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Politics

Rick Wilson’s Sudden Concern About Pardons

Rick Wilson wants a constitutional amendment to rein in pardons now.  Where was that outrage when Biden issued sweeping preemptive pardons?

Oct 24, 2026
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Politics

Hold the Line: Why Telling Conservatives Not to Vote Is the Real Betrayal

Disappointed with Republicans?  Fair.  But telling conservatives to sit out the midterms only hands power back to Democrats.  Vote red, top to bottom.

Sep 27, 2026
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Consumer review

Go Woke, Go Broke: Why I’m Passing on Supergirl

Hollywood keeps asking why audiences stay home.  My answer to the new Supergirl ad was simple: no thank you.  Go woke, go broke.

Jun 29, 2026
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Politics

Dear Formerly Successful and Admired CNN

An open letter to CNN about Don Lemon.

Jan 30, 2026
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General

Shedeur Sanders: Stop Rewriting History and Let the Man Work

Shedeur Sanders made bad choices, then turned it around.  You can credit the comeback without rewriting what happened in the draft.  Let him work.

Jan 30, 2026
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Politics

My Wife and I Laugh at You

On the 'MAGA is dead' push and trying to use our wives against us.

Nov 17, 2025
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Politics

Tucker Has Turned a Corner I Can’t Follow

Why I can no longer support Tucker Carlson.

Nov 10, 2025
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Politics

Where Did Civility Go?

Yeah he's probably the loudest, most socially reactive President we've had in decades, but the wheels didn't magically come off the country...

Jul 14, 2017
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Politics

Republican Party: On the Brink

Straddling the precipice seems to be where the Republican Party feels most comfortable this year.  Between the elementary school playground slap-fights played out on the national debate stage to massive…

Mar 12, 2016
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Politics

Speaker John Boehner: A Spine At Last?

So now what?  We’ve won the House again and the Senate… We still have the weakest leadership we’ve ever had and just because we have control doesn’t mean the same fools who squandered it before won’t turn around and do it all over again.

Nov 9, 2014
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Politics

Speaker Boehner: Deja vu all over again

I mean, how many times have we, the people been suckered by this very same bait-and-switch routine?  Are we so willing to believe in the integrity of our public servants that we so blithely ignore the fact that this bill is nothing more than a con-man’s shell game? ...Cave-man Boehner has once again lead the charge to certain defeat and our collective ruin by taking this budget compromise and attempting to shove it down our collective throats through intimidation and issuing threats against any republican politicians who stand up to him.  Interestingly enough; in the process he has presented us with a very familiar and distasteful choice to make.

Dec 14, 2013
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Consumer review

Craigslist Pet resellers: How to stop them cold

There has been a lot of drama about serial pet re-selling (selling a pet you just got for free or cheep on Craigslist) on Craigslist recently, I'll explain how that happens and give you a few basic tips on how to stop from being a victim:

Nov 22, 2013

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