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Alcatraz, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 13, 2025
I've Been Deported! I was deported for arguing with the cop who gave me a ticket for jaywalking. The sad story.
Cell phone Vaquero, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 19, 2025
My New Phone Will Cost WHAT???? These up-and-down tariffs are sticks in my wheel/Brought to us by that Artiste of the Deal.
Man on a horse., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 3, 2025
Does "The Fifty-First State" Mean "Conquest"? Now that is true PR genius! "The 51st State"! Which doesn't mean, cannot mean, should not mean "conquest."
The Nix of the Mill-Pond, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 23, 2025
A (Too) Sharp Break with the Past After Trump, will the break with the past provoke a culture shock?
schizo, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 7, 2025
The Amazing Schizophrenia of Ukraine Reporting How is it that there are two completely different narratives about the war in Ukraine?
Xi Jinping - Caricature, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 15, 2025
The Crisis When China Released Taiwan What will the Deep State do if China allows Taiwan to secede? Total, absolute crisis!
Sea Ice off Greenland, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 19, 2025
The Truth about Trump's Thinking on Greenland I mean the REAL reasons: 1) to drastically lower America's debt per-square-mile; 2) to create a new cash cow: Trump Water.
LILY PHILLIPS SAID WHAT!? LILY PHILLIPS SAID WHAT!? #shorts SUBSCRIBE: ..., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Hear About the Lass Who'll Sleep with 1000 Guys? The model Lily Phillips will attempt to have sex with 1000 men in 24 hours, the sad harbinger of things to come.
Marco Rubio - Thirsty for Power, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 8, 2024
Why I'm Next Up to Head the State Dept. (after Rubio) Trump will send a clearer message to world leaders after he fires Rubio. Here's the secret plan.
Looking into the Future, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 15, 2024
The Transition Period: Speculation Fun! We're all experts when it comes to predicting what the next administration will do.
Vote, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A Good Election to Lose The loser of the presidential campaign may watch the next four years with complacency, as the winner grapples with catastrophe and gets tarred with the reputation of making the mess.
Fireworks XIII, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 22, 2024
Were the Attempts on Trump Conspiracies? An analysis of the assassination attempts against President Trump, not thorough, but timely.
lection, handicap, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 3, 2024
And They Call This an Election? Given these choices, I think Cornell West gets my vote.
Filtering, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 19, 2024
Instead of Pols, Let's Just Have Polls Why elect politicians when we can run everything by polls?
39 RFK Jr, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 30, 2024
The Spoiler in 2024? Harris! According to the latest Zogby poll, RFK Jr. beats Trump by more than 10 points. But Harris will hand Trump another term.
All of the pain, so much power, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 19, 2024
I Was on the Ticket Before J.D. Vance The true hidden story of Trump's search for a running mate.
waiting, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 27, 2024
Waiting for Russia's Reply to NATO Missiles How will Russia respond to NATO's latest aggression? I'm waiting...
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky on February 28%2C 1997 A3e06420664168d9466c84c3e31ccc 2f., From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 1, 2024
Times Change, the Ground Shifts Underfoot Remember when all we had to talk about was Bill's adventure with Monica? Those were the days....
Confused, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 27, 2024
Who Has Whose Back? It's Complicated. "I've got your back," says A to B. Why? Did A steal it? I try to throw some light on this tricky phrase.
Mottle, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 30, 2024
The Crocus Massacre, Seen from East and West Who was behind the Crocus massacre? It depends on if you look at it from the East or the West.
Anxiety, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 15, 2024
AI Killed My Run for President -- the Sad Story It didn't matter that I'm a political genius; the AI was against me, and that was all that mattered.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 1, 2024
I Hear RFK Jr. Is Running for President Down the back stretch of the election campaign, it's going to be RFK Jr. versus Trump, with Prez Joe panting far behind.
Deicate, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 12, 2024
The Middle East: the Delicate Art of Punishing without Provoking Punishing militias without provoking a war: like coochy without coo, cussing without swearing.
Torn, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 22, 2024
The Terminal Stain that Grows in the West Between the leaders of governments and the media, the West is sinking.
Steel Mask (c.1914-15) - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1897-1918), From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Houthi Terror Hits America in the Wallet! Now at every store I visit they tell me they have raise their prices because the Houthis are making business impossible. I say this is a scam.
Investments, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 18, 2023
Investment Advice for 2024 Where there's a war, there's a way, says my financial advisor.
Salute, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 8, 2023
Look Out, World: My Army's Coming! With those self-made men, the Houthis, as my role model, I've decided to make my own army.
Les Outrages (1994) - Lisa Santos Silva (1949), From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 27, 2023
My Outlook Email's been Backdated! Rather than being updated, Outlook has been backdated. Have programmers finally met their match, unable to improve and moving backwards?
Karate, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 30, 2023
Israeli Self-Defense: Theory and Practice Are you confused about Israel's idea of "self-defense"? An Israeli set me straight. Kind of.
I found my Beanie Babies, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Believe it or not, These are the Good Old Days How nostalgic will look this time when all worked, Before that point when at us history smirked.
American Troops In Vietnam, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Ukraine's Collapse: Neocon Artists Save the Day When the Russians go on the offensive towards Kiev, the neocons will not shrug and say, "Well, we gave it our best shot." They'll get America into the war. Here's how.
Bouncer, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 15, 2023
How the DNC Will Give Bobby the Bum's Rush I went undercover to see how the DNC plans to keep RFK Jr from getting the nomination. Scandal in its purest form.
Parted in two, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 2, 2023
The Coming American/NATO Phase of the Ukraine War The U.S. cannot possibly walk away from the Ukraine War when the Ukrainian effort collapses.
Jail, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 25, 2023
What if the Democrats Put Trump in Jail? If Trump actually goes to jail, his followers will start shooting, and not at the police. Democrats are playing with fire.
A lead soldier, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 10, 2023
Remember That Guy Who Said History is Over? History isn't over; it's just getting warmed up. Boy, did Francis Fukuyama ever get that one wrong.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; The Amazon Frieze, British Museum, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 28, 2023
Summer Flicks: America at its Barest Oppenheimer, Barbie and Mission Impossible: they bare the American soul.
