Commentary In today’s world, a comic line has become the real world “You can’t make this up” is an expression that comedians often use to introduce a funny bit, a bit based on a small amount of truth, that is so outrageous, so unbelievable, that you literally cannot make it up. Used sparingly, it canContinue reading “You can’t make this up!”
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Is history repeating? 1939: Germany/Japan; 2022: Russia/China
Commentary In 2022, the only thing missing from the GOP is Charles Lindbergh In 2022 Putin’s Russia invaded a sovereign nation, Ukraine, in an unprovoked attack, after annexing part of that sovereign nation, Crimea, in 2014. In 1939, Hitler’s Germany launched an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation, Poland, after annexing a part of anotherContinue reading “Is history repeating? 1939: Germany/Japan; 2022: Russia/China”
Happy President’s Day from the RNC
Commentary When it comes to ignorance, mean-spiritedness and general lack of class, how low can the GOP go? Plus a short addendum: Anti-Semitism in Marin County I was researching and plotting out another story when the above image flashed across my screen. Although the other story was important, it was not time sensitive. Coming rightContinue reading “Happy President’s Day from the RNC”
Cars lost at sea creates mental health crisis
News with a Twist Coping with the loss of a loved one – Porsche/Bentley edition The big news in some parts of the country this week was not the impending confrontation between the United States and its NATO allies over the Russia’s potential invasion of Ukraine. Nor was it a judge’s ruling that Donald TrumpContinue reading “Cars lost at sea creates mental health crisis”
From the ‘ridiculous’ to the ‘sublime’
Commentary ridiculous [ ri-dik-yuh-luhs ]: stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at; Marjorie Taylor Greene. sublime [sə-ˈblīm] extremely good; admirable; nine-year-old Khloe Joiner By now, even if you didn’t read my last post, “You say “Gazpacho,” I say ‘Gestapo’…” (https://around-the-block.com/2022/02/10/you-say-gazpacho-i-say-gestapo/), I’m sure you’ve read about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “Soup Nazi” moment. Calling herContinue reading “From the ‘ridiculous’ to the ‘sublime’”
You say “Gazpacho,” I say “Gestapo”…
Commentary “…Let’s call the whole thing off…at least the ‘Gestapo’ part.” I’m not in the habit of posting more than one column a day; some people think it’s overkill, bordering on presumption. But, I am relenting just this once due to overwhelming reader demand, characterized by this comment from one of my most devoted readersContinue reading “You say “Gazpacho,” I say “Gestapo”…”
Supreme Court overrules lower court panel requiring Alabama to draw new voting map
Commentary The stench of the Roberts Court gets “stinkier!” The judicial militia of the Republican Party made the news the other day. The militia, otherwise known as the majority of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), reared its ugly, un-democratic head in a 5-4 decision stopping a lower court order requiring Alabama drawContinue reading “Supreme Court overrules lower court panel requiring Alabama to draw new voting map”
Macron and Putin meet in Moscow
Cartoon News with a Twist Social Distancing – Moscow Style The post-meeting read-out said that although the two leaders started the meeting far apart…literally at opposite ends of a (very big) table, no matter how hard their aides tried, they couldn’t make the table smaller…or get them closer together!
When it comes to book banning, the beat goes on
Commentary Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino wonders, if they’re going to ban books with “explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, or sexual conduct, that is harmful to minors,” shouldn’t the Bible be on the list? A few days after I posted an Around the Block entitled, “Book banning andContinue reading “When it comes to book banning, the beat goes on”
The irony* of two January 6th related headlines today
Commentary *For GOP readers: i·ro·ny, a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. I couldn’t help but notice the ironic juxtaposition of the two Associated Press headlines on Page A3 of today’s Palm Beach Post. GOP censures Reps. Cheney, Kinzinger onContinue reading “The irony* of two January 6th related headlines today”
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