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Congress No Longer Functions, Since the Crazies Have Taken Over
Back in the day, liberals once had conservative values—and conservatives returned the favor by supporting certain useful liberal legislation.
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Jim Freeman
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Taking America’s Financial Temperature
Fortunately, I’ve used a rectal thermometer because the usual under-the-tongue model is affected by too much open-mouthed jabbering. The actual truth…
Jul 23
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Taking America’s Financial Temperature
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“I Am Not a Member of Any Organized Party. I Am a Democrat.” --Will Rogers, writer and humorist
Those prescient words were spoken nearly a hundred years ago, by America’s cowboy humorist, and still ring true all these decades later. As I write…
Jul 22
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“I Am Not a Member of Any Organized Party. I Am a Democrat.” --Will Rogers, writer and humorist
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A Word about the Precariat, a Group I Had Not Defined as Me, Although I’m Quite Obviously a Member
Some things creep up as you get old, and being among the precariat was a pleasure I would just as well have avoided.
Jul 19
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Jim Freeman
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A Word about the Precariat, a Group I Had Not Defined as Me, Although I’m Quite Obviously a Member
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If War Was a Business, It Would Have Long Ago Gone Bankrupt
And, of course, war is a business, probably the largest business in the world, dollar wise. The military-industrial complex (MIC), President Eisenhower…
Jul 16
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If War Was a Business, It Would Have Long Ago Gone Bankrupt
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Attempted Assassination and Wild Speculation
The pundits are shitting their pants. An article in VOX, by Zack Beauchamp, declares that “America is not ready for what comes next,” and “we should all…
Jul 15
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Attempted Assassination and Wild Speculation
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Ethics? Now We Gotta Have Ethics?
Ah well, the United States Senate is the current late-comer to the ethics debate, as though ethics anywhere could be created on a spreadsheet. Ethics is…
Jul 13
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Ethics? Now We Gotta Have Ethics?
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Define ‘Grapple.’ Define ‘Stimulus.’ What the Hell, Define ‘White House’
An article I wrote 26 years ago. The circumstances are essentially the same today. Some things never change. January 25, 2008 Negotiators Grappling With…
Jul 8
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Define ‘Grapple.’ Define ‘Stimulus.’ What the Hell, Define ‘White House’
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Time to Do the Honorable Thing, Joe
It’s been a good run, pretty much a Tom Brady career, Joe, but it’s time to hang up the helmet and move on.
Jul 5
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June 2024
I Apologize to the World (Particularly Europe) for the Coming American Election
It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way, but America wasn’t supposed to lose its head and run off with either Prince Charming, or the frog.
Jun 28
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I Apologize to the World (Particularly Europe) for the Coming American Election
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Julian Assange Has Ruffled the Feathers of Limp-Wristed Experts
Those who did nothing, while Julian Assange spent twelve years in purgatory, have spilt their tea over his plea bargain.
Jun 27
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Julian Assange Has Ruffled the Feathers of Limp-Wristed Experts
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What’s All This Nonsense About Saving the Planet? Part Three of Three; Darwin’s Science vs Elon Musk’s Ego
I began this series admitting I am a believer of Darwin’s theories about Natural Selection. I have written elsewhere, and will repeat that Elon Musk is…
Jun 21
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What’s All This Nonsense About Saving the Planet? Part Three of Three; Darwin’s Science vs Elon Musk’s Ego
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