Earlier this year (2016) journalists and pundits were falling all over themselves declaring the Republican Party to be “broken.” Now, after the disastrous and terrifying…
Religious support for Donald Trump
Posted on 0 commentThe hypocrisy of religion can no better be illustrated than in the support given to Donald Trump by religious zealots across America. Never has there…
Trump: an exponent of the Zeitgeist.
Posted on 0 commentSometimes it seems as if there is a universal radio station, some worldwide broadcast working in polyglot fashion to influence the minds of the world’s…
No Trump.
Posted on 0 commentDonald J. Trump has won more electoral votes than Hillary Clinton and so shall occupy the White House on January 20, 2017. I never thought my country…
NY 21 CD musings #1
Posted on 0 commentMike Derrick (D), Elise Stefanik (R), Matt Funiciello (G) All three say they want to “bring back jobs to the North Country.” What a load of nonsense. It’s…
GOP: the abandoned party
Posted on 0 commentThe Republican Party is the shame of the Western world. Not only have they nominated Donald Trump to be their candidate for President, but they…
Trumped
Posted on 0 commentNormally, I think Republicans are less honest and less intelligent than Democrats. I know; that’s wrong and prejudicial. Nobody has a monopoly on truth-telling and intelligence. Ah,…
Humor has certainly changed.
Posted on 0 commentImagine listening to this 100 year old humor record, for which someone in 1916 paid the equivalent of $30 in today’s money, and finding it funny.
Raise taxes on the rich?
Posted on 0 commentThis meme has been making the rounds, in various forms, online. It’s almost credible. Yes, taxes were so high in the ’50s and ’60s that many reasonable…
Guess that tune!
Posted on 0 commentOkay folks, let’s see who listened to the radio in the ’70s. This tune I hadn’t heard in 40 years, but I never forgot it:…