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Oh, puh-lease. Gimme a friggin’ break!
The Big BooHoo about student loan forgiveness continues.* Dedicated ≠ former public school teacher. Twenty years of undergraduate teaching tells me that Ms Flocken ain’t coming clean on her misspent youth and education, especially after blowing through $160,000 on what could be obtained for $16,500 from the Western Governors University online program. I’ve seen plenty Read more
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I’m almost as crazy as Stephen Wright
Check out Stephen Wright’s hilarious appearance with Craig Ferguson. The conversation is an over-the-top version of conversations I’ve been having with my wife since the beginning of my medical adventure. Watch the very beginning closely, see if you agree with what I’m seeing. Stephen Wright has a mobility impairment. I didn’t really understand what that Read more
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Let’s Get Small
I don’t have to go to bed, I’ve got a small day tomorrow… Oh, noes! In a fit of petulance, the production company for Hamilton has cancelled plans to perform at the Kennedy Center next year after the Trump Administration’s replacement of the Center’s leadership. How banal, how recherche. NO, how theater. Entertainers (not to Read more
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I meet Mr America at the Spa
So today I dropped in to the local nail spa. I’ve been going for several years, getting my toes prepared to avoid the dreaded Toe Jam when I go skiing for Spring Break. I’ve always been a blase customer, getting a nice occasional pedicure, no big deal. Today, I hobbled in looking to get a Read more
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Tex-Mex Cornbread
Let’s make some South Texas-style cornbread. Mix the dry ingredients. Wisk eggs, milk, oil in a separate bowl. If usinglard, melt separately, then add to dry ingredients before adding in milk andeggs. Don’t get crazy about a few lumps. Put it all in the pan (I like mycast-iron cornstick pan, which can easily double up Read more
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An officious little clerk
The Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, has placed the City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl (serving Dane County), on administrative leave for her failure to count 192 absentee ballots in the 2024 general election. Make no mistake, these uncounted ballots would not have changed the outcome for this congressional district, one which is overwhelmingly in the Big Blue Bag. BUT, Read more
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Fakes, all the way down
The problem has been that it’s not turtles. It’s a century-old program of propaganda and deception by Big Government and Big Biz: Fakes, all the way down. Read more
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Tiger Mom, Tiger Kid
Tiger Mom Amy Chua is back in fashion. Mentoring J. D. Vance certainly didn’t hurt. Lots of wimpy parents shun the whole Tiger Mom approach for fear of somehow harming or stultifying their otherwise layabout children. After all, wouldn’t want their kids to be like this: Right? Read more
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Cyberfascism Bulletin: Hello, Summer! Edition
Anti-Social Media The Stanford Internet Observatory is revealed as a nest of snitches: My First Job, at the Stanford Internet Observatory “In actuality, SIO hired a load of interns to scan social media for posts deemed to be mis- and disinformation. It turns out that the posts we students flagged were often sent along to Read more
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