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Category: Politics

Total 412 Posts

Looking for Trouble

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! There are three things in this world for certain.  Death and taxes are the two most people are familiar with.  The third is this:  If you don’t look for something, you’re probably not going to find it.  Of course,

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The Gullibility Virus

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Years ago, I went to lunch with an attorney who worked at the same company I did.  We were going to be driving by a Staples store on our way back to the office and had been asked to

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Dumb and Dumber

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! I use software that helps me publish my articles.  Every time I publish something, it warns me that the language I use may be too difficult to understand, and that I should rewrite it to make it easier for

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PonkaBlog Shorts #5

It’s time for another installment of PonkaBlog Shorts. From time to time I run across things that are worth talking about but aren’t big enough for an entire article on their own. Here are six such topics. You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Salvation Army

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PonkaBlog Shorts #4

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! It’s time for another episode of PonkaBlog Shorts. Today you get four short articles instead of one long one. It’s the same amount of snark, just in bite-sized chunks. Alec Baldwin Let’s start with a pop quiz.  If someone

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Context and Perspective

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! 80 million sounds like a pretty big number.  That’s because in most scenarios, it is.  For example, let’s say we were talking about 80 million inches.  That’s a lot of inches.  In fact, 80 million inches is about the

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Biden Breaks World Records

Joe Biden and his team attended the opening of the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland this week.  He brought along 800 of his closest advisers.  In doing so, he has made his first real accomplishment since taking office in January. Whitehouse Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explains: “As you

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A Very Scary Story

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! In honor of Halloween, I’m going to tell you a scary story.  It’s a story not of what for sure will happen, but of what may happen.  And no one can tell you for sure that it won’t.  To

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The Traveler’s Guide to COVID

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! The Biden Administration just announced a change to the COVID policy for international travelers coming to the United States.  Starting November 8th, unvacksinated U.S. citizens and long-term residents will have to present a negative COVID test taken a day

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