Monday, November 23rd, 2015
So I’m at Crown Billiards in San Ramon for my Sunday practice session. The jukebox is blaring Country & Western music as usual. Not my preference, but it’s not up to me, that’s what they play at Crown. A couple young guys take the table next to me and start playing pool. Whatever. After a
Friday, November 20th, 2015
The word nice, derived from Latin nescius meaning ‘ignorant’, began life in the fourteenth century as a term for ‘foolish’ or ‘silly.’ From there it embraced many a negative quality, including extravagance, cowardice and sloth. Also in...
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Numerous analysts believe these radical Islamists get much of their money from the illegal sale of oil, Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked many with his claims at the G-20 meeting. According to Russia Today, Putin said ISIS...
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
While I was in Egypt this past summer, my local tour guide brought me to a fancy resort for a rest between the Pyramids and the Museum. We sat on lounge chairs by the pool. A waiter...
Saturday, November 14th, 2015
In France, only licensed gun owners may lawfully acquire, possess or transfer a firearm or ammunition. In France, An applicant for a firearm licence must pass a background check, which considers criminal, mental and health records. In...
Saturday, November 14th, 2015
One of my dearest friends is a Muslim. She is also a sassy motorcycle riding gun loving asian lesbian. But more importantly, she is my friend. She hates it every time some crazed Islamic fundamentalists go on...
Monday, October 19th, 2015
By law, children of the one-hundred-percent-disabled combat vets can receive help, about $8500 a year, with the university expenses of their children. One such vet here, I’ll call him Dad, was accepted for such aid for his...
Saturday, October 17th, 2015
In the early 1980s a young violin teacher named Roberta Tzavaras decided to bring classical music to three Harlem public elementary schools. The problem was, there were far more students than violins. To solve this problem, as...
Monday, October 12th, 2015
According to CNN Hillary Clinton pushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership at least 45 times while Secretary of State. In 2012 for example, she said the Trans-Pacific Partnership “sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent,...
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
I remember in the early 90’s in Tucson, I was teaching at the Cactus Moon Café. There was a dancer that came out all the time. He always wore a fedora hat. He was emotionally unstable and...
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Another lunatic went on a shooting spree, and just like clockwork come the calls to do “something.” But what exactly is “something?” Some people would like to ban all guns. The reasoning goes that if there were...
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic. He put up a sign outside that said: “Dr.Geezer’s clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000.” Doctor...
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino ripped into the “useful idiots” who are being enticed by Bernie Sanders’ with this scathing Facebook post: To all the budding socialists out there who decry “corporations” and “big business”, who...
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Beggars can be choosy. And they are. For example, many refugees whine ‘Finland’s No Good’, because of the cold. Hundreds of predominantly Iraqi migrants who have travelled through Europe to reach Finland are turning back, saying they...
Friday, September 25th, 2015
What is it that puzzles New York about Trump’s enormous appeal? He does what so many of us desperately want. He takes no guff from the loathsome talking heads who have never baited a hook or worried...
