In my head, the title sounds like this The effort to make it look like we are doing something the help Ukraine and punish Russia is taking the inevitable stupid turn. Things tend to get stupid when the general public is involved. Here is your stupid news alert: We start with bars posting videos of … More Stupid News Alert
Over the weekend ESPN broke the news that Tom Brady was retiring a few days before he announced it himself. I watch the Today Show in the morning. Today they were supposed to exclusively reveal what we all already knew -The Washington Football Team is now the Washington Commanders. A few minutes before the official … More Everything Gets Spoiled Now
Watching the local news is part of my morning routine. I make my coffee. I turn on the TV and tune to the local news to play in the background while I read the newspaper. Yes, I am old. I like the local news team I watch. They are a good team and they seem … More A Local News Annoyance
This post was originally written in March of 2009. That’s almost 12 years ago. I can’t believe I was already posting random things no one read that long ago. Anyway, a lot has changed since I wrote this. Most news now does start with a link or a tweet. People aren’t generally hearing news for … More Link or it didn’t happen
We are just a few days removed from the anniversary of 9/11. Someone mentioned on Facebook how all the TV networks covered the aftermath 24/7 and cable networks went dark, I remember the days of television being 24/7 coverage of the recovery efforts and stories of the day. I remember for a time it was … More A Defense of Distraction
As I said in yesterday’s post I am trying to limit the amount of time I read and watch the news. I am also trying to look at social media less or at least unfollow the people who stress me out. I do, however, still read the paper, watch the news, and read social media … More Thoughts on Views and News
I’ve run out of time to write this morning as I actually slept to a reasonable time instead of waking up way too early. My planned post for today might come on Saturday now that I will be sitting on the couch instead of outside due to rain. Yesterday, I wrote about the explosive devices … More A Quick Tater Note on the News
I am at home this morning and following the news of the bombs being intercepted. Earlier in the week there was one sent to George Soros. Today there is news that the Secret Service has intercepted suspicious packages to the Clintons, the Obamas and the White House. I’m watching live reports on CNN of their … More Tater Talks Today’s Explosive News
I’m not talking about the rain. There has been too much rain lately with more on the way. I miss our dry hot summers. Maybe we can get a nice, cool, dry October. I doubt it. Anyway, I mean there are too many people out there giving weather forecasts. You have the TV weather guys, … More Too Much Weather
Congress works for the American people. They are our employees. We have hired them to run our country. They are terrible employees. Here’s a little play to illustrate. A company hires someone to run things. The company is America. The boss is us The employee is Congress. Boss: Congratulations. Based upon your resume and the … More Congress, The Bad Employee
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