A/C, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 8, 2023
The New Hot-Button Issue: Air-Conditioned Streets! Air-conditioning for all everywhere is a right we must fight for and preserve.
From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Putin: So Weak He Can Hardly Stand Up! After the Wagner comedy, everyone says Putin is weaker and weaker and weaker. It's amazing that he can get out of bed in the morning.
Eruption, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 15, 2023
The End of the World? I'm Taking Bets. Will the end be from A.I., viruses, global warming, or nuclear holocaust? Place yer bet and make a fortune.
Freedom, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 29, 2023
U.S. Foreign Policy: the Beauty of Being Unbound With nobody to oppose them, the Biden people are free. Johnson and Nixon must envy them from their graves.
From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Kremlin Attacked? Tell Me Another! It must be a consolation for Biden's people to know they can attack the Kremlin (and miss) and in America nobody will talk about anything but a false-flag op.
39 RFK Jr, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 21, 2023
RFK Jr. Sets His Sail for the White House On RFK Jr. and the challenges he faces as he hits the campaign trail.
a walking stick, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 30, 2023
I'm a Shoo-in for the Democratic Nomination I'm starting my run for the Democratic nomination because by then I'm going to be the only candidate. They'll HAVE to elect me.
russian gas pipeline, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 11, 2023
The Times Takes on Seymour Hersch The NY Times puts out a non-news non-version of the Nord Stream sabotage. Hersch's version was better.
OSP car smashed, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Biden's Crew Takes the "Reck" out of "Reckless" Biden's foreign-policy team is the most reckless in American history.
Missile, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Just Where is the "Battlefield"? I keep looking for the "battlefield" that everyone talks about, but I never see it. Where is this "battlefield"?
1945 The flag of victory Berlin, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 1, 2023
Russia's Upcoming Big Push Russia's big push, if successful, means a new chapter in world history, maybe good and maybe bad.
Christmas gifts, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Christmas Gifts for a Troubled World Gifts for world leaders, like slippers for Prez Joe and cocaine for Europeans. Something for everyone.
It's not too late !, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 7, 2022
I Used to be This Big Zelensky Fan Zelensky sets the tone for a country that fights by day and makes a fast buck at night.
Banksy in Ukraine, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 21, 2022
Some Suggestions for Banksy Here are some suggestions for Banksy paintings if he ever comes to Washington to do a few pictures about the war in Ukraine and Washington's hand in it.
Rally, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Post-Election Heaven Awaits the Victors After the marathon of speeches and handshakes, a pol can relax amidst the well-washed and powerful.
P20211209AS-0094, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Coming Nuclear Strike Against Russia America's nuclear strike against Russia will meet with nothing but applause in the west.
Stop Everything!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 13, 2022
How Mistakenly Nuclear War Will Begin Like all wars, the next one will begin with mistaken perceptions.
Atom Bomb Nuclear Explosion, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 30, 2022
The Coming Nuclear War: Pros and Cons Empty your bucket list and stock up on corned beef. Some considerations of the coming nuclear war.
Soldier, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 12, 2022
The Black-Hole War Despite all the reporting, it's still hard to say who's winning the war.
Hand Towel, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 27, 2022
Some People Swipe Hotel Towels; Trump Swipes Secret Papers Trump taking those papers was like the guy that gets gypped on a hotel room and takes the towels. It's that simple.
banana, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 13, 2022
The Republic Tastes like Banana The Taiwan debacle, the throes of Ukraine, the Democrats hell-for-leather pursuit of Trump, and Trump's swiping Top Secret souvenirs: it's every man his hosana in our banana republic.
Interchange, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 25, 2022
Things to Enjoy Before the Revolution Hits These are the good old days that we'll tell the young about someday. Imagine that.
6th June 2017, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 4, 2022
Should Joe Biden Resign? Joe Biden more and more invites the term "poor old Joe."
Floor Trader, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 20, 2022
Prez Joe is Optimistic and So am I It's optimists like me and Prez Joe who are going to get in on the ground floor. Just watch!
Alfred E. Neumann., From WikimediaPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 8, 2022
A Disastrous Future? Horsefeathers! All these doomsayers can go jump in a lake. Everything's going to be fine.
Ajedrez, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 23, 2022
Washington Lets Others Enjoy the Thrill of War Being just one pole in a multi-polar world is a drag. Hence the war in Ukraine.
Piglets, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Is America Planning a First Strike Against Russia? Do the Americans want to go for a first nuclear strike against Russia? They've certainly prepared the groundwork for it.
Ukraine, From FlickrPhotos
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 3, 2022
What Else Could Russia Have Done? The U.S. drove Russia into a corner, got mad when it reacted, but has not let this fine crisis go to waste.
Cyclops, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 11, 2022
The Cyclops Covers the Ukraine War The Cyclops looks at one thing and nothing else. Comparison is indeed the thief of joy.
Patriot, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 26, 2022
Ukraine: Exceptionalism Will Out It's like Rambo, Bond, and Harry the Dirty: Exception will out when others get shirty.
Dimension: Bertina Lopes, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 14, 2022
A New Letter or Two for the LGBT+ Crowd I'm feeling oppressed, underappreciated, dismissed, cast off, and loathed -- and it's only Monday. It would be a big help if people added XP to that growing line of abbreviations that starts with LGBT+. A BIG help.
Party, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 5, 2022
Democracy is Dying for Another Party If there were more than the two fat and complaisant political parties, passions might have channeled properly and people might not charge the Capitol.
Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 20, 2022
Don't You Just Love a Good Sanction? Choosing good sanctions is in itself an art, Performed with cool head and a naughty boy's heart.
Christmas dress, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 24, 2021
Christmas with Covid -- Maybe The holidays are upon us, so I think I'll ignore these Covid symptoms. .
Tentacles, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 9, 2021
Omycron: the Newest Villain Why did the scientists pass over ten letters between the "Delta" virus and the "Omycron" virus? Everything is marketing.
Grammar, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Malign Mystery of "It's" Writers who write on Internet won't believe this, but it is what it is. Or as they say in old Mexico: it's what it's. .
