Entries Tagged as 'News/Politics'
I get a number of phone calls, I’m sure, like you, every day in attempts to separate me from my money. Some are farcical – the unending attempts to update my car’s warranty[; some are frauds telling me to contact them or I will be in trouble with the IRS, or FBI (the youngest daughter […]
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The country is enthralled with the NCAA Basketball Tournaments. Despite Covid-19 delays and stoppages; no fans in the stands; numerous testing, the tournaments are perhaps more popular than ever for the outlet to the masses. However, finally, one message that has been made for a long time is finally getting attention – vastly different treatment […]
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This is the time when white supremacy and male supremacy are getting attention and finally being dealt with. The #Metoo and #Timesup movements have brought long overdue attention to the issues of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Documentaries about Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, and most recently Woody Allen along with the criminal prosecution of Harvey […]
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Athletes are famous, popular, and often the targets of governments and other organizations when the athletes speak their minds. Ali, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Billie Jean King, LeBron James and most recently Colin Kaepernick, and so many others have faced anywhere from public rebuke to threats of jail and suspensions from their sport as a […]
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Yesterday, Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries in a single car accident. It has not been revealed what may have caused the accident, but it appears that alcohol or other substances may not have played a role. Of course, one must think back to the Thanksgiving car accident outside of the house he shared with […]
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Adding to the sheer malevolence that was 2020, it was all of the Baseball Hall of Famers that passed away. Six members of the august group died just in 2020 – Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, and Joe Morgan, the most since seven members died in 1972. While there has […]
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Maybe it was the way I was raised, but a man never touched a woman inappropriately, and certainly never showed a woman your “naughty bits” as Monty Python called the male genitalia. With technology, apparently men think it’s OK to send pictures of their penises to women. If the woman is okay with it, its […]
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