Don't Look Back

The End:  Election 2016

Poem of the Day: Ambrose Bierce.


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George and Larry

The End:  George Carlin

Poem of the Day: Lawrence Ferlinghetti.


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Dear Paul

True, this, but it's like speaking to bricks.







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Happy Birthday!

Born on the 4th of July.

Kovic and Scheer.








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Bragg and Yeats

The End:  Billy Bragg.

Poem of the Day: W.B. Yeats.


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6th Year

His coach called him the team's best player last season.

If the graduate student's foot rehabs properly this time, he'll add a much-needed scoring dimension and solid defense at point guard for the Ducks next year.

Ennis and a little luck...please.

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Poll of the Day

Americans are arrogant and greedy, according to people both within and outside the country. And, while Americans may believe themselves tolerant, that's not the opinion of many across the globe.

Those are some of the takeaways from a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday, which surveyed over 20,000 respondents in 16 nations.--AG

It can't be true!  The mother of all surveys.


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The Real Truth

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Charles Lucas

Lucas' ceramic work at a remodeled McMenamins' hotel in Bend, Oregon.


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7

I watched this game today.

ChiSox blasted seven homers and still managed to lose, the third time in MLB history a team has scored such ignominy.

Oddly--or perhaps ineptly--all of the home runs were solo shots. One was an inside-the-park job.

Such weirdness, but that's baseball.

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10

If you say so.


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Subterranean Blues Again

CD folds his public blog.

He is full on secret agent now, but I have a feeling something more sublime and, dare I say it, subversive, will spurt from the hell fire of his restless mind.

Sad to hear this; there were always nuggets and gems therein.

I'm holding out for a position on the blessed list of secret readers with private access to his new reality.

Meanwhile, read this.


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The Cloning of the American Mind

Like perpetual war, the effort to keep everyone tucked in and suitable for digestion has emerged with a vengeance.

Be damned if you do not fit the ultimate profile, whatever it may be; remember, there is a good chance you may never be an acceptable human being--or consumer.


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Prine

The End:  "Sam Stone."

Poem of the Day: Naomi Lazard


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The Right Wing

Want to shut him up?

Use this ruse.

Works every time (excepting Cheney).

Scene:  Combined Cabinet and CFR Meeting

Bernie:  I'd like to say something.
Hillary:  What now, bumble bag?
Bernie:  I'm sorry, am I out of place?
Hillary:  When have you not been, creep?
Bernie:  Should I go greet the church ladies in the garden then?
Hillary:  Now would be a good time, farty pants.

(pause)

Bernie: I'm sorry, Hilly.
Hillary: You irrelevant little twerp.  Bill, get him out of here.
Bill:  Will do honey cakes.
Hillary:  Thanks sweetie pie.
Henry:  Well done, Hills.
Cheney: Indeed, Hilly.  That's some real authority there, gal.

(Bill leads Bernie out of the meeting.)

Bernie:  I protest!  I voted for you!

(Everybody laughs.)

Blackout:  The play is over


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