Politicians, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 4, 2021
What Politician Will Sacrifice Growth to Reduce CO2? Will any politician make a serious dent in the GDP for the sake of climate change?
Taiwan Marionette, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Taiwan: What Biden's "Absolutely" Was Really About When President Biden said that he would "absolutely" defend Taiwan, he didn't mean absolutely absolute, according to his team.
marbles, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 9, 2021
After Biden, Le Deluge As much as pundits squawk and bearded guys assault the Capitol, the direction of the country is up to powers that operate in the dark.
Journalists, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 9, 2021
Why Journalists Hate Truthers Journalists have a personal grudge against 9-11 Truthers. For a lot of reasons.
Embarrassed, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 19, 2021
Is Anyone Feeling Humiliated? You hear a lot about America's humiliation in Afghanistan, but do you feel any? Does anybody? .
Prisoners Of War, Vietnam War 1969, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 28, 2021
On U.S. P.O.W.s Abandoned in Vietnam A reflection on how the hundreds of American P.O.W.s left behind in Vietnam are a reflection of political rot.
OOPS, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 18, 2021
Afghanistan: At Least We're Good Losers Feeling low because of America's defeat in Afghanistan? Well, nobody else is, either.
Mirror, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 3, 2021
"Non-Binary" is a Little Too Binary Is it possible to say that you are neither male nor female? It seems to me that's one choice too many.
Spy, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 4, 2021
The Grassy Knoll Flu Conspiracy If the coronavirus was not leaked accidentally, it was leaked intentionally, which could have been done by either the U.S. or China. Is the Deep State getting desperate?
Manet painting discovered in the vault at Merkers, Germany, 1945., From FlickrPhotos
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 9, 2021
War, the National Pastime America swings from war to war like a monkey from branch to branch, and was as little care.
Dizzy Doctors, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 15, 2021
So America's not Going to Rescue Ukraine -- Right? Every expert says that if the Ukraine goes up against Russia, neither the U.S. nor Nato will come to its rescue. It would be a truly stupid move. Right. But we're talking about America and its foreign-policy moguls. Je doute.
Injection, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 18, 2021
With Corona Where Will We Be in a Year? In a year, we'll still be talking about Covid-19. It ain't over till it's over.
Rodney Dangerfield, From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 1, 2021
Rodney Russia: No Respect at All! Russia gets no respect at all from the U.S. I'm glad to see they're getting some from China, which knows a good bet when it sees it.
Scrooge, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 18, 2021
Was Covid Really a Planned Pandemic? Maybe the Master of the Universe planned the Covid crisis: the results will be this, and the benefit to us will be that. Or maybe, as usual, they just knew best how to take advantage of it. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Horizon, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Pre-Trump vs. Post-Trump: It's a New Country A short survey of the pre- and post-Trump America: think fizz.
Wile E. Coyote, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 22, 2021
If There's no Trust, the Social Contract Goes Bust Biden was right to call for a new unity, but unity begins with trust, and Trump fans aren't feeling much, having watched their man get the bum's rush.
Capitol, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 9, 2021
"This is not who we are" -- Or is it? Both future-Prez Joe and Donald Trump Jr. said it: "This is not who we are. This is not us." But what if it is?
12/12: The Month Movie: Hitman, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 20, 2020
Why Are There So Many Movies About Hitmen? Hitmen and -women apparently come in all types: sensitive, cold, conscious-stricken, longing for retirement, vengeful. It's an amazingly well-documented profession.
Doubt, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 26, 2020
When I See Pundits in Full-Court-Press Mode.... But when I see pundits in full-court-press mode, Methinks the full truth has still something owed.
Man showing his empty pockets, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 7, 2020
An Election as Empty as a Beggar's Pockets More than an election, 2020 was a referendum on Donald Trump, and more on his style than his work.
?Feliz cumplea?os! Happy Birthday!, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 1, 2020
The Campaign from Spain Looks Like a Pain The view of the American election campaign as seen from Spain: like your neighbors two houses down bickering over their back hedge.
Airplane vortex edit., From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 24, 2020
Will the Election End in Chaos? The prospect of post-election chaos is real, and may even result in both candidates claiming victory. Maybe Afghan politicians can come and sort it out for us, as we did for them.
Constitution signatures., From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 12, 2020
Would the Founding Fathers Want to Change the Constitution? In a high-tech world and among a people so highly disparate as to almost not be a people at all, the Founders would be the first to suggest changes to the Constitution.
Kyle Rittenhouse, From YouTubeVideos
(47 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, August 30, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse Shows Us All Why Guns Should Be Banned It was Rittenhouse's gun that got him in trouble: it drew the ire of rioters and made him use it.
Anti-Trump protesters, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 13, 2020
What if the Democratic Convention Turns into Another 1968? No doubt the protests at the Democratic convention, if any, will be calm and dignified, even boring, much like people waiting to board a bus.
The old school teacher..., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 25, 2020
The Ultimate Racial Fight: "Standard American English" If you think the George Floyd matter made the pot bubble, wait till the mob sets its sights on "Standard American English."
Shout, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Liberals: Free Speech is Great, but Let's Get Back to Normal The well-fed liberal's opinion on the protests of the last two months: we need a Covid vaccine!
snake, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 3, 2020
Putin Paid Bounties to Have Governors Misinformed about Covid-19 The real story is this: that snake-in-the-grass Vlad Putin paid for bounties on new U.S. infections, and as the stats show, his underlings really did the job.
Los Angeles officers take a knee during George Floyd protest | AFP Los Angeles police officers take a knee in solidarity with protesters who are demonstrating following the killing of African American George Floyd who died after ..., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 14, 2020
Police Taking a Knee: a Great Moment in American History The pundits who decry police kneeling as a sign of the decline of America, the white race, European culture, and masculinity have it all wrong. It was a great moment in American history: the agreement between police and communities that things have gone wrong.
walking the train tracks on a dreary fall day, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 1, 2020
Know the New Normal is Now the Normal New? It would be great to return to "normalcy," but the new normal is turning into the normal new, a societal house of mirrors.
rule-41-act, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 11, 2020
Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory: The Total Skinny Was it the CIA? The Chinese? The big corporations? Turns out, it was all of them working together, everyone taking their little piece of the pie.
gladiator fight, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2020
Coronavirus: The Pain in Spain is Raining on the Brain Don't believe what they're telling you about Spain. Here it's total chaos: people running in the streets, robbing toilet paper, lynching politicians and looting banks.
gunslinger, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 5, 2020
High Noon in the Democratic Party The showdown at last between the pragmatists and Bernie.
