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Oh about that GOP debate last night

You know Ted Cruz fucked up when he gives Donald Trump, that Donald Trump,  a chance to be elegant. I'm no big fan of New York City, but Cruz probably wishes he had not broken out the dog whistles:...

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The legends leaving us.

The month of January has been a sad one for folks like me, who treasure the music of the 60's and 70's and had some of my best times in life with the great artist's creations in the background as a...

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Japanese History Lesson

This video is a little long-but provides an interesting view of the gamut of Japanese history, albeit told from an American viewpoint. Enjoy it. I did. In nine minutes, Wurtz goes through a broad but...

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The prodigal son returns

I'm back in shopping mall this week for a variety of reasons. Had some medical stuff done, did some stuff related to the S.O. Permanent Residence Card, and checked on my house. I also got to sit...

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As if things were not screwed up enough.

God decided to play a cruel joke on American politics by holding a recall election of His own. The winner was Justice Antonin Scalia. The loser will be the rest of the United States, that is left...

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Whistling past the graveyard….

After almost 24 hours of travel back from the Whining States of America, I am back in definitely not sunny Germany. A week in Shopping Mall and  then a week out west. The second week was very...

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I always leaves a few parts behind when I fixes ’em.

Did some major site maintenance tonight, trying to get display issues fixed. I the process I screwed up the comments editor and my header. Will work on it tomorrow. You should be able to read content...

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Sir, your blog is fixed. Please pay 999.99 dollars and we don’t take checks.

Looks like the comments fix I worked on last night worked. The display "wrap around" problem where the lower half of the sidebar folded under the content appears to be fixed. " Life is tough son, its...

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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...

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Pouring 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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Pat Conroy

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...

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News 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...

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