"You, We Could've Been Killed if He Was a Nut Case"
Ever wonder what happened to the days of live and let live? I do. Last week I was out driving my medical records from one provider to another (which is a diary all by itself but only background for...
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Why Are You Voting For Hillary?
“I don’t know if I am voting for Mrs. Clinton. Why are you asking?”It was my Tea Party brother who prefers the moniker of “Jeffersonian Constitutionalist”…. whatever that means. He called me from the...
View ArticleI Voted For Bernie
My “Jeffersonian Constitutionalist” brother who I refer to as a Tea Party member called back today as promised. Our rule is to never talk politics because I’m about as far left liberal as he is far...
View ArticleNBC Has an Awkward Sense of Humor or is it Freudian? Update - It's Neither....
Today I got an unexpected grin. I was waiting on lunch when I checked out NBC’s delegate tracker and completely cracked up. My lunch mates were equally amused. (Check out Trump’s number from the...
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Words Matter ...Or How to Fubar a Campaign Event
One word.WhoreIt’s all it took to fubar what we should be talking about today.One stupid (and yes, I mean stupid) word. I support Bernie Sanders campaign, but I don’t support ever using the word...
View ArticleDangerous Recipe for Chlorine Gas Explosion Targets Sanders Supporters
Just when I thought this 2016 campaign couldn’t get anymore disgusting. I ran across this meme which was removed from Reddit only to show up on Tumblr and elsewhere. On the surface it looks legit. It’s...
View ArticleMeh, Chill
“Meh!?!”“I’m speaking from my heart. Writing/tweeting/posting my heart out and all you can say is “Meh” !?!”“Meh. I can’t comprehend “Meh” in this election. Surely you feel something.”My friend who is...
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Don't Feed the Alligators!
No, I’m not going to say please.Don’t feed the alligators. $500 fine for feeding the alligators in Florida (from FL coloring book)It’s illegal to feed alligators in Florida.Gators and hurricanes are...
View ArticleI'm Not a James Comey Fan
Nor am I a fan of just about any news personality you could name this morning. The TV morning shows were particularly annoying this today. I ended up watching fluff news at GMA while getting ready for...
View ArticleMelannia Trump Paid Michelle Obama the Greatest Compliment - No Really, She Did
That’s what I said, then, I had to duck back as the man I was speaking with (who coincidentally, is far more conservative than me) nearly spewed his coffee all over me.“That,” he said as he coughed...
View ArticleSo, Trump Wants to Repeal "Obamacare" but...
For some reason I found myself strangely drawn to listening to Donald Trump lie, twist, spin and pivot his way through today’s news conference. He’s totally bonkers about things like Russia, email,...
View ArticleAt What point Do You Just ..... When Did "Crew" become a dog whistle?
I watched Hillary Clinton at her press conference today thinking she did a pretty good job; and then watched Howard Fineman give his opinion on her response to Kristen Welker’s question to Ms. Clinton...
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New Tonight - Patricia Smith & Charles Woods file Suit Against Hillary...
Ambassador Christopher Stevens and thus the U.S. Department of State activities and covert operations that the deceased were a part of in Benghazi, Libya. This information was compromised from the...
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Yes! I Trust Hillary Clinton!
You betcha I trust Hillary Clinton. I trust her to carefully consider her every move as President and to make decisions based on the best interests of the United States. That is not difficult to say....
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I Got My Zika Update For 8-19-16 And It Isn't Good
Every morning and every evening for the last few months, I’ve patrolled my yard for standing water. I know it’s silly, but maybe this is a case where every little bit helps. I dump out a couple trays...
View ArticleDo You Say Yes To Every Request?
No?Of Course Not?Does it stop the requests?No?….Yes?I work in compliance. I’m about to do a double session today on annual Compliance/HIPAA training for two local businesses. A full 30 minute segment...
View ArticleTalking To People Outside Your Comfort Zone
Election season creates many opportunities for me to talk with strangers. The latest about The Clinton Foundation has come up a lot over this past week and it has me talking outside my comfort zone....