Bernie Sanders 2016, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 24, 2020
What if Bernie Wins it All? With the media and pundits and party all against him, what does it mean if this unelectable, too old, no-socialist-can-beat-Trump candidate ends up winning the presidency?
Dry river bed, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 14, 2020
Which Crisis is Going to Get us First? Crises are coming in droves, and it's only a question of time before one lands on our doorstep.
IMG_20190410_180146344_HDR, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Palestine: The Deal of the Penury The new capital of Palestine, according to the Trump plan? Ten ghettos in search of a city.
Asia, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Why is the News from China and Russia Always Bad? According to CNN, Fox, the Times, the BBC -- all of them -- the news from China and Russia is always bad. How can people live in places where the news is so consistently bad? Poor folks!
Dreams!!, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 16, 2020
Is the Next President Too Important for Iowans to Vote on? Are other countries more qualified to vote for the next American president? They certainly wouldn't have voted in Trump.
Money, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 5, 2020
Iraq: The Conservatives Love It! Isn't that the story of our foreign policy? Again and again we try to win other people their freedom, and they don't appreciate it. At. All.
Ready for BREXIT !!!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Brexit: Ruling the Waves Once Again The British won't know for ten years what a dumb move they've made. But they'll find out when they sit down to talk (pray for, beg?) trade deals with trading blocks several times bigger than they are.
Peach, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 12, 2019
The Big Peach Will Go Splat The big peach rolling through Congress is soft and hollow, and is going to go splat.
Baby, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Am I a White Male? Let Me Check" I hear that tiimes are hard for white males, but fortunately I'm a member of the right-handed six-footer club, so that "white male" stuff doesn't really apply to me. Kind of a relief.
Absent, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Should Cell Phones Be Banned? If there's anything in human history that demonstrates the principle of "two steps forward and one back," it's cell phones.
Genesis The Creation, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Politics, Banks, Assange: Creating Your Own Reality Cures What Ails You I used to be skeptical of people who "create their own reality," but lately I've come to see that it has some real advantages, especially when plain old raw reality has you down.
GOLIATH: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel In his new book, GOLIATH: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes readers ..., From YouTubeVideos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 1, 2019
Max Blumenthal in Jail: They Haven't Done Him a Chelsea - Yet Us guys were sitting around after a hard day in Langley, wondering what to do about Max Blumenthal: a Julian, a Snowden or a Chelsea. You decide.
Mozilla Summit t-shirt., From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 24, 2019
I Was a Russian Asset and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt Now that Tulsi and Doc. Stein have been outed as Russian assets, I may as well come out of the borscht myself. But it wasn't all it's cracked up to be.
Corruption, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 17, 2019
Trump Illegalities: The CIA Guys Didn't Catch Half Those CIA guys left the field of battle to early, figuring that Ukrainegate would be enough to shuffle Don off to Buffalo. Here's the rest of the story that I witnessed.
Incredible Lives Of The ORIGINAL Siamese Twins One of the more extraordinary events of modern history began on 11 May 1811, when conjoined twin brothers Chang and Eng were born near Bangkok., From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Ukrainegate: Do You Get the Feeling that Wash-town Wants Don Out? That whistle-blower wasn't one of those lying, sneaky running dogs from the Dept. of Health, but the CIA, whose reputation for probity, transparency and honesty is unimpeachable. So how could it be that he fibbed about that call to Ukraine?
Khurais oil field and Buqyaq Saudi Arabia., From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 20, 2019
The Raid on Saudi: Masters of the World's Great Game Ask What Went Wrong Drones! Who'd have thought? Masters of the global chessboard sip their whiskies and reflect on how they got it wrong.
DSCN0286, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 12, 2019
Danger in the Supermarket The supermarket is my weekly contribution to the demise of the earth. How'd we get into this mess?
The Historians%27 History of the World - Title Page., From WikimediaPhotos
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9/11: American Empire Begins its Final Phase What is 9/11 in the broader perspective of American history? It is nothing less than the beginning of the last phase of empire, the instinctive, frightened embracing of the military, which comes to dominate government.
Moses and the 10 Commandments, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Why the White House Staff Agrees Their Man is the Chosen One Trump's staff is sad he's so misunderstood as his accomplishments pile high, like tomatoes and onions on his Whopper.
Spy vs. Spy, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 15, 2019
Do 17 Intelligence Agencies Make Us More Intelligent? Our government is bursting, overflowing, abounding in intelligence. This is the apex of a thousand generations of human progress. Makes you glad to have lived this long.
MAD ESL--An Introduction to Alfred E Neuman This site contains videos helping INTENSIVE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE students learn and understand about some American cultural references ..., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 1, 2019
How I Sneaked into the Democrats' Debate In the first night of the last debate, I slipped into the lineup and kicked some serious Democratic ass.
Janus Reliquary Guardian Figure, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Don is "OK" with War or without It President Trump is "OK" with or without war on Iran. It's a level of flexibility rare in a politician.
Jet fighter (29), From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 12, 2019
Here's Why Trump Called off the Attack Now that all the dust has settled, the real story finally comes out: it's Ivanka who carries the big stick in the White House.
Ivanka Trump, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Are Those "Adults in the Room" Still on the Job? Remember the letter from "Anonymous" in the NY Times? He/she mentioned "adults in the room" keeping Trump on the right track. What happened? Are they in the wrong room?
10:28:25 AM - 9.11.2001 - North Tower WTC1 progressive collapse sequence 10, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 27, 2019
9/11 and Iran: Life Imitates Art America attacks Iran as the result of a false-flag attack. It's odd to have written the story long before it happened.
