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THE DEBATES LIVE; 100 MILLION CANNOT BE WRONG!

By Richard Day on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 6:32pm |

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(Hillary is on the left)

In less than three hours, we shall witness HISTORY!

Issues abound!

Is slavery wrong?

Should rich folks be able to vote?

Is Hillary a traitor?

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QUOTE OF THE YEAR

By Richard Day on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 4:13pm |

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I just ran across this at the New Yorker. I cannot even remember why I ended up at the New Yorker. hahhah

TOLEDO (The Borowitz Report)—At a campaign rally on Friday, Donald Trump warned that Hillary Clinton is scheming to “rig the debate by using facts” in their first televised face-off, on Monday.

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T-RUMP REX

By Richard Day on Tue, 09/20/2016 - 5:47pm |

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T-Rump Rex


I usually depend upon Slate or Washpo for truthiness but Politifact had me laughing so hard:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/lists/people/comparing-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-truth-o-met/

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WHO IS THE MOST PHAT & STUPID, RUSH?

By Richard Day on Thu, 09/15/2016 - 10:51pm |

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PHAT

The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.

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POST HOC ERGO ...

By Richard Day on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 5:33pm |

 

NEVER ASSUME
Never assume, it makes an as out of u and an ass out of me
(Some ass wrote this a long time ago)

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THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 9:14pm |

 

This link got to me.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacey-skrysak/why-im-the-mom-crying-at-_b_11793692.html?

This mother lost two of three triplets, evidently and it recounts her taking her four year old to preschool for the first time and then LEAVING HER THERE. hahahhah

My granddaughter is going to her first day of preschool on Monday, next.

The parents had to work out the delivery system as well as the recovery system. 

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THE AMERICAN DREAM

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 6:28pm |

WORKIN ON THE RAILROAD
150 years ago a strange type of caste system was created.


The railroads needed engineers as well as hard working men to keep the engines running as well as look-outs making sure that the rails were cleared and many other positions related to a new tech that shrank America in terms of trade.

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A PHILOSOPHICAL TAKE ON THE ELECTIONS

By Richard Day on Tue, 08/30/2016 - 1:00pm |

Always do right, you will gratify some and astonish the rest.
(M. Twain)

The issue that Mr. Clemens is referring to deals with the definition of 'right'.

Any tome discussing the topic of 'ethics' must refer to the axiom:

Always avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Appearances will always trump any concept of 'real' impropriety because of evidentiary concerns.

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IT'S A HARD RAIN GONNA FALL!

By Richard Day on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 2:36pm |

There evidently is nothing but T's in the Trump Team.

It is extremely difficult for me to become surprised over anything involving this campaign.

Even the KO's announce that the Onion is receiving way too much competition of late.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/22/1562656/-Trump-doing-what-he-d...

But when I heard that Michele Bachmann was back in the news, we....

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PICNICS

By Richard Day on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 9:02pm |

WHAT I WAS THINKING

I am so damn sick of the political mess.

I could not stand it anymore.

I began working on this blog and the word thingy was not working and I was about to lose my thoughts.

hahahahaha

like, I never have the opportunity to lose my thoughts.

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