• Update 12/14/2025

    Dad Joke: Why don’t oysters donate to charity? Because they’re shellfish. ………………….. The Supreme Court says it will decide on Trump’s ability to deny birthright citizenship.  This is clear in the Constitution.  Of course, other things have been too, and ignored by SCOTUS. …………………. The Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth Continue reading

  • Update 12/07/2025

    President Donald Trump granted clemency to David Gentile, a private equity executive, after he was convicted of defrauding thousands of victims in a $1.6 billion scheme.  Gentile, 59, was granted clemency just a few days into his seven-year prison sentence, according to The New York Times.  Well, dear reader, don’t you just know he had Continue reading

  • Update 11/30/2025

    Didja Know Dept.: “America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)” uses the same melody as that of the British national anthem, “God Save The Queen.” And:  “The Star-Spangled Banner”: Its melody is the same as the 18th-century British tune “To Anacreon in Heaven,” which was originally a song for a gentlemen’s club and was not originally Continue reading

  • Update 11/23/2025

    I knew that Ireland was officially neutral in WWII, but I did not know this: About 5,000 soldiers changed from the Irish Army to the British to fight Hitler.  When home, they were ostracized.  The government outlawed hiring them, even printed booklets with their names and addresses so no one would hire them.  Many had Continue reading

  • Update 11/16/2025

    Trump still thinks that you need an ID to buy groceries or gasoline. Well, he also gave a speech wherein he kept mixing up South Africa and South America. ………………………… From 60 Minutes:  Trump on Binance cryptocurrency tycoon he pardoned: “I don’t know who he is.”  Uh, ok, maybe I can believe that?  Even though Continue reading