Video purports to show Iran removing ship mine The U.S. military on Friday released a video it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted ..., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 17, 2019
The Iranian Limpet Mine: the Scoop on the Lowdown on the Skinny This is the true story of the limpet bomb, and from sources so high only dogs can hear them.
Los Angeles Plays Itself, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 7, 2019
When You Think About the Plague from L.A., Global Warming Doesn't Sound so Bad. Plagues, viruses, and infestations are coming out of California, and there's no money to deal with them. This situation gives global warming a better name.
#Tattoo #tatuaggio #Miami #tatuatore #tattooartist #EttoreBechis #Absolution #Salvation #Lounge #ink #Inked #Cantu' #colore #Blackandgray #Magazine #Musink #realistic #realistico #cartoon #terminator #arnold #schwarzenegger, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Terminator School of Diplomacy The world's leaders have taken their measure of Trump and found that rather than a yardstick, a 12-inch ruler will do.
metrolink-train-wreck, From FlickrPhotos
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 17, 2019
What if Iran Attacks in America? How long will it be before one of America's victims realizes that it's more picturesque to derail a train than sink an aircraft carrier?
Ka-boom (lightning), From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 9, 2019
Iran Pulls Out: The Start of Big Things to Come With all the heavy weather knocking about in the international arena, thank goodness the sure hands of Don Trump and his crew are at the wheel: guys who can put Humpty Dumpty back together and drink a piña colada doing it.
Sanctuary Dome, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Pompeo's Full Iran Sanctions Will Backfire How far does Pompeo think he can push Europe before it fights back? If he fines just one country over sanctions on Iran, he'll find out.
Possible 2020 candidate Joe Biden says he 'may be a gaffe machine' but he's 'the most qualified person' to be president, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 5, 2019
What Happened When Joe Biden Wanted to Sit down at the Democratic Table Nobody pulled his chair out from under him -- that was fake news. The truth is that the chair, table, and room had all moved to the left. No problem: Joe stood up, grinning as always.
George Burns Allan Warren, From WikimediaPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 22, 2019
What if The Second Coming is Fake News? The Second Coming of Christ is likely to be taken as the latest bout of fake news.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Visits London, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Nukes for Saudi Arabia: It's a GREAT Idea Why not sell nuclear-power plants to Saudi Arabia? NOTHING is going to happen: the guys in good suits say so. And these are guys who have been around the block, passed a football, shot at terrorists, and eaten greasy pizza: salt-of-the-earth types. And I for one trust 'em.
Women's March on NYC 2019, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 27, 2019
AOC Should Announce for the Republican Nomination She's not old enough? No prob: it's like kids who lie about their age to get into the Marines. She's not a Repub? Chill: only her hairdresser knows for sure.
One last look at 2012. Happy New Year planet Earth!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 14, 2019
Ten Years for Climate Correction? Try Twenty. Or Thirty. Once we've goone through these ten years or so to correct climate change, don't worry. We'll get ten more.
qwsp, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 9, 2019
Running for the White House? Buy the Pack Tulsi Gabbard! Your campaign for president isn't going anywhere if you don't invest in some bots.
Flag, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 28, 2019
Guaido, the Self-Proclaimed/Made Man There's nothing like a self-proclaimed president to answer the prayers of American diplomacy.
Shutdown, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Will the Shutdown Go 60 Days? Nobody's backing down and nobody's going to back down, and nobody's thinking about backing down. Here's advice to Democrats: back down.
P073114PS-0738, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 5, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is Off the Table If the re-election of Nancy Pelosi is a sign of where the Democrats are headed, the Establishment is leading America to another 1968.
From youtube.com: Its A Wonderful Life - Final Scenes - Christmas Classic The wonderful last part of the classic movie ., From Images
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 20, 2018
Trump on Syria: Christmas Really Does Bring Miracles A broken clock is right twice a day, and a broken president about once every four years. Yes, it was a no-brainer, but how many no-brainers have the foreign-policy mandarins figured out in the last 20 years?
The Christmas Scream, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 13, 2018
Santa's Heavy Washington Wish List Why did President Trump ask the Saudis to invite Robert Mueller to their consulate for a Christmas cocktail? Hmmm....
Rotary Lawn Mower, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 2, 2018
This Wonderful World Awash in Capital Meet Timmy the lawn-mowing kid, hustling employee of Chad the Lawn Bard, a division of Scrooge Inc., part of Groupe Sluice, which has contracts with the Pentagon.
mother-earth-circle-of-people1, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 19, 2018
Is Sustainability Really Sustainable? I'd like to believe in sustainability, but it looks more and more like a fool's game. You can't have development and eat it too.
La Casa Blanca de Trump suspende pase de prensa del reportero de CNN Jim Acosta, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 9, 2018
If Don Calls You Rude, Does it Mean You're Rude? The Acosta-Trump fracas is Washington in a nutshell: bad manners, aggression, throbbing egos, and posturing hotheads.
Voting!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 2, 2018
Should You Vote for the Clean Bathrooms Party? There are some minor parties in the election that don't deserve to be ignored like the fat kid in gym class. These are the true believers in democracy.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 19, 2018
How to Collect on a Bet Against Trump President Trump does pay off some bets. But being such a great man, he feels that he's obligated only to pay off on those that demonstrate his greatness.
Image taken from page 423 of '[A History of England for the Young.]', From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 26, 2018
What if Obama Was a CIA Agent? Perhaps the distortion of history is the CIA's greatest crime. How can we know what has really happened in American history post-WWII?
Chaos, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 8, 2018
The "Anonymous" Op-Ed is the New Chaos When in history - any time, any place - has a top aide published an article like the "Anonymous" op-ed in the Times this week? As a sign of the times, it dwarfs Trump's antics.
From commons.wikimedia.org: Letter of Resignation of Richard M. Nixon, 1974, From Images
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Don't You Just Love Trump Endgame Scenarios? Scenarios left, scenarios right. There's nothing like a good end-of-Trump read to ease the pain.
Today the music died for someone., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 16, 2018
I've Been Censored Too! The censorship movement against the tellers of truth just came home to me. Here's the sad, sad story.
