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The Cure for Common Americanism
It wasn’t to long ago that I caught holy hell for suggesting that ‘Progressivism,’ is a mental health disease. Now, the table’s turned as a group of scientists from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Bonn, Germany have come up with a medicinal cure for xenophobia. Xenophobia is simply defined as a dislike or fear of people from other…
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Harry Reid in Another Corruption Case
Former Nevada Senator Harry Reid is like a gift that keeps on giving. I mean – well I thought – the next time I wrote anything meaningful about him, it would be his obituary. Federal court documents show that in November 2011, New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez got Reid’s help in pressuring the Centers…
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Remembering the People’s Princess
It was about this time 20-years ago that my wife awoke me so I could get ready for my overnight shift at KOZZ. When she did, she also told me that Princess Diana had been killed in a car crash. At midnight September 1, I went on air, and all through the morning I gave…
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Three-times ‘Round
The trio had been together since primary school in Ontario, Canada until Jorda decided to get her green card and move to Northern California. And finally, after two and a half years of being apart, Colleen and Theresa were going to visit her. Once united, the three young women planned to drive to San Diego…
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Missing the Social Media Mark
Recently I posted a comment to the Daily Triplicate under a photo they had posted to their FB page that was of a blaze in Lolo, Montana and not of Brookings as some folks were claiming. It should have been a secondary item as the Shaker Church in Smith River had jus’ burned down earlier…
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The Veteran and the Protester
Having survived his drunken attempt to get a whore he only knew by sight to marry him, Cheese decided to drag Mack downtown to see the American Legion parade. It was a nice walk for a hot Saturday morning as the pair made their way from the Jungle to Main Street, where all the action…
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What Day is It, Really?
“Why are you getting dressed for work?” I asked Mary after she got out of the shower. She gave me a puzzled look, “Because I have to go in and open the store.” “On a Sunday?” I asked with some concern in my voice, adding, “Since when did you make that change?” “Tom,” my wife…
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Caught Between What’s Right and Regulation
Right or wrong…houses of worship are generally relegated to a secondary role in disaster situations. The reason being is that they must sign an agreement with their local municipalities that says they will not take in disaster victims until the municipalities primary facilities are filled to capacity. It’s done this way so that the municipalities…
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The Struggle is Real
We sat quietly, hidden in the shadows of the room, accessing our situation; the two of us hoping and praying that reinforcements would arrive by the end of the day. It had been a battle alright, but not much in the way of a fight. “How long do you think we can hold out, Chief?”…
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Following ‘Lucky’
‘Lucky’ was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. On the other hand, I was born with a wooden stick between my gums and several slivers to boot. That’s the way it has always been. I’m not ‘Lucky’ and I don’t have a swell nickname either. If I’d been given one, it would probably…