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When I heard that Trump, Super Genius,
was muttering something about "Second Amendment solutions" regarding
dear old Hillary the first thing that went through
my mind was "Hey, wasn't John Hinckley just released
from jail?"
Yes, Dumb Donald could have saved himself a lot of
grief and possibly gotten better results (I'm supposing)
by simply spreading rumors that Hillary didn't like
"Silence
of the Lambs".
Just
sayin'.
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My local newspaper, the Dallas Morning
News, is, i my opinion, a progressive nightmare. In
almost every important non-sporting news story you
have to slog through the initial conservative gumbo
until
you
reach the
final
couple
of paragraphs. At which point, like a prisoner at Guantanamo
who is treated with respect rather than waterboarded
daily
for weeks on end, you'll earn the reward of useful
information.
This paper is so god-awfully philistine even the Sunday
comics section runs the poisonously hidebound Mallard
Fillmore
as a means of "balancing" what they feel is Doonesbury's
Satannic liberalness. Though that's probably
correct
if
by
"balancing"
you mean running something punishably unfunny as a
means of making exceptional comics more enjoyable.
What I'm getting at, and it hurts me to admit this,
is that I quit subscribing to this terrible waste of
trees
years
ago. It hurts because we, as a country, need to support
our local news sources, although we should already
be long
past
the "paper" stage of news and hip deep in
some cheap and reliable method of electronic version.
All the news
I get nowadays is from online sources and I'm beginning
to feel guilty about it so I've decided to start paying
for
my online
news
whenever
possible. Starting today I'm supporting the Los Angeles
Times and the New York Times with hard-earned cash-money.
I'll get to the rest as time and checkbook permits.
Consider
paying a few bucks for your news, too. It's important.
As for my local paper, I'll think about it.
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Technical Note For Chess Wonks: Yes,
I know the white queen is in the wrong place. It's
a visual metaphor
for....
well.... something.
=Lefty=
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