Tag: politics
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TAPA # 214 ON FIRE!!!
A DISASTER! A FIVE-BELL ALARM! This morning I woke to learn that two more Americans have lost their lives and another is missing as the conflict with Iran continues to escalate. This is the tragic consequence of President Trump’s ego, recklessness, and poor judgment. He has backed both himself and our nation into a corner…
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TAPA # 213 FREEDOM!!!
Well, what did I tell you Old Bone Spurs would say? I told you so. We are long past stipulating that Trump is a liar, a grifter, a convicted felon, and, in my view, a leader whose primary concern is himself. Last night’s Orwellian speech reinforced a familiar principle: Don’t believe what you see or read,…
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TAPA # 212 A REICHSTAG MOMENT???
Tonight, Old Bone Spurs, a documented liar and grifter, will likely once again claim that the 2020 election was rigged. Let’s remember what that election actually was: Given all of this documented evidence, Trump’s narrative is reminiscent of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: “This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call……
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TAPA # 211 EINSTEIN’S WARNING
Last night I watched a drama-documentary about Albert Einstein. Fortunately, it focused less on his scientific achievements and more on his experiences during the rise of Nazi Germany and his social philosophy. Einstein was deeply saddened by the bombing of Hiroshima. Although his work laid part of the scientific foundation that ultimately made the atomic…
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TAPA 207 TO PILLAGE
To PILLAGE means: “to rob, loot, or steal goods from a place”.. The attached article is a long read, but it attempts to connect the dots how Trump is pillaging America while enriching himself and his family. Ordinary Americans are paying the price while the Trump family’s wealth grows. Middle-class Americans will be bearing the cost of these…
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TAPA 206 OUR SUPREME DECISION
Sometimes an act can be legally correct yet morally or humanely wrong. The two recent Supreme Court decisions affecting immigration may ultimately prove to be Pyrrhic victories, legally sound under the Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, but costly because of their human consequences. History provides a sobering example. In 1857, the Supreme Court, under Chief…
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TAPA 205 THE UNREFLECTING REFLECTING POOL
We held my Father’s Day celebration on Saturday to avoid conflicts with other fathers in the family and accommodate everyone’s schedules. It was a wonderful day. Simply sitting at the table, watching and listening to the children and grandchildren, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Because I love them all, and because my journey is…
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TAPA # 204 CAR 2419D
The “Surrender of Versailles” signed by Trump yesterday was gobsmacking, both for its content and its historical overtones. The Wall Street Journal and other sites are reporting it as a loss/surrender of the United States, a win for Iran by providing it with financing to rebuild, allowing it to keep the nuclear material, removing the…
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TACO # 203 “WHERE ARE THE FLOWERS”?
Last week, in compliance with a court order that ruled placing Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center was illegal and required it to be removed by Friday, Trump’s people finally complied, after much haranguing. But they complied in a manner perfectly illustrative of Trump’s immature, self-aggrandizing, and often ludicrous behavior: they erected a tarp so…
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TAPA # 202 TRUMPSTITUTION
The origin of the word prostitute is the Latin prostituere, meaning “to put forth publicly” or “to offer something of value for sale in a manner considered degrading or dishonorable.” In ancient Rome, the term evolved to mean offering one’s body, what many regard as sacred, for sale. A person who did so became a prostitute, and the…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 