View ArticleThe Details Behind Joy Reid's Smack Down of Alonso Aguilar's Planned...
Ding. Ten seconds later, ding. After that was. Ding, ding, ….. ding. It was my smart phone telling me about texts and emails coming in. I had to ignore it because I was proctoring an exam. Afterward, I...
View ArticleAnother Sex Offender Gets a Pass
Last month another sex offender got a ridiculously light sentence. Again, the story from the court’s and probation office point of view was about not screwing up the sex offender’s life. (Yes, I...
View ArticleFriday Workshop on Why I Am Voting for HRC
I see a lot of concern trolls wringing their hands over this week’s polls. I’m over picking apart the Hillary shoulda’s and could’as. It’s done. I’ve had a lot of conversations about why I’m voting for...
View ArticleRemember When "Binders Full of Women" Was the Worst Thing Ever?
If only the worst thing ever…. in retrospect, Binders full of women seems quaint….almost.In 2012 The War on Women was covert. Easily denied. The only good thing about Donald Trump’s candidacy (IMO) is...
View ArticleProbably...Maybe? I Got Triggered Last Weekend
Last weekend was brutal.I was disgusted.I also got triggered.Trumps menacing stalking behind Hillary Clinton was disturbing. His dismissive attitude toward HRC was demeaning. His threats to prosecute...
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Why Insurance Premiums Go Up - & It's Slower Growth Than You've Been Led...
Ok, it’s all over the news; ACA premiums are increasing by as much as 22% for 2017. The glee amongst the newsers as they report this “disaster” is predictable, but don’t expect them to scratch below...
View ArticleMy Sister Voted for Hillary Clinton Yesterday - And That's Big
My sister is a college educated white woman who lives in Kissimmee, Florida. She is actively involved at her evangelical church that violates the law by saying their members have a moral obligation to...
View ArticleWhat to Ask When You Don't Know What to Say - GOP Health Care Edition
I’ve been cringing all day today while telecommuting to work and listening to the media botch interview after interview with conservatives about TrumpCare. The unspoken factoid no one touched was the...
View ArticleRats! When a Good Plan Fails
It started while cleaning up after Friday’s supper. Washing dishes isn’t exactly a quiet job, but I thought I kept hearing odd clicks and thumps. After a few minutes and a few more clicks and thumps I...
View ArticleWhy $125 Billion Isn't Enough For High Risk Pools
It all started yesterday (I think it was yesterday...) when I watched MTP Daily …..Katy Tur sat in for Chuck Todd and was sorta trying to get Rep. Jim Jordan (R) of Ohio to admit the current version...
View ArticleLooking For Some Fun? Drudge Has This Poll & Let's Tell Him What We Think
I found this Drudge Poll asking “Should president Trump fire Mueller?” while watching AM Joy this morning. I don’t normally visit Matt Drudge’s site, but this is a case where I made an exception. This...
View ArticleOn this Holy Day of Easter I'm Talking About Shame
Happy Easter. For many Christians Easter is the holiest day of the year, surpassing Christmas. Easter is the payoff of eternal life in exchange for Christ’s suffering. I was raised to be an evangelical...
View ArticleRacism, Sexism - Looking Back 50 Years
Kos is right when he wrote progressives have a long way to go on racism. There is no rationalizing racism. There’s no explaining away the pain and injustice of racism. Clearly, we do not live in a...
View ArticleJames Carville's Messaging Problem
I can’t seem to shake off James Carville’s wokeness comments. The only thing that spoke to me is the truth that Democrats do have a messaging problem, but it’s not wokeness. Framing the message has...
View ArticleA One Man Wrecking Crew Shouldn't Get Traction Against CRT
For weeks I’ve watched a concerted, but hard to pin down attack on Critical Race Theory. The attacks are everywhere, but the arguments against CRT are disjointed and imprecise. Ask a conservative what...
View ArticleWhy I Support Abortion Rights
I got a direct message a while back from someone who unfriended me. They wanted me to know I was going to go to hell because I believe abortion needs to remain legal and safe throughout the entire...
