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Catching Up Again! (plus Tweets)
Hello everybody. I'm still in apology mode I'm afraid. My new chair isn't here yet, though I'm expecting it some time next week. It can't come soon enough! The pain is getting worse with each passing day, and it's getting harder and harder to get through those days....
Catching Up (plus Tweets)
My apologies for another long break between posts. I thought I should explain, and also use the opportunity to post some videos and tweets. I've been out of town visiting the doc, which always takes me a while to recover from. In addition, my electric lift armchair is...
Trump Administration Abuses Children
The latest tactic of the Trump administration to stop illegal crossings of their southern border is horrific. It is child abuse, pure and simple. As most of you probably already know, the US is now separating all parents and children when they SUSPECT the parents...
Kakapo Lego (plus Tweets)
Regular readers will be aware I'm a Lego fan. I didn't have any when I was a kid, but I've bought some as an adult. Nieces and nephews coming along was really cool, because it gave me an excuse to buy a lot more. It's amazing how much of it stays at my place ... (For...
Russia, Crimea, Putin, and Trump (plus Tweets)
I was about to go back to work on a Proper Post. Then I remembered I wanted to change my Pinned Tweet (see below in Cat Tweets). On opening Twitter I found some pretty cool tweets and decided I'd like to share them with you. We've been discussing Trump's attitude to...
Donald Trump, Spygate, and What Happens Next
I hope everyone reading this knows, or at least suspects, that President Trump's talking point that the FBI put a spy in his campaign is a lie. There is no Spygate. Spygate is lie-gate (as someone else said, but I can't remember who). Spygate is a conspiracy theory....
Guest Post: ‘Winning Elections’ by Linda Calhoun
Winning Elections by Linda Calhoun A few months ago I went back and reread the GOPAC memo, written in 1993 by then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. It addressed “the way to win elections”. In a nutshell, it advised candidates and their handlers to use pejorative...
Roseanne Barr is Racist (plus Tweets)
I wasn't going to write about this. But, there are heaps of cool tweets today and I need a topic. The stuff I'm writing already is too long to head a Tweets Post, so Roseanne Barr it is. I didn't watch her show way back when. It didn't appeal. I tried one episode a...
Cats versus Dogs (plus Tweets)
Well, it's been a while, and this still isn't a Proper Post. However, you deserve for me to make an effort. There have been multiple prompts in social media today (even more than usual) relating to cats and dogs, so, Cats vs Dogs it is. I'm hoping to get a decent post...
Geoff Robson: Lying for Jesus and Wrong about Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins gave a couple of talks in New Zealand recently. He's here promoting his new book, Science in the Soul. As usual that brought people out of the woodwork with the message the atheists are either stupid, lying, or just plain evil. None ever sees the irony...
The Problem of Spam (plus Tweets)
I get a lot of weird stuff in the spam section of the comments for Heather's Homilies. It seems to go through cycles that generally match what I'm writing about, or even what's in the tweets. One thing's for sure, you and I would go nuts if it wasn't for the spam...
Trump is a Fu€ki₦g Moron re JCPOA
I can't believe this is happening. Well I can. But I held onto hope overnight that someone would talk him out of this. However, I awoke to the news that President Trump has actually announced that he's pulling the US out of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of...