Surprise, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Whaddaya Mean, "There's no There There"? What can one say about this hunt for "there"? Aren't we there yet? And once we get there, will we know where we are? After all, there can't be theres just anywhere. I for one find this issue very distressing.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 18, 2018
When Reporters Call a President "Traitor," That's News Mainstream reporters speculating that Trump had been "bought" by Putin? That used to be Alex Jones's style, but maybe he's turned into a role model.
Helping Hand, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 26, 2018
The History in an Amazon Box To receive an Amazon package is to play your part in history. It is the story of our time.
our American martyrs, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 12, 2018
MLK, RFK, JFK, or Why We Need Conspiracy Theorists What would history be without conspiracy theorists? These three men must certainly be grateful to them.
Volcano, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 18, 2018
What Trump and Obama Learned, and Hillary Knew This just goes to show this ain't a democ', But more a volcano at which we but gawk.
Mother Goose, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 6, 2018
Mueller and Trump and the Hypnosis of Story The Mueller investigation goes on and on and on -- yet we're still hooked on it like kids at story time. Why?
IMG_1692, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 19, 2018
Nuclear War Avoided! NBA Playoffs Begin! It was nice to see nuclear war avoided so that we could all get on with our day.
The sky is the limit., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 30, 2018
War with Iran Means Your Flight to JFK Gets Diverted to Boca War with Iran means that the draft is reinstated, your lights get turned out, your phone bill is wacky, and air transport stops after the first few incidents. War against a modern society is easy.
1145-02-a-w, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Does the News Have a Future? Probably not, but this is going to be a lot more fun for those of us who know nothing about journalism.
From flickr.com: Alone, From ImagesAttr
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 25, 2018
America in the World: Less a King than Odd-Man-Out At the Munich Security Conference 2018, America's lead speaker, General McMaster, sounded not so much like a diplomat as a football coach giving his team a halftime pep talk.
Mask, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 3, 2018
Trump Remakes America in his Image Meanwhile America gets greater and greater/As we spring out of our cultural crater/And politics reaches a John Adams level/ Renewing democracy in which we revel.
Hammer Head, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Facebook's "Counterspeech" Campaign Hammered my Website Facebook's "counterspeech" program to censor websites has cut my weekly readership from 5 to 3: 40 percent!
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, From FlickrPhotos
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 11, 2018
Roosevelt for President, not Oprah The last type of person we need in the White House is another billionaire TV star.
Day 4, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 26, 2017
What if North Korea Turns off the Lights in America? What if North Korea has some power lines knocked out, water works shut down, and more forest fires started? Easy to do, and plenty of bang for the buck. The playing field of war just got more level.
HyPeskin_KennedyCollection-046, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 9, 2017
Let's Hear it for a New Cold War People who moan about the new Cold War ought to remember the last one. It was great!
03 Jonathan Zawada, Big Mouth Zine, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 17, 2017
My Life as an Influencer It's tough to be a top influencer, balancing trends and tweets, pols and plugs. Read all about it. Sympathize with me. Follow me. Live with me. Be me.
From flickr.com: Operation Enduring Freedom, From Images
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 9, 2017
Afghanistan: Buying Peace by the Pound War has proven ineffective against Afghanis. We should have simply bought the country.
Calle de la Charcones, Mijas - Spanish flag, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 21, 2017
Catalonia's Declaration of Independence: Not Exactly a Jefferson-Hancock Moment The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, declared independence and then suspended it. Don't count on him to pledge "our lives and sacred honor."
Countdown clocking!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 4, 2017
No countdown clock means no event A countdown clock is now a necessity for any public event, unless you want to be a wind sock.
Laurel and Hardy, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 16, 2017
Catalonia: Independence, man, that'd be like so cool As one who has lived in Spain for 30 years, I can tell you that the independence movement in Catalonia can hardly be taken seriously.
Banksy Tribeca: Twin Towers, In Memoriam, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 6, 2017
9-11 Started the Last Phase of Empire A wide-lens historical perspective on 9-11 in the continuing drama of American empire.
Darrell Hammond on impersonating Donald Trump 'Saturday Night Live' former cast member Darrell Hammond on meeting Donald Trump after he impersonated the Republican presidential candidate., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 17, 2017
Will Saturday Night Live Have Don Trump on Again? SNL had Trump on their show after his racist remarks about Mexicans in 2015. After his remarks about Charlotte, I wonder if they'll have him on again.
ying yang, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 5, 2017
The Inevitable Ying and Yang of Internet News The line between fake news and the truth is getting thinner as truth-tellers, especially progressive ones, are under attack.
Choices, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Saudis: From 13 Demands to Six Principles to One Trending Topic Everyone loves a success story, but Crown Prince Salman, who pushed his cousin out of the job, is starting to look as clumsy as Donald Trump.
F-16 Fighting Falcons, Thunderbirds, US Air Force, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 9, 2017
Power's Just Another Word for Nothin' Left to Lose Is a country's power the same as its strength? it seems to me there's a big difference.
Qatar, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 30, 2017
Buy Qatari War Bonds Today! (tomorrow might be too late) If Prince Salman intends to stick to his demands on Qatar, we might well start to live in interesting times.
365/56 Bellies to the Wind, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Trump to me: "Could I take a bad fall?" It didn't happen to Obama or Bush, but it's happening to Trump. But that's what too big a Trumpet will get you.
The War Goes On, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 3, 2017
Waiting for the Afghan McNamara Who will step up in ten years and tell the U.S. that in Afghanistan and Iraq, "We were wrong, terribly wrong"?
k03491, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 20, 2017
Why does Europe Follow a Trumped-up America? Stranger than the election of Trump is Europe's continued loyalty to America.
Executive Style, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 7, 2017
How I Got my Job at Trump's State Dept. Here's a how-to on how to get a job in the Trump Administration: posts there for the taking!
Gingerbread Robot, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 26, 2017
I've Been Watching How the Ol' Cookie Crumbles That distant crepitation is the rumbling of history.
Lost?, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 8, 2017
Vlad and Bashar: They Can't Beat the Rap, and They Can't Fight City Hall Some advice to Putin and Assad about countering the fake news: if you can't beat'em, join'em.
