Reflections on Jack Ruby

Depending upon who you read, Jack Ruby was a petty strip-club gangster or an important mobster-friend of Sam Giancana.NOTE: I first wrote this in 2009 and have re-posted it every November since then. Please limit comments to current post. Thanks. ~*~It was November 24, 1963. I remember that I was sitting on a footstool, my nose approximately 8 inches from my family's black-and-white TV set. If I got too close, I couldn't see anything, but I...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I have a big announcement coming on the radio show Saturday, so stay tuned! I have been FAR too excited to blog about it, and also don't wanna spoil the surprise. I will be announcing it here on Saturday, after the show. By the way, it is also our 25th wedding anniversary! We went to Atlanta and back, and have been taking it easy this week. It's been a very nice holiday for us both. I made him a Deadhead and he made me a fangirl. Good trade! ~*~I also transformed my spouse into a confirmed cat-person... or maybe he always was one, just...

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The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil

Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil If you can figure out the time signature(s), please let me know. A lifelong puzzle!...

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Military Fakes don't help Veterans

At left: My father, who was not a fake veteran. I first started reading blogs in 1998, when the USA was still at relative 'peace'--in terms of war and military interventions. In the past decade, I have witnessed the increase and escalation of military activity in several countries... and with this escalation, an astronomical increase in online trolls and fakes, claiming all sorts of bogus military experience.Yes, you read that right. Fakes.On...

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Paul Krugman on the election

In a piece boldly titled SOCIALISM! in the New York Times, Paul Krugman writes:I have to say, the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments on the right comes as a surprise. We knew that they would be upset; but the extent to which they were really, truly unprepared for the obvious possibility that Obama would be reelected is remarkable....One thing that caught my eye, in particular, has been the wailing that Americans have turned socialist. (Conservatives...

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Deb Morrow not elected; annoying Tea Partier is re-elected

At left: Daisy and Deb Morrow at Occupy Spartanburg last year. My friend Deb Morrow has lost to Tea Party-puppet Trey Gowdy in the South Carolina 4th District congressional race. He won by refusing to debate her. (Green Party candidate Jeff Sumerel was also in the race, and also offered to debate Gowdy.)So sorry, Deb--you ran a good race. But as you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars will always beat someone who doesn't take money from special-interest...

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I know exactly what she means...

Pundits are describing 4-year-old Abigael Evans as an "internet sensation"--after her mother posted her endearing cries for mercy, correctly echoing all of our deepest feelings! Tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney Viewed almost 12 million times, Abigael wins the DEAD AIR prize for sincerity, during this 2012 electi...

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Zomney: He needs brains

This has been viewed well over 5 million times already, so you have probably seen it by now. But I couldn't resist sharing it. Joss Whedon on Mitt Romney and Zombie Apocalypse He has a point, of cour...

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