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"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another" Thoughts on Various Subjects by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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Antisemitism
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Antisemitism

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December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM

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WTF is going on at the CDC? Today, they’re voting on a 30-year old preventive vaccine for newborns that has decreased the rate in Hepatitis B by 95% Without side effects!!! These idiots and vaccine ...

"They cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls" Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634)

December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM

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The DC Outlaws
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The DC Outlaws

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out"... Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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RETRIBUTION
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RETRIBUTION

November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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"For in the fatness of these pursy times, virtue itself of vice must pardon beg." William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4

November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM

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Beg your pardon...
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Beg your pardon...

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day... John Milton (1608-1674)

November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM

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All the Little Children
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All the Little Children

"The White House belongs to the American people" Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929-1994)

October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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A House is Not a Home
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A House is Not a Home

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (Part III)

October 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (Part III)
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Lo! Thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd.... Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

"Nothing worse than someone who's stupid and arrogant and has power" (Patricia Cornwell 1956-)

October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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Triumvirate or Trifecta
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Triumvirate or Trifecta

"Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry." Winston Churchill (While England Slept 1936)

October 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM

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The Little Dictator
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The Little Dictator

To fly from, need not be to hate, mankind. George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824)

September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM

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Purveyors of Hate
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Purveyors of Hate

September 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Primum Non Nocere
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Primum Non Nocere

Above All, Do No Harm

Quick, send in the clowns...Don't bother, they're here

September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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Quick, send in the clowns...Don't bother, they're here
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Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)

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September 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM

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A World of Hurt

"Thou hast not the power to do me harm as I have to be hurt" William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

"Good neighbors I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust, I have found treason." Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Speech to Parliament 1586

August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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Munich 2025
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Munich 2025

"Of science and logic he chatters, As fine and as fast as he can; Though I am no judge of such matters, I'm sure he's a talented man. (Winthrop Mackworth Praed 1802-1839)

August 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM

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Science on Trial
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Science on Trial

The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You...

August 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM

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The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You...
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As dangerous Democratic Texas legislators are fleeing to parts far and wide (Egads!!!

August 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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“MAN, FALSE MAN, SMILING, DESTRUCTIVE MAN” “Theodosius” Nathaniel Lee 1653-1692 Other than all the Epstein files hubbub and the other daily distractions such ...

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July 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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“THAT’S THE REASON THEY”RE CALLED LESSONS, THE GRYPHON REMARKED: BECAUSE THEY LESSEN FROM DAY TO DAY” “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) Growing up in the 1950’s, I was fortunate to h...

July 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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BREAKING NEWS If like me, this title got your attention, so be it. That was my intention! The same two words come across my smartphone at least 20 times a day. It has its hazards such as interrupt...

July 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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“Has he not a rogue’s face…” William Congreve (1670-1729) The Oxford dictionary defines “rogue” as a dishonest or unprincipled person. In the history of our nation, usually when a candidate is run...

June 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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GOOD NIGHT and GOOD LUCK Yesterday was an early June Saturday, somewhat smoggy from Canadian wildfires but with the warm temperature a relief from the cool, wet May we had here in Rochester. I sta...

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June 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM

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The Trump Body Count, Part II As Americans, we should feel very afraid. It would have been reassuring if we had a President who was concerned about the welfare and health of ALL Americans, but, alas...