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Mistrusting the CDC

CDC stands for “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”.  The “and Prevention” part was added years after the “CDC” part which is why their acronym isn’t CDCP.  I guess they already had the business cards and letterhead paper printed so changing to CDCP would have been a big expense.

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A Lesson in “Assedness”

Since we’re seeing an unprecedented number of “noncitizens” entering out country, I thought it might be handy to give them a quick lesson on three essential words.  Especially since they’ll be using them a lot after they’ve been “integrated” into our welfare system. The three words are: dumbass, smartass and

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Paying Attention to Arizona

There comes a point where something is so obvious that everyone should be able to see it.  As long as they’re paying attention.  I think we’ve gotten to that point in Maricopa County, Arizona.  In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Republicans in Arizona are trying to do a

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The Dumbing Down of America

When I was in junior high, there were two math classes.  The “A” class was for kids who didn’t do well in math and the “B” class was for those that excelled.  The school thought that by calling the lesser-skilled kids the “A” class, they’d be fooled into not feeling

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The Wisdom of King James

Whenever LeBron James speaks, people listen. His 50 million Twitter followers hang on every word he says. His influence is far and wide. But is he really qualified to have an opinion on…well…anything? One time I was interviewing interns for a summer position at a video gaming company.  I had

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Stupid Is As Chicago Does

Just when I thought Chicago couldn’t get any more messed up, they do something that’s even more messed up than what they were already doing. Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new policy that will require officers to get the approval of a supervisor before pursuing a suspect on foot.

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Misremembering George Floyd

I watched a press conference with Nancy Pelosi this morning.  She was posing with the Congressional Black Caucus shortly after the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial. Speaking about George Floyd, she said, “His name is synonymous with justice, dignity and grace and service.”  Are we talking about

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