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Middle of the Road
โThe middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac I canโt get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my backโ Middle of the Road – The Pretenders During the Ariel Sharon ...
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โWho the Hell is They?โ On Two of the Sam Peckinpah Western Films
This is a film commentary (two films, in fact).ย What follows might be perceived as a distraction, but I donโt think so.ย I have been watching the now considered old Sam Peckinpah westerns in between copious ...
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DOWNFALL! Trump in the Bunker
The image of the clot Trump being whisked by Secret Service agents into the White House underground bunker last Friday night (May 29th) to avoid the protests is a satiristโs dream come true.ย ย Excuse me for ...
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Cats, Rats and Bats: Dick Whittingtonโs Cat, Rat Infestations and the Trump Quackery
At the foot of Highgate Hill in North London is a statue of Dick Whittingtonโs cat.ย The Dick Whittington story is a part of English folklore.ย It has been embellished over the centuries, and re-enacted through ...
The Guessing Game
Every now and so often, we are reminded of how much the inexact art of prediction dominates all facets of American society. The numbers that are crunched by non-humans (computers) find their way into reports and ...
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On Organizing the Grunts: COVID-19, the Sailors and Some Other World History
I donโt mean to sound old school here.ย When General Giap, a commander of the Vietnam Peoplesโ Army, wrote in his memoir about the conditions that allowed a victory over the almighty US armed forces in ...
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Escalator to Heaven: The Continuing Padre Pio Boondoggle
by Mike Morgan โWell youโll never get to heaven In a Chevrolet Cos a Chevrolet Donโt Go That Wayโ – Boy Scout & Girl Guide Campfire Song On September 18, 2017, The ...
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