Another Nutter, Another Debate
Published by Rick on Tagged Uncategorized“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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedRemembering 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhat 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhich 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThis 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedNot 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhen 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
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedA 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…