When you see an overabundance of reporting on a subject, you should take some time to figure out why – especially when it looks like you’re not getting all sides of the story. All the brouhaha being made about children being separated from parents on the border is misguided at best, malevolently manipulative at its … Continue reading
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Faking-it Friday: Fallacious Facts
Sometimes it’s hard for me to come up with a blog topic. This wouldn’t be an issue if I only posted when I have an idea, but my goals are structured to post three times per week for a reason. It’s hard to establish and build a presence online if you don’t post for days … Continue reading
Fanatical Flocks Friday: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones…
…but names will end lives and careers nowadays. Are we MEN, or are we SHEEP? So the bruhaha this week is about Roseanne Barr’s allegedly racist comment (BTW, I find it interesting that all the NEWS MEDIA, which will refer to a criminal caught in the act of killing people as the “alleged” shooter, but … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about the Manners of Emily Litella
I have fond memories of Emily Litella, one of Gilda Radner’s characters from the original class of Saturday Night Live. The lady would get on the news report giving a concerned citizen’s report on some issue that she was concerned about. She would berate parents for protesting “violins on television” (instead of violence), or complain … Continue reading
Fake Friend Friday: Misrepresenting Yourself
I’m going to name drop, here. Beto O’Rourke actually texted me yesterday – on my personal cell phone (name dropping doesn’t work unless you know who the names are, so just know that Beto O’Rourke is the Democrat candidate running against Senator Ted Cruz here in Texas.) Makes me feel so important, to have someone … Continue reading
Fairness Friday: Says Who?
When I was growing up, hurricanes used to be given female names. At some point, a decision was made that this was sexist, and that women were (or at least should have been) offended. Now we also give them male names, and I believe we alternate between male and female to make sure we’re being … Continue reading
Fearlessly Feeble Friday: Don’t Mess With Us Old Folks
Most people (the decent ones, anyway) react with anger and disgust when they hear that some thug has beaten up (or done worse to) a senior citizen. We all look at those news reports, and place those people in an especially despicable class of cowardly, cruel predators. I believe we even have especially heavy sentencing … Continue reading
