Tag: #Trump
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A Brief History of Racism
My Grandpa Tom grew up in Atlantic City. His dad was a hotel manager. This was before there were casinos and the trappings that come from gambling. Atlantic City used to be a vacation retreat for folks along the eastern seaboard. And my great-grandfather worked a hotel to provide amenities for these guests. Grandpa used…
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The World’s Worst Carpenter
There’s bone spurs between his ears. That’s the only logical explanation for Trump’s behavior. There has to be some sort of blockage prohibiting him from acting honorably and conducting himself like a shaved baboon. But there is no arthroscopic surgery to remove these spurs. They have long calcified over. The man leaching his way through…
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Election Night 2018 Notebook
Time to hunker down. Watched the results coming in at the Casa de Beavergoat. Made some notes and some cocktails. Tuesday, 6 November 2018 I missed watching Chris Mathews act like a lunatic. Voting for medical marijuana in state elections is ridiculous. It should be legal throughout the United States. Beto O’Rourke is a really…
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End on a High Note
It’s stunning the amount of celebrities who passed away in 2016. Losing Muhammad Ali was horrible but the end of two decades of Parkinson’s disease for the Champ made it easier. Not a huge fan of Prince but his guitar solo in “Let’s Go Crazy” and “While my Guitar Gently Weeps” reminds me that on…
Ben Raskin 