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• Quote of the Day – George Will Dumps on The Donald

  

  (Of course, it’s not hard to do… but coming from another Republican?) “I do not understand the cost-benefit here. The costs are clear. The benefits – what... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Bill Maher Satirizes Birthers… This is FUNNY!

  

  Bill created the concept of “wifer” and stuck Mitt with it, the same way some Republicans hit Obama as Birthers… You’ll like this:“Mitt Romney comes from a... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Cartoon(s) of the Week – Moving Backward in the 21st Century

  

  Matt Bors in The Village Voice: ,,, and the circle goes ’round… - and - Mike Thompson in the Detroit Free Press: … get used to it. - and - Rob Rogers in... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 HUMOR, SATIRE, SOCIETY

• Romney’s Lies of the Week Are Back Again…

  

  Steve Benen has 16 of them this week… here are three of them: On taxes, Romney argued, “I’m not looking to lower the tax burden paid by the highest-income... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 SOCIETY

• No Islamic Law in Kansas (were These Folks Really Worrying About It?)

  

  Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has now signed a bill banning theSam Brownback, Freedom’s Herostate’s courts or government agencies from basing decisions on... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 SOCIETY

• A Lovely Saturday…

  

  I took a long ride in to WSHC this morning along the love;y Potomac River. There were fishermen out casting in those little flat-bottom boats with the tiny... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day – Donald Trump Remains a Birther

  

  “That’s the way life works… He didn’t know he was running for president, so he told the truth. The literary agent wrote down what he said… He said he was born i... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 SOCIETY

• I’m off to Buy a Suit…

  

  … for my son’s wedding in August. I haven’t bought a new suit in 30 years, so this is an occasion I’m dreading.This is the one I like. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Music for the Evening… Hee Hee Hee

  Romney Mitt the Demon Barber of Wall Street (music, of course, by Sondheim. lyrics by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Unfortunately, There Are Books That Will Never Be Made into Movies…

  

  Posting earlier about the film version of Kerouac‘s “On The Road” at Cannes got me thinking about the novels I’ve gotten attached to in my life that will never... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SOCIETY

• I Guess I’m Looking Forward to “On The Road” Opening in the US

  

  “On The Road”, Jack Kerouac‘s 50s novel brought to the screen by Walter Salles (director of “The Motorcycle Diaries“), opened at Cannes to moderate response. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Master Singer of German Art Songs, Dies at 86.

  I saw this morning that the famous German baritone Fischer-Dieskau died, and while he doesn’t relate, probably, to my current readers’ album collections, there... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• The Plastic Bag…

  Elly and I went to Martin’s without our cloth shopping bags, so, of course, we were trapped into plastic bags.Makes you think of the great Mockumentary... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Needed a Laugh and Found One…

  …at All Hat, No Cattle: Joke A woman who had been married three times walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 SOCIETY

• I’m Really Tired of Hearing How Obama is Costing WV Coal Jobs. Not True!

  

  This is for you folks out there who are buying the Tea Party Joe Manchin lies. From West Virginia Blue, a blog I have great respect for: West Virginia Coal... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 SOCIETY

• Bill Vs. Critter

  

  Just got back from releasing the groundhog I trapped at our aging and unoccupied chicken coup into the wilds of the Potomac River woodlands. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Loudest Thunder I’ve Ever Heard…

  We’re in some kind of direct thunderstorm path out here in rural Harpers Ferry. The thunder from last night’s storm, which woke me up, was incredibly loud… as i... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 WEATHER

• Afternoon Entertainment : Katie Goodman on the Current Situation.

  It doesn’t matter if you are Republican or Democrat.If you have a bad language problem, predominantly the “F” word, don’t play this. Breathing easier? Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 MUSIC

• North Carolina Pastor: Pen In ‘All The Lesbians And Queers’ With An Electrified...

  What is it that gives Religion the kind of Clowns that North Carolina does?North Carolinians voted to alter the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage…... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 LGBTQ, SOCIETY

• What in Hell is Wrong with People?

  

  Mokele-mbembeI found this one in Doubtful News:Stephen McCullah needed to raise $26,700 by May 11 in order to secure enough funds through Kickstarter. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 SOCIETY