Month: September 2015

GOP the Land of Bitterness and Victimhood

Excellent and descriptive essay on the State of the Union … How the Republican Party Became a Haven of Resentment and Rage | The Conversation |   by Randall Stephens   Today, communists are no longer hiding under...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.527

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be starting an entirely new painting.  I am using the photo seen directly below.  (A borrowed photo.)  It shows El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.  I was...

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Slow Blogging

Thank you for all the happy birthdays, everyone. I really had a very nice day. Did some paddleboarding, which I didn’t find all that hard, although I did finally fall in the lake near the end of the two hours. Today will...

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The $16 Million Fruitcake Heist

No, it wasn’t a hijacking of a tractor-trailer loaded with $16 million worth of fruitcakes.  (Not exactly a product that’s easy to fence.)  Nor was it properly labeled a heist.  Thieves who steal with...

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Dear Emily Blunt, No Apology Needed

God forbid someone say something that indicates they regret their “American Citizenship” as poor Ms. Emily Blunt, British born actress, movie star and naturalized American citizen, said jokingly after the most recent...

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