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Month: June 2021

Total 26 Posts

The Trans Olympics

Back in the late 90’s, Lance Armstrong was accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.  No one could prove he was cheating but that didn’t seem to matter.  Eventually, his seven titles for winning the Tour de France were stripped.  Lance was punished even though he self-identified as someone NOT taking drugs. 

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Positively Healthy

About 25 years ago, I was at a business dinner.  The person across the table from me mentioned that he had read a study that indicated people tend to live about as long as they think they’re going to.  For example, if someone believes they’re going to live until they’re

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Extra Crispy COVID

Like many people, I’ve chosen not to get a COVID-19 vacksination.  My reasoning is simple.  I’m healthy, so even if I were to contract the disease, I’d most likely be OK. Even though I’m not vacksinated, I don’t wear a mask.  I freely walk wherever I want to go, unconcerned

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Just a Little Push

I recently received an email from a woman I’ve known for nearly 25 years.  I noticed that, following her name, she included “(she/her)”.  I remember her as someone who definitely didn’t need to tell anyone she was female.  I haven’t seen this woman for probably 20 years, so I guess

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Dramastically Misunderestimated

I used to hate listening to George W. Bush (the son) talk.  I found his speeches cringeworthy.  Literally.  I would listen to him say something stupid and I would actually cringe.  He was famous for butchering the English language. His grammar was horrendous and he would sometimes make up words

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Preventing Violent Crimes

There are almost 400 million civilian-owned guns in the United States.  And not one of those weapons has ever killed anyone on their own. By contrast, here are a few examples of what people do to each other on a regular basis: According to the FBI, in 2019 (2020 was

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In Defense of “Assault Rifles”

Each time some whacko goes off the rails and kills a few people, there are more calls to ban “assault rifles”. Because, apparently, they’re a huge problem. The Liberal assertion is that if we banned “assault rifles”, we’d save a whole bunch of lives. Let’s see how big of a

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Better the Crazy You Know

What would you do if you had to choose between a candidate who is kind of an idiot and candidate who is sort of crazy? If you haven’t already, you might want to think about it.  Because, you’re likely to be faced with the decision in the not-to-distant future. Here’s

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Crazy Politicians

Anybody with a lick of sense can easily see that Joe Biden has lost his mind.  And not in the amusing “drunk uncle” sort of way.  Nope, he’s lost his mind in the “that bitch be crazy” way. And yet he’s the “leader” of the free world. Nancy Pelosi, Lori

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