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From The River to the Sea. ISRAEL Shall Remain Free04/24/2024American anti-Israel demonstrators don't know what they are demonstrating about. […]6 Comments
Welcome to World War III04/17/2024Drones are taking over the human battlefield. […]14 Comments
Guess Who Came to Dinner?04/17/2024Such as, I never knew that I had Virginian relatives. As it turns out, there were quite a few. That was mildly interesting, since I now live in the commonwealth. A bit of trivia, I suppose. […]5 Comments
Bed04/15/2024I’m sleeping in this bed because the Home 2 was too pricey. […]4 Comments
eclipse04/09/2024I’ve never seen that before and I doubt I’ll ever see it again. When the next total solar eclipse comes, and I don’t know where it will be total, I’ll be about 90. I’m glad I saw it once. […]3 Comments
Water, Water Everywhere But….Is It Safe03/28/2024Microplastics are everywhere - in everything we eat or drink […]4 Comments
Why Israel Isn’t Getting Credit for Protecting Civilians in Gaza03/26/2024Israel is going to extreme lengths to protect civilians in Gaza....without getting recognition for it. […]29 Comments
On the Uses of Symbols in Politics03/22/2024How political symbolism affects electoral politics […]35 Comments
A Couple More Birds and Some Pottery, too.03/15/2024Recent bird paintings and sea life pottery by Rose Guastella […]19 Comments
National Predictions Based on In-State Polls03/05/2024It is not looking good, people. It fact, it really looks really bad. […]9 Comments
Who Is a Jew and According to Whom03/05/2024Even if you are not a Jew, here are some things to think about now. […]3 Comments
Legend of a Mind02/16/2024Alexei Navalny is dead. […]6 Comments
NEWS FLASH: Paul Krugman is Finally Worried About America02/13/2024Paul Krugman is Finally Worried About America? What took him so long? […]9 Comments
Both Sides of the Galaxy…Now02/11/2024Within the galaxy, and without, there are all sorts of challenges, and nefarious characters that young men run towards for the experience, and parents would be mortified by if they actually knew what their progeny were up to. […]19 Comments
The Theory of Theories02/08/2024This is an exercise in illogical logic but it isn't meant to be taken seriously. That was a lie. […]25 Comments
Dartmouth returns to requiring standardized testing02/06/2024Some poorer minority students who hadn’t submitted test scores and were rejected would have been admitted had they submitted their scores. […]4 Comments
Two More Birds02/03/2024Here are portraits of two more birds- a Steller's Jay and a Cedar Waxwing. […]13 Comments
BindleSnitch Housekeeping Update02/01/2024Housekeeping, keeping up with the Joneses, once I find out which Joneses to keep up with. […]3 Comments
The Word Merchant’s Dilemma01/31/2024Musings about writing when writing no longer seems to matter. […]6 Comments
2 + 2 = 301/31/2024Power and ethics are an oscillating wave that exists within everyone’s perspective and actions. We grab power, and we gravitate toward it at some point or other […]12 Comments
Pardon Me, Do You have a BLACK Senator?01/27/2024I watched Senator Scott stand behind Donald Trump, and then walk up and declare his “love” for Trump, in jest, sure. Characterize it however you think necessary. One thing it certainly was was obsequiousness. […]16 Comments
Best Case Scenario01/24/2024But what happens if the Palestinians get a state? The Arab debt to the Palestinians is paid, at least as far as the Arabs are concerned, and in this case that’s what matters. […]10 Comments
My Chef Boyardee Experience: A Cautionary Tale01/24/2024A culinary accident occurred in my kitchen today that proves we do not have free will […]10 Comments
Random Ruminations on 202401/22/2024A few more musings about our political situation. […]5 Comments
A Gaggle of New Bird Paintings01/19/2024New bird paintings created since fall 2023 […]16 Comments
New Year’s Revolution12/15/2023In this particular conversation, one of the brothers mentioned that he owned five AR-15s, one for each member of his family […]2 Comments
He Ain’t Heavy…12/13/2023The idea providing the heat to my stew was, “how could he think I would find this acceptable?” […]6 Comments
Its How You Said It12/11/2023Are the Presidents deserving of correction? Absolutely. Should they be fired or asked to resign? Absolutely not. […]59 Comments
To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt12/08/2023Critiques of either high or low salt intake must be taken with more than a grain of salt. […]2 Comments
NO, JOE BIDEN ISN’T SUPPORTING MASS MUDER IN ISRAEL12/05/2023Someone I actually respect posted something that really pissed me off Facebook. This is my anawer […]13 Comments
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