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• Star Spangled BBQ

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  Happy Memorial Day.  Put down the beer for a moment. Today is the moment to note how troubling it is that this nation treats its veterans pretty badly. Approximately every 80 minutes, a US military veteran commits suicide in the … Continue reading → [...]
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• Ask the Expertz

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  So the basic serviceable little “Go-Phone” to which I exile myself after clumsily losing my HTC SmartPhone in Key West Bight finally surrenders  its life, and nobody at AT&T, either  in person or over the tech-help phone line, has a … Continue reading → [...]
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• Take Me Out to the Ball Game, But Take Me Out of the Park

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  Guido and I actually went to the Marlins/Phillies game last night.  And we live in Broward! I know how to get to the ballpark, but I noticed that there are exactly zero signs on I-95 advising drivers which exit they … Continue reading → [...]
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• A Lost Art-Fay

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  How would you like to start your week — yet another story about an accidental shooting here in the Gunshine State so we can rehearse once more the myth about how lots of people carrying plenty of guns make us … Continue reading → [...]
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• The End of Dick Trickle

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  No, not a medical breakthrough or new protective undergarment. Retired stock-car driver Dick Trickle, known for his colorful name and short-track prowess, died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. — ESPN Just a great name. [...]
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• Bowling for Bullets

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  Is there a Plaxico Burress Award? A man accidentally shot himself in the leg while bowling at Jupiter Lanes about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Witnesses said the man had been carrying a gun in the pocket of his shorts. … Continue reading → [...]
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• Hire the Handicapped

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  Shrewdly generous or morally reprehensible?  You Make The Call! Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their … Continue reading → [...]
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• The Tax Man Goofeth

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  I suppose the reason ‘Pubs are still harping on this BenGazarra business months after BHO’s administration received the Accountability Review Board report prepared by Roger Pickering and acknowledged responsibility for a poor job of providing security is they’re scared shitless … Continue reading → [...]
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• Eye Cue Yew Queue

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  When it comes to conservative ‘Pubs on immigration, here’s a guy who epitomizes everything they stand for. In a 2009 dissertation for a public-policy doctorate at Harvard University, Jason Richwine, the co-author, wrote that Hispanic immigrants generally had an I.Q. … Continue reading → [...]
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• Ripping Yarns from Down Under

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  When in doubt, let it out.  Or  go scatological.  That’s what I was taught in grad skool. “Gulp” is a big leap forward for Ms. Roach because it doesn’t require her to do any padding or stunt work. Simply thinking … Continue reading → [...]
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