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Earth to Birthers …
A couple of caveats lead into this post, the first being that, yes, I have lived outside the good old US of A for going on twenty years now. The second, perhaps even more obvious to frequent readers,...
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Public Enemy Number One
Yeah … I get it. I understand the outcry for proof that Bin Laden is dead, even that he died in that compound in Pakistan the other day and not years ago while gardening in Tora Bora. After all, taking...
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Ballots, bollocks and Bullwinkle
Dreamt I went to a “Rocky” convention. Walked in just as shouts of “Yo! Adrianne” commenced. Realized my “I <3 Bullwinkle" placard was inappropriate. Ooops! Wrong Rocky. I have NO idea where that...
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Same old, same old …
I know I’ve not written for a while, and there’s a reason for that; there’s nothing new to blather about. The world hasn’t ended, Seychelles has the same President and people are still screwing around...
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“Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.” ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
Let’s hear it for the United Nations and their brave and “historic step” to pass a resolution supporting “equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation” … or let’s not. Suzanne Nossel, deputy...
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” ~Abraham...
Nowhere near as eloquent as my ancestor Mr. Lincoln, I spent the 4th of July on a few occasions while living in England in the mid-1990s hosting a celebration of the event passing around finger foods...
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Norway Bobby and Dark Thoughts
Having mentioned in a recent post that I have friends in Norway so therefore could personalize the horror there should the news of mass murder not ring familiar enough, it’s fitting I follow thoughts...
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9/11 Refections
Ten years ago today I was on a sofa in North Carolina staring into the beautiful eyes of my granddaughter who had just passed her first month on earth. My daughter had handed her into my care so she...
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“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the...
Election furor in the US. Some of that here, too, with the National Assembly vote very soon. Palestine’s bid for membership in the UN will be vetoed. An execution in Georgia took place. Austerity...
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Old Autocrats Never Fade Away … They Just Die
There’s nothing new about trying to keep old, dead iconic autocrats around; the Egyptians came close to perfecting the process more than 3,000 years ago, after all. What differs now is the lack of the...
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Dead Refugees: The New Normal
You know those photos appearing everywhere … the ones of dead kids washing up on shores after desperate attempts get a new life? Sorry to break it to you, but you better get used to it. We are fast on...
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“Mother” is a Verb
A wise woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these she said is roots, the other, wings. ~William Hodding Carter Sam went to Germany for...
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Dead Refugees: The New Normal
You know those photos appearing everywhere … the ones of dead kids washing up on shores after desperate attempts get a new life? Sorry to break it to you, but you better get used to it. We are fast on...
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Well, this sucks …
It just so happens that today, the 9th of November in the year 2016, I am rereading Richard Leakey’s 1994 take on how we became what we’ve become, “The Origin of Humankind” . The timing of the read...
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