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  • Quotes from the Precipice

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    “Something has gone terribly wrong,” said Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, “when the biggest threat to our American economy is the American Congress.” “Hats off to the president — he won,” Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South … Continue reading → [...]
  • Sunday Papers

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    I pay to have three (3) newspapers tossed on my driveway every Sunday.   My idea of a good time on a Sunday morning is to spend a few hours propped up in a chair in the sunshine, getting newsprint on … Continue reading → [...]
  • White Man’s Best Friend?

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    So much for my predicted year-end silence. [South African] President Jacob Zuma said in a speech that the idea of having a pet was part of “white culture” and that people should focus on family welfare, the newspaper The Star … Continue reading → [...]
  • Happy New Year — Early Edition

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    I was gonna post something about imbeciles with guns and the brain-dead bumper-sticker arguments they swear by but then it hit me — why not drink yourself into giggling bliss and just let the New Year cruise into port on … Continue reading → [...]
  • Southernmost City of Bodily Harm

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    News from the Conch Republic [E]ntrepreneur Pat Croce became the new — and proud — owner of two waterfront watering holes in Key West. The legendary Half Shell Raw Bar and its historic next-door neighbor Turtle Kraals on Thursday joined … Continue reading → [...]
  • Merry Happy Yeah Yeah Yeah

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    Christmas night.   Good day.  Nice night. Here’s my choice: blog or have sex. See you tomorrow. [...]
  • Believe U Me

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    God damn (pardon the pun).  I’m part of a positive trend! A growing number of “nones” live in our midst: those who say they have no religious affiliation at all. An October Pew Research Center poll revealed that they now … Continue reading → [...]
  • And a WaterBoard in a Pear Tree

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    Help me out here.  Why are they talking about this? In an unusual Congressional critique of Hollywood moviemaking, three United States senators on Wednesday lambasted “Zero Dark Thirty,” the new fictionalized film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, calling … Continue reading → [...]
  • ‘T’is Duh Season

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    Listen to your bartender.  In my experience they make more sense per word than a convention hall stuffed with your choice of soul-soothing spiritualists, therapists, academicians, academicians, or clergy, and they hand you refreshing libations.  Plus they’ll cover your ass … Continue reading → [...]
  • Real American Heroes

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    You goddam libruls and your candy-assed anti-American commie attitudes have pushed this Real Proud Merican right over the edge.  Read about a Real Hero below: Some firearm purveyors may have decided to lie low in the wake of the Newtown … Continue reading → [...]
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