Questions that need to be asked.
This being April 1st, in a normal world, it would be time for a fun post poking fun at something or playing a bloggers version of an internet prank.But these are not normal times, and there is nothing...
View ArticleNot understanding the target audience
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...
View ArticleJust 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....
View ArticleLiterally, tears of joy and relief!
The mission of this Allied Force was accomplished at 11:25 EST, 07 November 2020. It’s been four LONG years. Years of misery and anger.Years of astonishment watching the norms of American society...
View ArticleThe fuse for this disaster was lit a dozen years ago.
If you are an American and watched what happened at the Capitol today – and are not outraged – then you are a defective person. And probably have been for a long time.Soonergrunt, long time commenter...
View ArticleWho says one man cannot change the world?
But sometimes, that change is for the worse – not for the better.Certainly, that was the case with Sheldon Adelson, who died yesterday at the age of 87. His legacy is NOT a good one. He destroyed...
View ArticleThe current era, summed up succinctly.
Being the trendy, social media maven that I am (sarcasm definitely intended), I’ve gotten up and running on Tik Tok. Besides being a wonderful way to give Donald Trump the finger in 2020 – it has been...
View ArticleThe price is not right.
It’s Golden Week in Japan. That succession of holidays strung together designed to encourage Japanese citizens to go somewhere and spend some of their hard-earned yen. In Japan, May 1st is not a...
View ArticleThe paradox of low expectations.
I spent yesterday working on the site after we experienced a Denial of Service attack on Wednesday and Thursday. I’ve pretty well isolated where I think it came from and have taken proactive steps...
View ArticleThe nameless servants of evil ( Part 2)
One of the trite amorphisms used by conservatives and others repeatedly is, ” We are not a democracy; we are a Republic.” As if the two terms are mutually exclusive when they are meant to be used...
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