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Did you take advantage of any Super Labor Day Deals? How about End of Summer Super Savings Sales? Amazon Prime was past its prime, but surely you managed to turn another holiday into an excuse for excess. If not,
Read moreEarlier this month, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue proved himself tone deaf at a “listening session” where he was hearing complaints from Minnesota farmers whose existence is threatened by the Trump Trade War. As Mary Papenfuss of Huffington Post reported,
Read moreLast week featured the annual Perseid meteor shower, so named because the meteors appear to originate in the Perseus constellation. The standard version of his story shows Perseus as one of the first dragon-slayers, saving a damsel in distress
Read moreTo facilitate the writing process, I save news stories under a general “Ammo” folder. I file pertinent info under such topics as Environment, Health, Education, Economy, Agriculture, Freedoms, etc., with sub-folders along the way. Thus, when I choose a
Read moreWe may not be the slowest culture on the “entire” planet. But we’re certainly in competition for the blue ribbon when it comes to putting weapons of war into the hands of right-wing fanatics and delusional armchair Rambos who think
Read moreLast week, master dealer in self-delusions Donald Trump announced plans to increase tariffs by another $300 billion on Chinese products. Jason Easley of Politicus explained: “The additional 10 percent tax that Trump is imposing on US consumers will hit the
Read moreJust how ignorant is Oklahoma’s Sen. Jim Inhofe? Or how stupid does he think we are? In his D.C. Digest for the July 21, the Tulsa World’s Randy Krehbiel reported: “U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe extolled the Trump administration’s environmental policies
Read moreCandidate Donald Trump colluded with Russian operatives during the campaign – even encouraging them to dig up dirt on his opponent after the weekend collusion meeting at Trump Tower. President Donald Trump has been in constant violation of the emoluments
Read moreTwo related news items from early this month. From The Oklahoma Observer: “That shockwave felt across carbon country was a U.S. Energy Information Administration report that clean energy – for the first time – supplied more of America’s electricity than
Read moreFor nearly 50 years, I have remembered my NUMBER. What number, you ask? Ah, you’re showing your youth – and my age. After years of protests over the unfairness of student deferments which kept collegiate men out of the draft
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