Category Archives: politics

The Fall of Berlin Wall 1989 – 2009

October 22, 2024 – 8:37 am

“Ich bin en Berliner.” These words were spoken by JFK before the grim barrier in 1961. I have stood at the wall in 1982. Its shabby concrete was graffiti-splattered on the Western side. The other side was a no-man’s land of mines, dogs, and guard towers. I had crossed over to East Berlin via Checkpoint […]

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October 10

October 10, 2024 – 7:50 pm

In two days some of America will celebrate Columbus Day. Many will curse the Genoan On October 10, 1492 the great navigator was two hundred miles from land. In 1973 Vice President Agnew was deposed as Nixon’s vice president for graft. He once said, “An intellectual is a man who doesn’t know how to park […]

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Presidential Photo Ops

October 8, 2024 – 1:09 pm

In late September the extra warm waters of the western Carribean created Hurricane Helene. After hitting Mexico and Cuba the category 5 storm headed northeast. The Florida Panhandle was struck hard on September 26 and 27 by Hurricane Helene dropping twelve inches of rain and pummeling coastal towns with 140 mph winds. Even worst was […]

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A Lone White Male From Hawaii

September 17, 2024 – 6:21 pm

Yesterday a lone gunman hid behind a fence obscured by vines at a West Palm Beach golf course owned by Donald Trump, who still considers himself the 2020 president-elect. His hiding place was on the fifteh green. According to the Secret Service, who were protecting Donald Trump playing a morning round of golf, an agent […]

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Splashing Gas on a Fire

September 11, 2024 – 12:04 pm

Written September 25, 2010 World leaders have flocked to New York for the General Assembly. President Obama addressed the dignitaries to ask for a final solution to the Palestinian problem. Other diplomats have voiced their concerns over poverty and global warming, however the Iranian president scored big with his claim that the 9/11 attacks were […]

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