Not in Florida this year, but you get the point. On vacation until next week.
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Category: Weekly Reviews
I am supposed to be on vacation, but I didn’t want to go without posting this picture:
I like to think that I follow politics and current affairs a bit more than the average person. But if that’s true, how on Earth have I never heard of this woman? Rich, smart, gorgeous … and RFK’s running mate?
Shame on me.
But Nicole Shanahan, apparently, is responsible for this commercial, which I really dig.
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The Dream Team?
Standing, left to right: Gabbard, Barron Trump (kneeling), Vance, Ramaswamy, Kennedy
The big announcement yesterday by RFK Jr. is clearly good news for Donald Trump.
One more move by Trump that would make me even more optimistic — asking Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy to join Kennedy on the Trump team.
Add to that the possibility of more whistleblowers exposing the corrupt Deep State, and I might be (gasp!) cautiously optimistic about the future of the U.S.A.
Assuming, of course, that Trump, Kennedy, Ramaswamy and Gabbard don’t all get assassinated.
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A note on the photo above: Hey, we are novices at this “deep fake” business. You might have noticed, for example, that Barron Trump does not seem to be very tall. Either something is amiss with the photo, or Barron is on his knees. You decide.
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As we draw closer to the November election, I am feeling increasingly pessimistic.
It feels like, even if Trump and company manage to win in three months, it’s too late to do much good. Biden, Harris, et al. have done so much damage already that it will take years — if ever — for America to return to some sense of normalcy.
The rage of the childless cat ladies and other “marginalized” groups is so great that they will stop at nothing to exact what they feel is justified revenge.
Does not matter to them that their support of the left could well bring down the whole country — including themselves.
On top of that, even Trump seems sick and tired of the battle. I can’t blame him. They tried to impeach him, jail him — are still trying to jail him — and assassinate him. And yet if the polls are accurate, clueless Harris has more support than he does.
If I were Trump, I would be tired, too. I would wonder if Americans were worth fighting for.
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Maybe I’m wrong about this. Perhaps, in 50 years, historians will look back at this time period and congratulate the childless cat ladies for ushering in an era of peace, prosperity, and a new American Dream.
But I have grave doubts.
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Never heard of this person, but if you detest Hollywood (the people, not necessarily the product), this is an interesting article.
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It’s a good thing I’m so bad at predicting the results of upcoming elections.
Lately, I’ve been feeling doom and gloom about November. It seems like Kamala and the Democrats are on a roll, thanks in large part to the prospect of electing America’s first female president.
I understand the sentiment; I really do, even though I am not a female. In 2008, I voted for Obama largely because I thought a black president would be good for the country. Obama, I felt, would heal (at least somewhat) the omnipresent racial tensions in the United States.
And so, I can understand why so many women might think it’s high time for a lady in the Oval Office. It’s their time, and it might heal (at least somewhat) the battle of the sexes in the United States.
God help all of us.
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The problem with Harris isn’t her sex. The problem is that she’s an idiot.
But she makes a good story, and we’ve already witnessed Trump’s story, and we all crave a new story.
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Just two weeks ago, thanks to the collapse of bumbling, stumbling Joe Biden and, especially, the failed assassination attempt on Trump, I thought things looked bright for the right. The left tried to jail him, then nail him, but the Orange Man emerged triumphant.
But now voters and the media are aboard the Kamala bandwagon, and I am feeling gloomy.
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The good news is that I suck at predicting these things. I was shocked and awed when Trump got elected in 2016. I thought Hillary would prevail. I bought into the media’s expected Republican “red wave” in 2022. It didn’t happen.
And now I have the sinking sensation that Kamala will be redecorating the White House.
Good thing I’m usually so bad at my predictions.
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As for Tim Walz, well.
I live in Minnesota, and he is just as rotten as you might think.
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In less-pressing news, let’s check in with long-legged Makensy in the Big Brother house:
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Hard to know what to make of the woman boxer who got her clock cleaned at the Olympics. On the one hand, it seems absurd that she was fighting a biological male. On the other hand, if she still supports him after her demolition, it’s hard to feel sorry for her.
Enjoy getting your clock cleaned again in the future, lady.
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How does it feel, Democrats? Your presidential nominee has been anointed, and you didn’t even have to vote for her.
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Speaking of women’s work (ha ha), CBS has made it difficult for the usual culprits to post sexy outtakes from the Big Brother live feeds. So, in the interest of the public good, Yours Truly grabbed his camera to record Makensy, barefoot and in the kitchen, cleaning up:
You’re welcome.
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The year 2024, as expected, has been insane.
I expect 2025 to be even crazier.
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The thing is, no matter who wins the November election, chaos remains.
It’s hard to believe that, should the Democrats prevail, MAGA Nation will shake its collective head and say, “Oh, well — better luck next time!”
It’s hard to believe that, should the Republicans win, “progressives” will sigh and think, “Oh, well — we gave it our best shot!”
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Nope.
Everything is going to be nuts for years to come.
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What next? Another assassination attempt? A contrived economic crash? World War III?
A dictatorship on the left or a dictatorship on the right?
Nothing seems out of the question.
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Have a nice week!
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I’m not sure what more can be said to convince undecided voters that they should go for the orange-skinned braggart over what amounts to a periodically lucid corpse (above).
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YouTube, which routinely censors political speech it doesn’t like, apparently has no problem with the scores of “try-on haul” videos proliferating on the site.
Young women model lingerie and bikinis that are see-thru, affording viewers clear full-frontal and full-rear looks at their goodies.
Fifty years ago, some of this stuff would have been too risqué for Playboy magazine.
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It’s summer, so I’m taking the rest of the day off.
Then again, I am looking for a new topic for our “Male Gazing” category. Maybe I’ll check out those try-on haul YouTube videos to find the best ones ….
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