.Alexander the Great on horse. - Bronze of the Roman period (1st century BC) from the original by Lysippos (4th century BC) - Exhibition .Charles of Bourbon [Carlos III] and the diffusion of Antiquities: Naples, Madrid, Mexico. up to March 22, 2017 - Napl, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Trump's Quiet Steps Down the Path of Empire The latest phase in the decline of empire: when the military nudges aside the establishment.
old tv stuff, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 12, 2017
Wikileaks: Allegations the Way Mom Used to Make 'em Me, I like my allegations with documentary support, but there's nothing written about tastes.
Godzilla, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 2, 2017
Trump: Godzilla with Soupcons of Dracula The Russian peace initiative over, all that's left of Trump is the full Godzilla.
Uncertainty, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Been Mulling Lindorff on the end of the World... The big Methane Hen is going to get us in the end. Is it time to stop paying your mortgage?
Refugee, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 7, 2017
If You Ain't for "Normalcy," You Ain't in the Game "Normalcy" is creeping back into Washington's foreign policy. Too bad.
Facing uncertainty, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 13, 2017
A Coup in Slow-Mo The Shakespearean power play against the new administration will be something the world has never seen in America.
Political flags of the Soviet Union, From GoogleImages
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Russians, Al Qaeda, Saddam, and back to Russians So we're back to the Russians as bad guys. Is that the best we can do?
Dividend Yield Investor!: NASDAQ the New Rodney Dangerfield ..., From GoogleImages
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 8, 2016
Propornot: I Get no Respect, no Respect at all! There are 200 websites on Propornot's list of Russia-backed propagandists -- and mine's not there. What kind of deal is that?
Surprise, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 24, 2016
Why is Everybody Trashing Fake News? The real reason for the fall of the Empire State Building.
Chaos, From FlickrPhotos
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 13, 2016
A sick people sick of themselves Trump's revolution doesn't cover even half of the rage rolling across America.
President Barack Obama runs down the East Colonnade, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Obama's legacy: more chaos or more order? Calling all pundits: Which has prospered more under the Obama presidency: chaos or order?
Word To Mother, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 13, 2016
Trump brings back the power of the word Trump's big mouth has lost him the election, but he's blazed a trail that a smarter Trump will soon follow.
Bashar al-Assad, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 30, 2016
Helpless Assad faces the Fates - as we do Assad has no more control over his fate than we do over the neocons.
Little Miss Muffet Activities, From GoogleImages
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 1, 2016
9-11 Why the comb-overs who planned it knew they'd get away with it. History will have a good word to say for the 9-11 Truth Movement.
San Diego Comic-Con International 2012: In the news, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 18, 2016
The Media giveth, and the Media taketh away The media has finally as one turned on Trump, though it certainly took them long enough.
rage, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 8, 2016
That day is almost here The Obama Administration is very soon going to look like the good ol' days.
Nice massacre, From GoogleImages
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 27, 2016
War just ain't what it used to be After a long easy run, now war is coming home to us.
Reporters, From FlickrPhotos
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 2, 2016
Why do conspiracy theories abound nowadays? When reporters neglect their work, conspiracy theorists step in. The more neglect, the more theories.
Scarecrow, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 20, 2016
Was the Orlando shooting real? Too many massacres share the same pattern: actors as witnesses, big money, invisible blood, etc.
Joy Love Peace Closeup, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Hillary the bleeding-heart peacenik Why are most conservatives so hard on Hillary Clinton?
River Floating - Wrangell-St. Elias, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 26, 2016
Rubes cross Rubicon! Washington calm! The rubes cross their Rubicon and elect Donald Trump. Results delicious.
Hillary vs. Trump, From ImagesAttr
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 5, 2016
Yowza, yowza: The Rassling Blond v. the Queen of Wall Street Hillary v. The Donald puts a new spin on the phrase, "the lesser of two evils."
like the end of the world, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 22, 2016
The world is NOT ending, They said so on TV. Worried about the end of the world? Read this.
File:Lefaucheux revolver.jpg - Wikimedia Commons, From GoogleImages
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 4, 2016
Do guns have a future? Guns will cede their place to a much worse general-usage weapon.
Muhammad Ali Vs George Foreman Highlights HD Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman Highlights Edited by Vx3k., From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 28, 2016
Donald Trump and his Debate Rope-a-Dope Trump will do to Hillary Clinton what Ali did to Foreman.
frankenstein, From FlickrPhotos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 19, 2016
Republicans try to stop the Revolution of the Rubes On the spectacle of Republicans trying to head off the anti-government movement now led by Donald Trump
iPhone, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Is the FBI's problem with Apple for real? Some speculation regarding the FBI's problema with Apple encryption.
Banker, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 4, 2016
Hillary to bankers: "That just cost you 500 mill." This is how Hillary and Bill made so much money from bankers.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 28, 2016
I wanna be Trump's running mate Nobody can support Don Trump like me.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Why are the Russians so aggressive? A satirical comment on Russian-American relations.
File:Predator Drone 021.jpg - Wikimedia Commons, From GoogleImages
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 30, 2016
Why spy on Israeli drones? Seemed like the thing to do... There are lots of top-secret Intel people in America, and like it or not, they all have to eat.
obama for tacos, From FlickrPhotos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 18, 2016
Obama: the man who gets up as JFK and lies down as Cheney The Jekyll-Hyde nature of Barack Obama is fascinating.
Unemployment, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 9, 2016
Planning to think about trying to work? Not so fast! The 300K jobs created last month ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu Ifrog2, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 29, 2015
My Anti- (and I mean Anti!) Washington Campaign A satirical look at the anti-Washington political fervor.
File:Sunset-on-Roskilde-Fjord.jpg - Wikimedia Commons, From GoogleImages
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 17, 2015
Syria explained in 300 words Everything you need to know about Syria in 300 words.
File:NASA predictions of global warming effects in 2099 - 20140311 ..., From GoogleImages
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 7, 2015
Two degrees C? Try more like four! Don't listen to scientists on global warming. Listen to Uncle Phil.
CNN Reagan Library Republican Presidential Debate September 16, 2015, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 27, 2015
How the Republicans will retake the White House in 2016 The race is shaping up to be decided in the House.
