Another Nutter, Another Debate

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                 “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.” So said a popular bumper sticker in the 1970’s, when the National Rifle Association was making its initial political impact. Well…



It’s Good News Week

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                 Remembering the song from 1965, a hit in both US and UK by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, one of the many pseudonyms of producer turned paedophile Jonathan King. That aside, the song title is…



Comedians Behaving Badly

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                What a week to be a high-profile comedian! On both sides of the pond, a comedian has made an error in judgement, and has had to go to maximum spin to prevent major career damage. With Americ…



I Care More About the KANSAS CITY Royals

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               Which is not to

say I’m necessarily a fan of the perennial cellar-dwelling baseball team from America’s mid-west who supplied the SF Giants with this year’s best player (possibly in all o…



Oh, That’s Right, I Do Comedy!

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                 My girlfriend has had a tumultuous week with major surgery, and will probably spend most of the summer in various forms of rehabilitative therapy. She will probably need 24…



Coping

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              This is all about me, as in “Why does this happen to me?” True, I’m not the one who’s going in Monday for surgery to remove a cancerous growth, followed by several months of chemotherapy which will…



Mitt Probably Would Have Bullied ME

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              Not that much is needed at this point to put a big red flag on Mitt Romney’s pathetic bid for the presidency this year, but the revelations of the past 48 hours sure haven’t helped. A recap for tho…



I Missed The Burnings of LA AND London

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                    I was informed that yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Simi Valley, California jury acquitting the four LA police officers of assault on Rodney King despite video evidence …



Personal Memories of Dick Clark

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                  When I

read late Wednesday that American television legend Dick Clark had passed away at age 82, I thought, like so many of us Baby Boomers, of the times watching “American Bandst…



I Don’t Care Who Called Who What

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                     A couple of days ago, one of my few avowed conservative Facebook friends posted a YouTube video of a man harassing a couple of Democratic Congresswomen, using Michael Moo…