Tag: war
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TAPA # 217 TO SALUTE OR VOMIT…THAT SHOULD BE THE QUESTION!!!
The salute is a gesture of respect rooted in military history and tradition. Over time it evolved with changes in military dress and custom. It is said that during medieval Europe, knights would raise the visors of their helmets to reveal their faces. As armor disappeared, the gesture became removing or touching one’s hat in…
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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 # 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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TAPA # 194 CHOICES!!!
Watching the Secretary of Defense’s recent testimony before Congress raises a fundamental question: what are the priorities of this administration and Republicans and who benefits from them? Priorities are choices. Nations, like individuals, choose what to value: to feed or to starve, to fight or to negotiate, to build or to destroy, to heal or…
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TAPA # 177 ‘NOBLESSE OBLIGE’
“Noblesse oblige”: with privilege comes responsibility, is an 1808 French phrase that mirrors Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much will be required.” It means that those with wealth and privilege, whose lives are largely removed from the daily struggle for life’s basics (food, clothing, and shelter) have a moral responsibility to help those who do struggle.…
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TAPA # 176 WHAT A DEAL???
Sometimes liars, in their effort to obfuscate and redirect, reveal what they are actually thinking and doing. Trump’s tweet yesterday did just that. Until the Trump Republican war, “old bone spurs” was touting low gas prices. And it was true: low gas prices were good for the average American who lives paycheck to paycheck. They…
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TAPA # 175 BLOODLUST & BLUSTER
Most Americans, and much of the world, do not support the war in Iran. Trump is constantly asked for the rationale, and his answer changes depending on the last thing he heard or thought about. But this is not Trump’s war alone. It is Congress’s war. It is a Republican war; bought and paid for…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 