - “What did they just say?” — Working backwards chronologically, here are some of these moments from around the internet, starting with Twitter:

Politics

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Some “No, You Think!?” Moments From Late July 2022
Some “No, You Think!?” Moments From Late July 2022

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·Jul 22

So, Senator Ron Johnson is Acting the Fool Again

The trouble is — yet again — he’s not really acting — Yes, folks, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has got yet another burr in his skin, and, as usual, seems to be confused or conflicted about it. This time it’s about President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, whom he believes is a “political partisan.” Yes, I…

Politics

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So, Senator Ron Johnson is Acting the Fool Again
So, Senator Ron Johnson is Acting the Fool Again

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·Jul 16

Some Questions About the U.S. Secret Service Text Message Revelation

Call me crazy, but this seems pretty … crazy. And I have questions. — Recent reports about how the United States Secret Service (USSS) deleted many text messages from January 5th and 6th 2021 have left me with several, perhaps rather obvious, questions. Maybe you’re also asking some questions about this. Let’s compare. What, they never heard of backups? You don’t have to be a secret service agent, or even…

Politics

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Some Questions About the U.S. Secret Service Text Message Revelation
Some Questions About the U.S. Secret Service Text Message Revelation

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·Jul 11

Some Political Messages from The Left Side of the Yellow Brick Road

The road the GOP has us on—now with a sickening orange tint — didn’t start in Munchkin Land, and it won’t end at Oz. But there’s hope. — Note the graffiti on the signs. I swear I did not do that, even though I might have been thinking it if I’d actually been thinking at the moment. …

Politics

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Some Political Messages from The Left Side of the Yellow Brick Road
Some Political Messages from The Left Side of the Yellow Brick Road

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·Jun 15

No, McCarthy, Not EVERYONE in America Was Responsible for Jan 6th

And your boss’s goons can stop trying to recruit me to help them try again — Recently, House GOP minority leader Kevin McCarthy was reminded of his words back in the day about who bore responsibility for January 6th (President Trump, he said then) and was asked who he now believes bore responsibility for that day. His response per YAHOO News (original links left intact): “Look…

Politics

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No, McCarthy, Not EVERYONE in America Was Responsible for Jan 6th
No, McCarthy, Not EVERYONE in America Was Responsible for Jan 6th

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·May 31

A Great and Growing Number of Republicans Aren’t Qualified to Hold Elected Office

Constitutionally, I mean. Ain’t that a kick in the head? — I was lying in bed fighting with some lower back pain (once again), and my mind began an unbidden scanning of just who among the big-name GOP’ers was up for re-election in 2022 or likely to run for President in 2024. …

Politics

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A Great and Growing Number of Republicans Aren’t Qualified to Hold Elected Office
A Great and Growing Number of Republicans Aren’t Qualified to Hold Elected Office

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·May 24

The First Time Ever: I Agree With Kellyanne Conway

And on one subject she unwittingly explains something that had seemed inexplicable to some — Yes, folks, one of Donald Trump’s most stalwart distaff knights-errant and supporters/apologists has written a book (surprise!) about things Trump and her time in the Trump White House. Ordinarily, I would not have spent even a moment on that person’s viewpoints, and I still won’t buy her book. But the…

Politics

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The First Time Ever: I Agree With Kellyanne Conway
The First Time Ever: I Agree With Kellyanne Conway
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