“The Caine Mutiny” features Humphrey Bogart as paranoid Captain Queeg. His crew didn’t give him the support he needed and some officers even sang about him as shown in the clip. Mental illness appears among certain… Read More
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did it happen?
April 13, 1944 saw all 108 inhabitants of the obscure town of Vallucciole in Tuscany murdered for retribution. An aged Italian immigrant who knew many of those killed visited the ruins for the last time. She has… Read More
time for black magic
Since facts don’t seem to matter to certain voters, we need a black magic performance to highlight the psychotic nature of a certain crazy person. He is a tragic character, and needs some psychiatric intervention–not… Read More
tailgating in Springfield Ohio
Kamala pointed out that D.T. sabotaged the negotiated consensus agreement on immigration. So, in order to cook fear to the max, he now spouts the threat to our most precious family members. Citing cats some immigrants ateWas his weirdest… Read More
weird with loomer
D.T.’s. travel companion and associate, Laura Loomer, maintains extreme views including that the Parkland school shooting was staged and that 911 was an inside job. Lindsay Graham and Marjorie Taylor Greene both expressed dismay that she has… Read More
selling fear and hate
Will people sucumb to hatred and vote against their own self interest? Some business tycoons support candidates who use overt racism and disinformation in their campaigns. They want elected officials who will cut their taxes even thought they already have portfolios worth… Read More
travel smarts
Beware of the horrible forces that can ruin a vacation!
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The surgeon general has a new public health warning. And this time, the hazard isn’t tobacco or alcohol: it’s parenting. Almost half of all parents say that on most days, “they are so stressed they cannot… Read More
Bring the clowns
Woke opens up new territory.
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Taken from Heather Cox Richardson Letter of October 6, 2024: In his autobiography Mein Kampf, or “My Struggle,” Adolf Hitler wrote that people were more likely to believe a giant lie than a little one because… Read More