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Category Archives: American Life

Storm is coming

Saturday, January 24, 2026

A few thoughts while waiting for the coming storm, any damage from which and any failure on the part of FEMA to respond appropriately will obviously be the fault of Joe BIden, for according to members of a certain political party everything that goes wrong is Biden’s fault. I’ve been doing this blog now for […]

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The less “religious” you are the more Christian you are

Sunday, November 2, 2025

This post at Skepchick got me thinking about one of my bugaboos, the willingness of the press and most writers, no matter how liberal they might be, to call a certain brand of fascists that are common in this country “White Christian Nationalists”, a title that confers respectability on horrible people. They are not Christians, […]

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A sure fire prediction

Saturday, December 4, 2021

It’s a great thing that the parents of the school shooter in Michigan are being held to account, or, more accurately, that the state is seeking to hold them to account. Based on the facts that have been put out there by the prosecution, there were warning signs aplenty about this kid. The fact that […]

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What fools these mortals be

Thursday, August 19, 2021

I believe I have written in previous blog posts that one should not believe a word from anti-vaxxers who insist they are merely waiting for FDA approval. The idiocy is far too ingrained for that almost reasonable sounding dodge to be plausible. Latest piece of evidence: It would seem that Bradley County Emergency Medical Services […]

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A Good Samaritan

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

This is not about politics. It’s the only way I can express my appreciation to someone who did an extraordinarily good deed for me today, appreciation I failed to adequately express at the time. It’s also an admission that while I continue to have nothing good to say about organized religion it is also the […]

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Some things in life are bad…and now we’re losing MAD

Saturday, July 13, 2019

It’s almost enough to make you swear and curse. All things must pass, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. Grieve with me then, for the passing of MAD Magazine, which is about to publish its last monthly issue. I grew up with MAD, and I owe the gang of idiots a debt […]

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Put this kid on the Supreme Court NOW!

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Why waste time? He can get his law degree later. And it’s criminal that the judge, who was perceptive enough to see that the kid has a future, was criticized for his acuity. The 16-year-old girl was visibly intoxicated, her speech slurred, when a drunk 16-year-old boy sexually assaulted her in a dark basement during an alcohol-fueled […]

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Blaming the victims

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Here in the United States we have a pronounced tendency to blame the victim for his or her woes. People are poor because they’re lazy, etc. This may or may not be a universal tendency. I know from my history that it was a commonplace attitude in Britain, where they not only blamed the poor […]

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It’s a funny old world

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

According to Mark Zuckerberg, a logo with the word “sex” in it is too too offensive, and must be taken down, with the perpetrator banned for 30 days. On the other hand, holocaust denial is regrettable, but won’t be removed, because, after all, they’re not “ intentionally getting it wrong”.

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Random thoughts on yet another massacre

Monday, October 2, 2017

A few observations, probably unoriginal, about the Las Vegas shootings. As Chris Murphy pointed out, the predictable braying about the prayers of NRA supporting politicians being with the victims is becoming increasingly annoying. The stench of hypocrisy is overwhelming. It has already come from Trump, and the stench from that quarter is almost unbearable. As […]

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