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Category Archives: United States

A Few Radical Changes That Could Fix The US Political System?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDumWOjmQfI When you think it can’t get any crazier in US politics, it gets crazier. Last week, it was the spectacle of the testimony by Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault ~30 years ago when they were teenagers, Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford. Basically, you’ve got a situation where Republicans, […]

Posted 02 October 2018 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Devastating Political Ad

Not all families agree on politics and we live in increasingly polarized times. But man, if you watch this, you can’t help but wonder what kind of a dick Paul Gosar is! 😉  (via Boing Boing) https://youtu.be/IZuayQFD51w  

Posted 25 September 2018 § Family § Meme § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

Posted 24 September 2018 § News § Politics § Sad § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

The History of the World Trade Center (Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBiA3MS-h4  

Posted 11 September 2018 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Trump Prison Montage

Great editing – anybody recognize which show/movie this is from?  So familiar but I can’t place it…The Wire? The Departed?  Something else?    

Posted 24 August 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Worst Day of Donald Trump’s Presidency?

Trump’s personal lawyer admits to knowingly committing illegal finance campaign finance violations at Trump’s direction while Trump’s former campaign chair is found guilty of multiple counts of bank and tax fraud as well. The BEST people!

Posted 21 August 2018 § Jobs § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Retro Friday Fun Link – Fred Armisen Does Accents To The City Level

A Netflix interview between Jerry Seinfeld and David Letterman led me to this…

Posted 17 August 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Cost of A Broken Wrist? USA = ~$10,000, Canada = $12

Doing a lot of reading about various aspects of the scaphoid bone I broke in my wrist and always shocked to see American sites talking about the cost of healthcare (~$6000 – $10,000 for the x-rays, hospital stay and surgery I had) or how they would forego treatment completely due to a lack of health […]

Posted 01 August 2018 § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Retro Friday Fun Link – Truth Is Better (Scarier?) Than Fiction (aka If This Was a Spy Novel, It’d Be Too Unbelievable)

This story of the FBI tracking deep cover Russian spies is pretty amazing…

Posted 13 July 2018 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Dearest Father…” #SecondCivilWarLetters Wins Twitter on American Independence Day

My Love,Dusk. We're in position overlooking MAGA camp. I see their sentries' red hats in the dim light of their tiki torches and it steels my nerves. At midnight, we strike. May our battlecry, "Happy Holidays," strike fear. Send Kale. – Matthew#secondcivilwarletters — D-Fo (@ThisIsDFo) July 4, 2018   It’s quite clear that the increased […]

Posted 04 July 2018 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,