Saturday Night Live - Donald Trump, Toots and the Maytals host promo # 1 SNL promo featuring Donald Trump and Darrell Hammond. Promoting the Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals episode from April 2004., From YouTubeVideos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Saturday Night Low with The Donald SNL was a sorry attempt to wash Trump's image. He's still a racist.
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A total unknown throws his hat in the ring A new presidential candidate on the Republican side who has great chances to win - seriously.
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Beware the "Final" in Final Reports Whenever I see those words "final report," I find my credulity coming up short.
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The World is a Traffic Jam Like it or not, we're dependent on government to organize society.
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Israel digs tunnels too Israel has prospered more through brain than brawn.
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Hillary, let me count the ways... Ms. Clinton doesn't offer much for president except her gender.
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Greece and the IMF Shuffle The Greek crisis in 250 words.
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President Donald Trump to Xi and Putin: "You're Fired!" Donald Trump is just the guy to take on America's rivals.
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Does Anyone Else Miss Muammar Gaddafi? Now that he's gone, Colonel Gaddafi's legacy doesn't look so bad. Overthowing him was a bad mistake, for which the Mediterranean world is paying the consequences.
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Was Osama bin Laden really there? (Part Two) The bin laden documents do more to obscure than to enlighten, more for the legend than the reality.
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Was Osama bin Laden really there? The big questions about bin Laden remain unanswered.
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Do computers have a future? Computers are getting too big for their britches.
Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin's Alexanderplatz Taking a stand in Berlin's Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. Activists and members of Germany's ..., From ImagesAttr
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Three Whistlers, One Tune This is why Assange, Snowden, and Manning rightly deserved a statue in their honor.
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Drones: Coming soon to a strife near you The future of drones makes for an ever-more unstable world.
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The Ted Cruz Blues A poetic analysis of Ted Cruz's candidacy for president.
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Obama does Cuba - Halfway President Obama has done the right thing in Cuba, but has left unfinished business: making amends.
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Russia and The New Rome A satirical comment on America's dangerous provocation of Russia.
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The World According to the Anchorman A satirical take on TV network news anchors.
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What if an agreement favors Iran? A satirical take on a posible U.S.-Iran agreement.
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C.S.I. Ferguson A satirical poem on the difference between TV detective shows and the reality.
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Venezuela's threat to my sweet land of liberty A skeptical take on President Obama's declaration that Venezuela is now a "national security threat."
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The world consists of bumpkins and hicks A satirical take on bumpkins in the globalized world.
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Exceptional, and proud of it A satirical take on American "Exceptionalism."
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"Now that we're shooting, is it okay?" A satirical comment on the upcoming vote in Congress to authorize the president to go to war against ISIL.
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Amidst all this security, why do I feel so insecure? It's funny how all this security isn't making me feel more secure.
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I've always felt sorry for Vladimir Putin A satirical comment on Vladimir Putin and his trouble with the West.
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How America went to the Ukraine A satirical take on America's dangerous entry into the Ukraine.
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On FBI Entrapment: The Horrible Case of Joe's Bar A funny take on the silly spectacle of the FBI stopping its own terror ops.
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Charlie: Leave Islam alone with its prophet A poetic comment on Charlie Hebdo's bad manners with Islam.
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Lemonade with sugar, or sugar with lemonade? A reflection on how narrow the American political debate is.
.They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.., From ImagesAttr
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Who lost Iraq? The amoral 'Who lost Iraq?' is a less important question than 'Who destroyed Iraq?'.
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A good old American tug on the fraying fabric of peace A comment on how helpless observers of the international scene are in the face of so many bad American decisions.
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Yet another failure of the U.S. policy elite The Ukraine-Crimea matter is another failure of a foreign-policy elite that can do almost nothing right.
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Is Sochi the "Sarajevo Moment"? An observation of how President Vladimir Putin's dream of the Sochi Olympic Games is going up in smoke, and the dangerous repercussions his anger might have.
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The year everything got worse On America losing prestige and Obama's expectations turning to dust. Not even Lazarus could come back from this one.
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Toothless policies and toothy publics This is about the growing gap between governing elites and the public, mainly with regard to America, but also Europe.
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Syria and sarin: such is politics On the nonsense surrounding the UN investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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Edward Snowden and the Gentlemen's Trash Talk Fareed Zakaria, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Haas, and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal all ganged up on Edward Snowden last weekend. i thought these gentlemen of the establishment needed to be answered.
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The Dark Side of Obama's Government This article is about the Faustian bargain that, somewhere along the way, Obama has struck with the military-security complex.
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The Terror Next Time What if the Boston bombers were two Pakistani kids whose family had been wiped out by an Obama drone strike? Americans might finally get an idea of the horror they've been responsible for.
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Zero Light Thirty (or Twenty, Whatever) A very different take on the raid on Abbottabad, questioning the veracity of the event. The article starts with the observation that in seven months, the CIA neither saw nor heard OBL.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 26, 2011
The Touchy-Feely Propaganda of 60 Minutes A reflection on propaganda, American-style. I discuss President Obama's interview on 60 Minutes after the raid on Osama bin Laden's residence in Pakistan.
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The touchy-feely propaganda of 60 Minutes This is a reflection on propaganda, American-style. I talk about the nature of propaganda, comparing how the North Korean anchorwoman tearfully read the death announcement on President Kim Jong Il, and the 60 Minutes interview with President Obama last May, after the raid on Osama bin Laden's house.
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It must be strange to be Israeli This article points out that since the Palestinians will not leave their land, just what does Israel intend to do? There seems to be national denial on this question, and national denial is an odd but global poltical phenomenon. I compare it with the 30 years of deficits in America.
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NATIONAL PATRIOTIC SPLURGE WEEK This is a follow-up article to my earlier one, "9-11 WAS A NATIONAL JOB." In it I recap that guilt for 9-11 extends not just to those who committed the deed but to those who help to cover it up and those who have no stomach for the truth. So there will be no new investigation beyond the books and article on the Internet.
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9-11 was a national job This is a wider perspective on 9-11, starting with the widespead belief that the event was not brought about by Al Qaeda but Americans. The responsibility for the event, therefore, extends across the nation, not with a small coterie.

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