Relishing my post-election ease November 14, 2016 Not only do I have a weeks worth of chores from my recent trip but I face days of work printing out a thousand… Continue Reading
A little bit of Post-Trump here in the Northland November 14, 2016 In my view America elected a demagogue rather than a scold. In fairness to Hillary Clinton, the unprecedented calls of “lock her up” at… Continue Reading
2 am. Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 I just woke up from 4 badly needed hours of sleep. I could use another 4. I’m sitting in the lobby of the downdown… Continue Reading
2016 election night November 9, 2016 America is like the character Dustin Hoffman played in The Graduate after he raced off from the church with his runaway bride and sat… Continue Reading
Fear, Loathing, Loyalty, Sacrifice…. November 6, 2016 ….Some of the things on my mind during my nine hour drive today. On Tuesday I’ll be headed into one of Donald Trump’s States,… Continue Reading
4 AM – no sleep because my thoughts are worse than nightmares November 3, 2016 And as I began typing NPR reported that there are just five days before the election. That’s what kept me awake for the last… Continue Reading
Bill’s mulligans and the man who gave him a haircut November 2, 2016 I think my Buddy and I are grimly determined to keep harassing each other through this dispiriting Presidential contest. Afterwards I suspect we pick… Continue Reading
Manchurian Candidate November 2, 2016 My daughter Facebooked me to tell me that she (young as she is) knows what the Manchurian Candidate is. For those who haven’t heard… Continue Reading
My wife says only old people will understand this sign. November 1, 2016 But they are the people who are about to hand the oval office over to the ex head of the KGB. Just put in… Continue Reading
Why Trump stay’s afloat and Early voting October 31, 2016 From my buddy to me – An anaylsis of the voters by Sam Wang of the New York Times: For now, we are stuck… Continue Reading
Bullying – a two way street? October 27, 2016 In response to my post about Mr. French who has received hostile (to put it mildly) messages from what he characterizes as “Alt Right”… Continue Reading
Thieves in the night October 25, 2016 So, funny story. My last post from Friday night about that sign I painted and how I had a good night’s sleep after sticking… Continue Reading
A nasty woman let me put this sign up in my front yard October 21, 2016 And I’ll sleep better knowing its there. Continue Reading
1860 redux? October 19, 2016 I just watched the final 2016 presidential debate. It’s worth noting that the last time a nation didn’t except the results of a presidential… Continue Reading
Vote Trump and save us from the liberal apocalypse October 16, 2016 My Buddy prefers to send me Op Ed pieces that challenge my point of view rather than make his own arguments. That leaves me… Continue Reading
Fascism lite? October 13, 2016 Donald Trump is not a Jew hating Adolph Hitler and the United states in 2016 is not the desperate post-war Weimar Republic still reeling… Continue Reading
Just because some Trump critics may be hypocrites… October 12, 2016 … isn’t a good reason to deny Hillary Clinton my vote. Lest anyone think I live by a double standard my Buddy sent me… Continue Reading
UPON OPENING MY COMPUTER AT 10:30 pm FOR THE 1ST TIME TODAY October 9, 2016 I’ve got half a dozen emails regarding the School Board and from my Buddy. Having just watched the second Presidential debate of 2016 I’m… Continue Reading
The other hurricane in the news October 8, 2016 Unless some unhinged NRA fanatic takes up Donald Trump’s hint that Hillary could be taken out before she’s sworn into office I’d say that… Continue Reading
We are all doomed so excuse me while I tidy my office October 3, 2016 I used my election to the School Board in 2013 as a mental rationalization/justification to fix up my attic. A year after being seated… Continue Reading