View ArticleWhat I'm Saying About CRT This Year - OK, CRT Isn't Taught to 1st Graders
It’s another holiday family dinner with our crazy uncles. In our case, the conservatives in my family have to deal with their crazy Auntie, me. This annual convergence of family we all do is stressful...
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A Car Crash with PTSD - Bad, But Not Awful
The day started with the microwave needing replacing. The night before hubby put the veggies in to heat up and at the end of the 3 minutes — bzzzzzt, snap and crackle, but no pop. Then there was that...
View ArticleThe Polite Way to Use the F-Bomb and Other "Bad" Manners
Last month I was walking with a friend at a busy town center during a busy weekend when a group of young adults met up with another group of friends about 50 feet away from us. They were loud, profane...
View ArticleNo One Lives Through an Ectopic Pregnancy Without Treatment
I can’t remain silent.I can’t disclose details, but sometimes a chart bruises my heart.Sometimes, a chart relays something so horrific, I cannot compartmentalize it away.Sometimes, I can’t detach.There...
View ArticleThey Have Abandoned Critical Thinking, Assuming They Valued It In the 1st Place
Critical thinking skills seem to be lacking in the U.S. ….the world really. There are many reasons for it. Way back in the 1960s it was thought to be apathy. It’s easier to let other people do the...
View ArticleRisk Management's Take on the Baby Formula Shortage With The Recipe
Every news article or video on Baby Formula has a disclaimer inserted into it telling parents to not make their own baby formula. They say, ”Just don’t do it”. There’s good reason for this, because if...
View ArticleIt's the Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism I Object To
Every day it seems like Florida and the U.S. is infringing on my freedoms of expression, to vote, association, political affiliation, medical choices. Governor DeSantis keeps signing these...
View Article"If You Knew the Following Were True".... Anti-Abortion Activists Lies
“If you knew the following were true” is how the lie started in the survey paid for by the NSRC (National Senatorial Republican Committee) and managed by an agency called OnMessage, Inc. I’m sure this...
View ArticleLate Term Abortion Truth Escapes GOP-Rep. Tom Emmer
There they go again, talking about later term abortions in the same terms as a 1st trimester abortion. It is true an anti-abortion purist views all abortions as wrong. Post Dobbs we are learning just...
View ArticleI Want to Write Dem Commercials for Democrats, You Should Too!
Let’s do a fantasy sequence and write some commercials for Democrats running for office. Who knows? Maybe we’ll come up with a great idea and some candidate’s producer will see it and use it. This...
View ArticleThose Who Worship Moloch & Mammon
For a while now as I see children, teachers, parents, all kinds of people killed by guns held by people who should not have guns day after day after week after week for months and months through years...
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Miami "Loco Joe" Carollo ordered to pay $63M for 1st Amendment Violations
A Broward County jury found Joe Carollo liable for violating 2 businessmen’s (Bill Fuller owner of the Ball & Chain night club/restaurant and Martin Pinilla) 1st Amendment rights.Jurors ordered...
View ArticleI Lost my Favorite Librarian, Cousin Bob This Week
If you wanted to win a game of Trivial Pursuit you would want both my Dad, my Cousin Bob and me on your team. Dad had sports and sit-coms down pat. I had politics, history and a hodge podge of useless...
View ArticleIndoctrination... I Was Indoctrinated
Indoctrination was and is the mainstay of America. It’s been this way from the beginning. What’s happening today is that our society as a whole, is shifting, kicking and screaming the whole way toward...
View ArticleWhat We Can Say to Counter Abortion Disinformation
Abortion lies are prolific and spread ubiquitously by the anti-abortion advocates. So much so, that media outlets repeat this information without doing fact checks, which continues to spread abortion...
View ArticleMisogyny Hidden in Plain Sight
Have you ever wondered why people refer to TFG as Trump, but those same people tend to say Hillary when they speak of Hillary Rodham Clinton? Ever wonder why calling a man a douchbag is particularly...
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect Got An Update: It's Bunk
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is frequently the meme used in social media to shame people. The D-K effect in snark, can be translated like this:The least competent people are the most proud of their...
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