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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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A Vackseen and a Large Fries

There are few points that people can agree on these days.  But we’ve all known about and agreed on for over a year that people who are already sick are more likely to develop a serious/fatal case of COVID-19.  And, if you’re healthy, chances are pretty good that you won’t

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Supplemental Religion

Have you ever run into a situation where your current religion doesn’t go quite far enough?  Maybe you’ve found yourself facing things your existing religion doesn’t cover.  Or, perhaps you wish that you had just a little more religion, in case the unexpected happens.  If you’re one of the tens

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Gambling With Your Life

Remember back before people were afraid of change?  When I say “change”, I mean “currency” and not “something different”.  People have been averse to the “something different” type of change for a long time.  This whole if-I-touch-a-nickel-I’ll-die thing is fairly recent. Anyway, back when you could use actual change to

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Tips for Managing a Crisis

Whether you believe COVID-19 was a “pandemic” or a “plandemic” there is one thing we know for sure: There will undoubtedly be another one.  The fear being spread by the media about the “variants” virtually guarantees it.  We’ve seen how the government responded to this “crisis”, but what about the

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Uninformed Consent

I like to think that I’m a reasonable man.  I also like to think that I keep an open mind.  If someone can come up with a good enough argument, I can be convinced of almost anything. There’s been a lot of talk lately about “vackseen hesitancy”.  A good number

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Pay Your Own Damn Student Loan

Yesterday I saw one of the most foolish things I’ve seen in a very long time.  It was a post of some text that made a very Liberal claim about forgiving student loans.  Here’s what it looked like: Naturally, the Liberals were falling all over themselves to agree with it. 

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Stupid Is As Chicago Does

Just when I thought Chicago couldn’t get any more messed up, they do something that’s even more messed up than what they were already doing. Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new policy that will require officers to get the approval of a supervisor before pursuing a suspect on foot.

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