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April 2024

Holy mackerel! We've been cast back to 1968. More violence to come.
Protests. Turning into violence. Mayhem. Death. Mob action at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago That’s what the late 1960s turned into and…
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Bears will try again to despoil the lakefront
"The Lakefront by right belongs to the people. Not a foot of its shores should be appropriated to the exclusion of the people. — Daniel Burnham How dare…
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In just one year, Washington improperly spent $236 billion. Think that's bad? In the past 20 years that comes to $2.7 trillion.
“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" — attributed to the late Illinois senator Everett Dirksen, Except now it…
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To my GOP and conservative friends: Keep Ukraine out of Putin's hands or you'll be no better at foreign policy and national defense than…
In case you needed a reminder, Barack Obama’s national security and foreign policy records were as bad as any in recent memory. He pledged that Assad’s…
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Judge Who Called Out Trump Hit With Ethics Complaint
Federal judge appeared on CNN and criticized the former president.
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Another Biden attack on religion, on the highest holy day in Christianity, of all things.
I guess I don’t mind sharing Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility. Christ always wins. People of trans can be whatever they decide. But not…
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March 2024

Where were the tug boats?
It’s just one of the questions that makes me wonder. When I was in the Navy serving on a far smaller ship—a destroyer, about 300 feet in length—tugs…
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If you're going to spout off about Trump's "bloodbath" remark, you damn well should first look up the definition.
And why, oh why, Trump, do you have to run your mouth? 1: a great slaughter 2a: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle; the…
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The "cultural appropriation of St. Patrick's Day
So, why aren't the woke upset about a day that defames the Irish, when I, a second generation Irishman, don't care.
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What was Biden on in his "fiery" state of the Union speech? Did someone slip him a pill? Meth?
Good gosh, didn’t President Joe Biden belt one out of the ballpark with his State of the Union speech? Unexpectedly powerful speech, said his media…
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February 2024

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