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Category: Politics

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Narc On Your Neighbor

On July 11th, the FBI posted a tweet asking people to report signs of “mobilization to violence” and to help prevent “homegrown violent extremism”.  The included a link to a document created in 2019 that lists a lot of common-sense ways of telling if someone is potentially going off the

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Object Stupidity

I belong to a 3D printing group on one of the social media platforms.  OK, it’s on Facebook.  The group is essentially a “brag” page where people post pictures of 3D objects they’ve printed.  Everyone else in the group “likes” their post and tells them what an awesome job they

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Thought Control

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about the ridiculous things that people believe.  You know, crazy shit like vackseens aren’t killing people, personal pronouns are a good idea and that racist white cops are trying to exterminate black men.  I wondered how so many smart

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Science Says…

Remember when you were a kid and you played “Simon Says”?  Sure you do.  Someone would be “Simon” and make up simple tasks for the participants to do.  If Simon stated an instruction starting with “Simon says”, then you were supposed to do what Simon said.  If Simon didn’t first

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Dumber Than a Sack of Hammers

I believe that if you’re going to represent the United States, then you should, at the very least, show some respect for our country. Last week, Gwen Berry, a hammer thrower, turned away from the flag during the playing of our national anthem at the U.S. track and field Olympic

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A Caricature of a Man

Have you ever had your picture drawn by someone at a fair or other tourist trap?  Rarely do those images, they’re called caricatures, show how you believe you really look.  Instead, the artist focuses on features that define your appearance, and then exaggerates the hell out of them.  For example,

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Pocket Change

The White House recently tweeted that the average family will save 16 cents on their July 4th cookout this year.  Then, and rightfully so, they were mocked. Everybody knows that however Biden’s team calculated the 16 cent savings, they did it incorrectly.  About the only way they could have come

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The Great Miscommunicator

Ronald Reagan was often called “The Great Communicator” because of his ability to educate his audience using eloquent speech and word pictures to make his point.  He used your mind as a canvas, painting it with words to help you visualize what he was saying.  To this day, watching his

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The Trans Olympics

Back in the late 90’s, Lance Armstrong was accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.  No one could prove he was cheating but that didn’t seem to matter.  Eventually, his seven titles for winning the Tour de France were stripped.  Lance was punished even though he self-identified as someone NOT taking drugs. 

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