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Update 04/19/2026
The administration is letting in only a handful of refugees this year. More than half are from South Africa, in line with Trump’s false claims of an Afrikaner “genocide.” – South Africa might have changed a lot since I was there in 1981, but the attitudes of most of the people I bet have not.… Continue reading
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Update 03/29/2026
After two rounds of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, there are no perfect brackets left in the ESPN contest . . . out of over 26,000,000 submitted, including mine. ……………………… Trump says that the Iran war is “weeks ahead of schedule” – I am so relieved. Of course, there is no schedule, so I… Continue reading
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Update 12/21/2025
Does Trump support the troops? Note: He has called them “suckers and losers.” And, his VA eyeing 35,000 health care job cuts, drawing rebuke from veterans’ groups. ……………………. Trump, about the Brown University shooting: “Things can happen.” Trump, about murder of Rob Reiner and wife: “He caused anger with his Trump Derangement Syndrome.” When Charlie… Continue reading
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Update 11/02/2025
In the Things I Learned the Hard Way Dept.: Do not wear your hearing aids in the shower. Another thing: If you think you’re being followed, don’t go home. …………….. Update: I now have a note on my shower door about hearing aids. ………………. Trumpy is still on a quest to kill Obamacare. This time… Continue reading
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Update 10/05/2025
Today’s Dad Joke: Why do bakers work so hard? Because they knead the dough. ……………………………. From The New Yorker: Back in January, during his Inaugural Address, Donald Trump declared that “after years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression,” he would issue an executive order “to immediately stop all government… Continue reading
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