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A tiny augury of better times to come
Every day, after scrolling down the Times to see what’s going on, I head for the puzzles, my hideyhole from the constant, surreal cacophony out there. First, there’s the mini-crossword, then the large crossword and then the puzzle that’s become … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Journalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged antifa, crossword puzzles, New York Times, NYT puzzles, Spelling Bee
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Words about Jimmy Kimmel, Trump’s ear and the Iraq War
What do they have in common? Distortions, fakery and naked, explosive lies. Naked, in the sense that we all can see them but somehow they continue to be repeated as fact. I didn’t hear what Jimmy Kimmel said, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Culture, Government, Guns in the U.S. of A., How I Learned The Facts of Life, Journalism, MAGA, News media, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged "All The President's Men", "Shock and Awe", Charlie Kirk, Colin Powell, Daily News, Dick Cheney, Disney, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Jimmy Kimmel, Knight-Ridder, MAGA, New York Times, Rob Reiner, Saddam Hussein, Trump "assassination" attempt, Tyler Robinson, Washington Post, Watergate, weapons of mass destruction
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Animal news? Yeah, and health news along with it
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [A] nurse in Kentucky revived a drunk raccoon using CPR. Questions about this admirable act. How did the nurse determine the raccoon was drunk? There could be other reasons the raccoon was behaving as a sot. … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged CPR, drunk raccoon
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