Category: Politics
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America Will Lose Trump’s War with Iran
The President of the United States will declare victory in the country’s current conflict with Iran. His sycophants will cheer and acclaim his glorious accomplishment. But the actual loser will be the United States. Folks might believe the hype that the country won Trump’s Middle East excursion. His armed forces bombed the hell out of…
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Coffee Shop Companionship
The coffee shop was busy Wednesday morning. The dreary cold weather may have had something to do with the crowd. Gray skies send folks for coffee or hot chocolate, maybe a hot breakfast or pastry. A combination of bleak weather and bleaker news may push people into depression, or ignorance, or denial. Sometimes it directs…
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The Bleak Winter of 2026
It is winter and, in my part of the world, aside from a fleeting landscape of white following a snowfall, browns and grays dominate day after day, with long hours of darkness and only occasional sunny days. A pink rose dangles on a bush behind my family room, refusing to succumb to earth’s demand to…
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DJT’s Infamous Administration Still Here, Still Causing Chaos
The United States of America is shattering before our eyes. Under the leadership of one individual, with the support, encouragement, and instigation of a group of anti-democratic-Americans, the rules, regulations, laws, traditions, even the physical embodiments of American life are being destroyed as they reject, distort, and dissolve our constitutional, communal, and cultural heritage. The…
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Happy Birthday Dad
Disclosure: This post rambles from birthday memories to historical tidbits, then current political division. When a kid, June 14th meant cake, ice cream, and an enthusiastic, loud rendition in my family’s discordant, cacophonous voice of Happy Birthday. No one in my family could carry a tune, obviously an inherited deficiency. But we all loved our cake…
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Out of Step Out of Line
I am rarely political on my blog, but sometimes cannot resist. I thought about punching someone, but that would make a sorry situation worse. So I threw some of my rage and fury into my writing. I needed to vent… I was wondering what would happen – or will happen – when DOGE dudes get…
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Musings on Life in Paradise
What is life in Paradise like? For each of us the answer would be different, although some things might be the same. We all want to live in a safe and secure place, unconcerned about monetary shortfalls, and enjoy comfortable living quarters. Ideal weather may vary – some like it hot, others more moderate, which…
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Futures
Mom celebrated her 100th birthday the first weekend of the New Year. Born January 2, 1925, her life embraced college, life as a wife and mother, a career as an elementary school librarian, and a meaningful retirement as a volunteer, avid traveler, and family matriarch. If asked today what tomorrow will bring, she would most likely…
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A Pre-Election Survival Guide
Less than a year from now a momentous event will take place across the United States. A Presidential election. I am already tired of the constant, incessant beating of the election drums. My ears and my mind are numb. How to survive the bombast without losing my mind? I want the rhetoric to STOP! But…