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Four months and counting – election day 2024

As I wrote this, it was 5 July 2024, the day after Independence Day and therefore in the public mind, the 1st Day of Anno Libertatus (AL) 249. Wow. And four painfully long months before the official election day. {And … Continue reading

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Uncle Joe – two strikes and the pitcher is winding up!

We aren’t much into sports allusions, but it appears that Dear Beloved 81-year-old “Leader of the Free World” (or is that Fee Whirled?) now has at least two big strikes against him. As far as both his Democrat foot soldiers … Continue reading

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Give the (old) DC a tiny kudos?

Ukraine’s tinpot boss cancelled elections. Why doesn’t Uncle Joe need to? Continue reading

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2024 presidential election – why bother?

Seriously, the 2024 Election is 19 months away. More than a year and a half. But to listen to, or read of, many pundits, it has already been decided who is going to win on 05 November 2024. The problem … Continue reading

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Is election reform possible?

There have been more and more claims, particularly over the last election cycles (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and now 2022), of massive fraud and corruption. Both old parties claimed that happened several times before 2016, but that year it … Continue reading

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Election results: a pox on both their houses

There is one clear loser across the Fifty States in yesterday’s election: liberty. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have again shown that the “extremes” of their two parties seemingly have poisoned the political air even more in the past … Continue reading

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Get a good night’s sleep!

This 2022 election night is going to be a long one. (Aren’t they all?) Keep in mind that staying up later and later to see who and what won will not change the results a single bit. Unless you have … Continue reading

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Is it done yet?

Publisher’s Note: Today is Halloween, supposed to be a scary holiday. Perhaps the most frightening thing about this 2022 Halloween is that we still have 8 days to go until the election this year. Is your brain fried yet? You … Continue reading

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Too much government

Every day, there are incidents where some government goon (excuse me, “kind and gentle, loving, helpful polite public servant”) does something incredibly stupid to someone. Sometimes they do it of their own initiative. (Including “we need more tickets, people, need … Continue reading

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Distractions and their effect

Last week, we saw a common political phenomenon. The use of distractions to keep the electorate and the mob quiet. In some cases, just SPECIFIC parts of the two groups. How’s that? In the past six months, fuel prices have … Continue reading

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