Blogging Insights # 52 — Touchy Topics I thought this was interesting, so I figured I’d chime in. I’m always good for an opinion when asked and often, even when unasked. Do you post about touchy or sensitive topics on… Read More ›
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PLUTOCRACY OR OLIGARCHY? THE UGLY CHOICE OF THIS UPCOMING ELECTION
We live in a country full of shallow, if not outrightly stupid people. They watch “the news” and believe it’s all lies because an orange-skinned bloke says so. As a woman whose husband was a television news reporter for more… Read More ›
TODAY’S NEWS AT SIX
Watching the news tonight was illuminating, in an Illuminati kind of way The first subject they covered was politics, including the postal crisis, a couple of local races, plus concerns about not getting ballots delivered or entered on time. It… Read More ›
THERE’S GOTTA BE A PONY IN THERE SOMEWHERE – BY TOM CURLEY
There’s an old joke about a psychiatrist who was trying to see if he could change an optimist into a pessimist and a pessimist into an optimist. He took two children, one very optimistic and one very pessimistic. He put… Read More ›
FAKE NEWS IS A LOT LESS WORK
You can’t live without news, but no one can live with it either. I don’t know how active reporters manage to cope with the news these days. It used to be a job. A hard job, an active and sometimes… Read More ›
DONE. FINISHED. KAPUT. FINITO.
I know I’m voting for Biden. I’ve supported every candidate in whom I believed including many that are no longer in contention. I’ve written my heart out. If the American people are too stupid to vote for someone who might… Read More ›
MY BAD NEWS BUNKER IS OUT OF SPACE – Marilyn Armstrong
Every morning, I get up and hope that there is something positive in the news today. Something that will give me hope. Not another soppy story of all the great people helping other people because those stories are true, but… Read More ›
KEEP TALKING – BY TOM CURLEY
A weird thing happened this week. Other than that last week was “Peak Death Week.” (Sorry, I didn’t get anybody a card). For the first time ever I didn’t immediately mute my TV when the Covidiot-in-chief comes on to do… Read More ›
What China didn’t do to Donald Trump, Coronavirus did – THE SHINBONE STAR: A REBLOG
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
A body wrapped in plastic is unloaded from a refrigerated truck outside a New York City hospital. Trucks are being used outside several hospitals in the city as bodies pile up. — AP Photo/John…
TWO OLD WHITE GUYS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? WHAT A SHOCK! By Marilyn Armstrong
“Everyone wants change,” said Garry, “until they get to the polls and then it’s the same old game all over again.” We were both bummed at how poorly Elizabeth Warren did, how far Bloomberg’s money didn’t take him, and that… Read More ›
OMG By Marilyn Armstrong
Have any of us ever calculated the number of posts on Facebook, Twitter, and even WordPress that start out with OMG or something like it? The sentence which follows might — or might not — have anything to do with… Read More ›
AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS … Marilyn Armstrong
We are taking a few days off, leaving in a few hours. I have posted new material while we are away, but it’s possible I won’t have time to answer comments. I’ll try, but not making any promises. There’s a… Read More ›
