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I don't know about you, but I've always thought that, when it comes to opinions and the immensity of options associated with them, "predictability" quickly becomes a buzzkill. That person who can be counted upon to exhibit signs of TDS, and to return the matter under discussion to "Trump," no matter the post, the topic,… Continue reading The Virtues of Unpredictability
Axios has obtained and released lengthy excerpts from the audio recordings of Joe Biden’s October 2023 testimony before Special Counsel Robert Hur. Here’s just one: https://youtu.be/ugM76taxz2E And there, you have it. A focused, direct, 20-second's worth of question followed by over four minutes of painful, incoherent, and irrelevant rambling. Eventually, as Biden winds down to his… Continue reading A Walk Down Memory Lane: And the “Empathy” Myth
Today, November 12, 2024 is the 70th anniversary of the closure of Ellis Island, once the foremost inspection and processing station for prospective immigrants to the United States of America. Untold millions passed through its gates during its 64 years of operation, and it stands today as a museum highlighting the history of the United… Continue reading Ellis Island, A Personal Retrospective
“I can tell you that, sir…I’d be verger of St. Peter’s, Neville Square.”–W. Somerset Maugham, The Verger It’s from one of my all-time favorite short stories, The Verger, by W. Somerset Maugham. Now I’m not–intuitively–much of a fan of Somerset Maugham, but The Verger, a little story I was introduced to by a British neighbor, probably around… Continue reading Quote of the Day: The Verger
A bit more than three years ago, I wrote a post on Ricochet, When Computers Rule, about the Royal Mail scandal involving Fujitsu’s Horizon software and the plight of hundreds of UK “sub-postmasters” who’d been accused, prosecuted and convicted for fraud because, once the Fujitsu software system was implemented for Post Office management, their accounts… Continue reading Getting Their Reputations Back–The Royal Mail Horizon Scandal Staggers to the Finish Line, Courtesy of ITV
LOL. Just listening to my boyfriend Willie Nelson's latest-but-one album (I Don't Know a Thing About Love) which is a compilation of the works of country music songwriter/genius Harlan Howard. It includes such gems as Streets of Baltimore (otherwhere recorded by Gram Parsons and featuring a very young Emmylou Harris): https://youtu.be/VjAMoU6es-8 and She Called Me… Continue reading Do I Really Want “A Tiger by the Tail?” Not At My Age 🙄
If you surround yourself with people who support your upward aim, they will not tolerate your cynicism and destructiveness. They will instead encourage you when you do good for yourself and others and punish you carefully when you do not. This will help you bolster your resolve to do what you should do, in the… Continue reading The Greatest and First Rule: Make Friends With People Who Want the Best For You
....frankly, I can't be arsed to look around your website any longer to try to find the link that allows me to send you a question, or to request a reason why my recent comment on your article titled "Prince William praises 'selfless' officer killed defending US Capitol." was removed from your site. (Something one… Continue reading Dear Daily Telegraph….